Python Guide for People in a Hurry

This is a quick guide to the Python Language. To Learn Python from scratch, we suggest you start with Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Allen Downey.

If you already know other programming languages and just want to learn the specifics of Python, this tutorial is for you. We are going to cover a lot of ground at a pretty fast pace.

NOTE: Pieces of the following sections/notebooks are largely adapted from the following original sources:

• Unidata’s online Python training
• Research Computing