Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by ralph on Monday May 21, 2007 @09:28AM
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What's your aim? If you've K&R are you trying to learn C? If you want to learn the Unix philosophy then get Kernighan and Pike's _The Unix Programming Environment_. If you want to create a web start-up, learn Python and Django. What skills do you already have?
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Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by inklesspen on Monday May 21, 2007 @09:54AM
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Are you a Django fan? If not, what's your motive for solely recommending Django, instead of TurboGears or Pylons?
(Yes, the fact that Python has multiple frameworks is a problem, but settling on Django is not a solution.)
Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by ralph on Monday May 21, 2007 @10:18AM
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Django is a reasonable enough one to learn. He hasn't the skills to examine the possible contenders and make a good decision himself. After learning Django, then he may be in a position to better appraise the competition.
Likewise, I didn't say "read a book on Unix" but gave a specific, worthy, contender. As a complete newcomer there's little more annoying than general hand-waving.
Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by inklesspen on Monday May 21, 2007 @12:06PM
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Hm, I guess that's fair enough. My main concern is that if he starts with Django, he might never know there's other frameworks.
Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by ralph on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @07:30AM
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If he starts with Python, he may not know there's other languages. If he... If he starts with digital computers, he may not know there's analogue ones. :-)
Re:I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
by inklesspen on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @09:57AM
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Yes, yes.. But I hang out in #python.web on freenode, and you'd be surprised how many people I get who think that Django, or mod_python, or CGI is the only way to make Python webapps. Not the best way; the only way.