Welcome to the Python world!
After 3 months of C, you will start Python today.
The first projects are more "C-oriented" - no tricks, no funky syntax - simple!
If you've already played with Python, don't worry, fun things will come.
You'll soon find that with Python (and the majority of higher level languages), there are ten different ways to do the same thing. Some tasks will expect only one implementation, while other tasks will have multiple possible implementations.
Like C, Python also has a linter / style guide like Betty, called PEP8, also now known as PyCode. At Holberton, we won't start off with using PyCode, because it's much more strict compared to PEP8. Don't worry if you see a warning when you are running PEP8, you can ignore it.
Enjoy!
- Guillaume, CTO at Holberton
Read or watch:
- The Python tutorial (Read the first three chapters)
- Whetting Your Appetite
- Using the Python Interpreter
- An Informal Introduction to Python (Read up until “3.1.2. Strings” included)
- How To Use String Formatters in Python 3
- Learn to Program
- PEP 8 – Style Guide for Python Code