{"id":1924,"date":"2015-11-04T17:54:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2016-02-22T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T12:12:01","slug":"5-fun-ways-to-learn-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/5-fun-ways-to-learn-python\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Fun Ways to Learn Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2F5-fun-ways-to-learn-python%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1923 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python-300x161.png\" alt=\"python\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python-300x161.png 300w, http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python-1024x551.png 1024w, http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python-900x484.png 900w, http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/python.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codecademy.com\">www.codecademy.com<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u00a0This interactive tutorial provides a fun way to get started with python programming and many other languages. \u00a0\u00a0People learn best when you see a new idea and immediately apply it. \u00a0Code academy was designed with this learning pattern in mind. \u00a0You are coached to immediately apply every new programming concept in an online code edit. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/learnpythonthehardway.org\/book\/\">http:\/\/learnpythonthehardway.org\/book\/<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u00a0This book provides a disciplined and thoughtful content for learning to code in python. \u00a0\u00a0Check it out!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inventwithpython.com\/\"><b>Invent with Python by Al Sweigart<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The book provides a gentle introduction to programming and using Python for simple 2D games. \u00a0\u00a0The book uses <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/pygame.org\/news.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PyGame <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the game framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diveintopython.net\/\">http:\/\/www.diveintopython.net\/<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> :<\/strong> This is another free book that I used when learning how to program in python. \u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s probably more appropriate for experienced programmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/issues\/\">https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/magpi\/issues\/<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> \u00a0So\u2026 you\u2019ve heard about this $35 computer called the Raspberry PI. \u00a0But what can you do with it? \u00a0\u00a0Check out this magazine online for free from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. \u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s very well put together and shares tons of fun project ideas. \u00a0Makers young and old will find the content engaging and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Join us at SparkMacon MakerSpace for<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"product_title entry-title\">Building Web Apps using Python and HTML<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Join professional web developer, Stephen Finney, to learn how to start making cool stuff for the web. This workshop will cover basic concepts, including building views using HTML and writing simple controllers\/han<wbr \/>dlers using Python, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/flask.pocoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flask<\/a> framework. This is the same kind of technology used in companies like Google and Stephen will show you all you need to know to get started.This session is scheduled for<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2\/28 from 1pm\u00a0to 4pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Cost is $35.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please register here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparkmacon.com\/product\/building-web-apps\/\">http:\/\/www.sparkmacon.com\/product\/building-web-apps\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen\u00a0is a good a friend, amazing programmer and teacher. \u00a0I know you\u2019ll have a fun time learning with him!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Photo credit:\u00a0https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Python3-powered_hello-world.svg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2F5-fun-ways-to-learn-python%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.codecademy.com: \u00a0This interactive tutorial provides a fun way to get started with python programming and many other languages. \u00a0\u00a0People learn best when you see a new idea and immediately apply it. \u00a0Code academy was designed with this learning pattern in mind. \u00a0You are coached to immediately apply every new programming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,16,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}