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Getting Started with Python
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This page highlights resources to gain an understanding of the ``Python`` programming language.

Learn Python
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| Title                                                                                                      | Description                                                         |
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| `Getting started with Python for science <http://scipy-lectures.org/intro/language/python_language.html>`_ | - Quick primer tutorial for scientific Python by & for scientists   |
|                                                                                                            | - from: Scipy lecture notes                                         |
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| `The Python tutorial <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html>`_                                     | - A more thorough tutorial                                          |
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| `Think Python <http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/>`_                                                | - A free, pdf book (also for the beginning programmer)              |
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Further reading
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| Title                                                                                                      | Description                                                         |
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| `python.org <https://www.python.org>`_                                                                     | - 'home base', with extensive resources                             |
|                                                                                                            | -  from: Python Software Foundation                                 |
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