{{ :cs_lang:python:guido_van_rossum.jpg?200|Thank you Guido!}}
====== Presentation ======
===== Paradigm =====
  * multi-paradigm: object-oriented, imperative, functional, procedural, reflective;
  * eager evaluation.

===== Typing discipline =====
  * duck;
  * dynamically typed;
  * strongly typed.

====== Learning Python ======
  * [[http://www.python.org/ | Python Programming Language – Official Website]];
  * [[http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ | Style Guide for Python Code (PEP 0008)]] (to read before programming with Python);
  * [[http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ | The Python Challenge]] (learning is fun);
  * [[http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ | Popular Python recipes]].

====== Things to know ======
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====== Social networks ======
  * [[http://www.afpy.org/Members/cedric | Association Francophone PYthon (AFPY)]];
  * [[http://bitbucket.org/cedricbonhomme | Bitbucket]].

====== Books ======

  * [[http://www.diveintopython.org/ | Dive Into Python]], by [[http://diveintomark.org/ | Mark Pilgrim]];
  * [[http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book | Expert Python Programming]], by [[http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/ | Tarek Ziadé]];
  * [[http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html | Programming in Python 3]], by [[http://www.qtrac.eu/marksummerfield.html | Mark Summerfield]];
  * [[http://diveintopython3.org/ | Dive Into Python 3]], by [[http://diveintomark.org/ | Mark Pilgrim]].

[[http://pinboard.in/u:cedricbonhomme/t:cs_lang:python | Various resources]].

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