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Re:Python for Beginners by danso on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @09:10AM (#4969224)
This is a nice layout but I'm afraid the blog structure is less than optimal. For a beginner, the priority of lessons is not their chronology of publishing, but of their logical place in the learning process.

Also, the taxonomy needs work...I don't think this is what I have in mind when I see the "basics" category of a beginners reference to Python:

http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/category/basics/

Basics for beginners should include such things as "what is programming?", "how do I install python?", "how do I run a script?" And so forth.

Re:Python for Beginners by spilcm on Saturday December 29, 2012 @05:28PM (#4983723)
Thanks for your feedback. I will write more basic articles as we go. In fact, the latest post "Download and Install Python" is a start of doing that. I want the site to be for all python users, even though the site name is "pythonforbeginners".
Re:Python for Beginners by codingblues on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @09:35AM (#4969305)
agreed... despite of a nice interface, the site does lack organization and some super beginner stuff, I did overlook the absence of those...
Re:Python for Beginners by neuroguy on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @10:49AM (#4969598)
Super Beginner stuff is on the standard python tutorial. That normally doesn't need to be on every website.
Re:Python for Beginners by danso on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @12:15PM (#4969958)
Well, this is "Python for Beginners", so that name will attract the kind of person who has never touched the command line. Likely they'll be using a system in which Python is already installed, but they still won't know how to access it.

Another thing to keep in mind: this kind of beginner will also have trouble finding these "standard" tutorials that have up-to-date info. No, it's not that they can't use Google, but they don't have enough technical sense to tell what's a good source of this installation info from what's a bad source. Hence, it's good to have this super-basic info packaged into any kind of tutorial that purports to be for "beginners".

Re:Python for Beginners by neuroguy on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @01:41PM (#4970304)
True. A search for python tutorial returns the official python tutorial. But, I hear your point. It should be added, or a least a link to the very beginner material should be provided.