The document provides recommendations for learning Python programming. It lists several introductory computer science courses taught with Python on platforms like MIT OpenCourseWare, Coursera, and Udacity. It also recommends the Stanford CS106A course available on YouTube and recommends finding the course textbook. Additionally, it provides several references for learning Python including The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python, Learn Python the Hard Way, Dive Into Python, and the official Python documentation.

1. Getting Started with Python
The really hard way.
Emily Dong emily.y.dong@gmail.com @emiidee

2. Where do I start?

3. What to Look For
MIT 6.00 Intro to Computer
Science &
Programminghttps://www.udemy.com/
mit-600-intro-to-computer-science-
programming-fall-2008/
Rice, An Introduction to
Interactive Programming in
Pythonhttps://www.coursera.org/course/in
teractivepython
Introduction to Computer
Sciencehttps://www.udacity.com/course/
cs101
Good TeacherUniversal Concepts

4. What to Look For
MIT 6.00 Intro to Computer
Science &
Programminghttps://www.udemy.com/
mit-600-intro-to-computer-science-
programming-fall-2008/
Rice, An Introduction to
Interactive Programming in
Pythonhttps://www.coursera.org/course/in
teractivepython
Introduction to Computer
Sciencehttps://www.udacity.com/course/
cs101
Good TeacherUniversal Concepts

5. Foundational CS
Link: http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs106a/
Foundational CS Python Language Frameworks & More
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6. Foundational CS
Search “CS106a” + “Lecture [#]” on YouTube. Follow
along on the calendar on the course page.
Find and download a
PDF of the course book.
Foundational CS Python Language Frameworks & More
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7. Python References
The Hitchhiker’s
Guide to Python!
Learn Python the
Hard Way
https://python-
guide.readthedocs.org/en
/latest/
http://learnpythonthehard
way.org/
http://www.diveintopytho
n.net/toc/index.html
http://docs.python.org/2/t
utorial/
The Python Tutorial Dive Into Python
Foundational CS Python Language Frameworks & More
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8. What’s Next? Frameworks & More
Foundational CS Python Language Frameworks & More
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9. Getting Started with Python
The really hard way.
emily.y.dong@gmail.com
@emiidee
Emily Dong