Ask HN: Quick and high-level tutorials for Python – or any other language?

2 points by zarakshR 5 years ago | 3 comments

I'm thinking of learning Python but all the tutorials that I can find are cookie-cutter SEO'd tutorials on Google.

The main issue I have with these is that they are more geared towards beginners and focus on things like what ints/floats/strings are and what functions are etc,etc,, Is there a place where I can get a quick-and-dirty overview of the language that are geared towards people who are familiar with at least the basics preferable something that's short-ish (not book-length).

Come to think of it, is there any good way to find such tutorials for other languages/frameworks, preferably some central repo/collection (like Github "Awesome" lists) where I can find tutorials specific to my experience level in that language/framework?

dgl 5 years ago |

Not quite sure why you want short, Dive Into Python is a very good book and you can read it free online: https://diveintopython3.problemsolving.io/

I think trying to come up with a short tutorial that meets just your level of experience is going to be hard. If you are already familiar with something just skip that section.

open-source-ux 5 years ago |

Have you seen Learn X in Y minutes?

https://learnxinyminutes.com/

It gives you a concise syntax and feature overview of many programming languages, including Python.

zarakshR 5 years ago | |

Wow, this is really helpful. Thank you!