First 5 Minutes Programming with Python

How do you get started with Python Programming in just 5 Minutes? Here I show you, using Python 2.5 and the bundled IDLE editor, how to start writing your first program and where to go next for help and tutorials.

First we look at python.org’s do entation and HOWTO section, then we move to my Python Resources for Newbies video at ShowMeDo to learn about on-line tutorials, newsgroups, news, download and community sites. This video is a part of our Python Collection.

Finally we look at Guido van Rossum’s Python Tutorial and use the bundled IDLE editor to write and run a one-line Python program.

Uploaded by the author. Author is a co-founder of ShowMeDo.com (we host Python tutorial videos).

Duration : 0:2:44



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18 Responses to “First 5 Minutes Programming with Python”

  1. martincs14 says:
    August 23, 2007 at 6:45 am

    thank you for your …
    thank you for your video!!
    i have never done programming but i am very interested and i downloaded python and have written my first program!
    so what can you do with python? this all seems very complicated…

    Reply
  2. Dunny130 says:
    September 1, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    Thanks. Martincs …
    Thanks. Martincs its a program writing software.

    Reply
  3. ianATshowmedo says:
    September 1, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    martincs14 – thanks …
    martincs14 – thanks for your comment. Python is a programming language, it makes it *very* easy to write software for many tasks (web applications, science, databases, GUIs etc). See my ShowMeDo for *many* more free tutorial videos.
    Cheers, Ian.

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  4. ianATshowmedo says:
    September 1, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    Oops – I meant see …
    Oops – I meant see my ShowMeDo *website* (ShowMeDo DOT com).

    We host over 100 free Python tutorial videos and more for other languages (Perl, Ruby etc).

    Reply
  5. Luddekuddekudde says:
    September 2, 2007 at 10:00 am

    Thank you for …
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
    Ludde

    Reply
  6. petze08 says:
    September 11, 2007 at 12:46 am

    Nice Tutorial man
    …
    Nice Tutorial man
    thanks for the help
    keep up the good work : )

    Reply
  7. cuiqueiro says:
    December 2, 2007 at 11:22 am

    Very nice work your …
    Very nice work your doing to promote Python.

    I have no clue on what is Python except that it is a powerful programming language often ociated with hacking systems.

    I am into PHP wich largely answers my needs in terms of dynamic website programming. I wonder what Python can offer more in this matter.

    I’ll check your website.

    Reply
  8. xMeaningX says:
    January 2, 2008 at 2:53 am

    thanks man…i love …
    thanks man…i love python…

    Reply
  9. KIZILSUNGUR says:
    January 8, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Nice introduce. …
    Nice introduce. Good job.

    Reply
  10. soulhunger1 says:
    January 11, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Awesome …
    Awesome introduction. I just found and started using Python yesterday, and it’s quite fun so far.

    Reply
  11. AstroBoy55555 says:
    January 14, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    Man this is killing …
    Man this is killing me. 5 minute programming in 2:44…

    Reply
  12. SenoreQueso says:
    January 29, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Haha, me too.
    Haha, me too.

    Reply
  13. eyedbump says:
    February 6, 2008 at 9:19 am

    is your mouth made …
    is your mouth made of whistles?

    Reply
  14. ianATshowmedo says:
    February 6, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Fair comment – I …
    Fair comment – I used a cheap mic which records all the plosives as whistles. For my newer ShowMeDo videos I have just invested in studio-grade recording equipment so hopefully this ‘feature’ of my past recordings will go away.
    Cheers for the feedback,
    Ian.

    Reply
  15. eyedbump says:
    February 6, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Oh ok…
    Oh ok…

    Reply
  16. BlenderFreak777 says:
    February 11, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    where do you get …
    where do you get that screen capture with that colored mouse? i cant find it ANYWHERE!!!

    Reply
  17. ianATshowmedo says:
    February 12, 2008 at 12:48 am

    I used CamStudio, …
    I used CamStudio, you can configure a highlighted mouse. It is open-source and it works really well. You’ll find several videos on making screencasts at our ShowMeDo which demonstrate CamStudio…

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  18. Weezul06 says:
    February 16, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    …
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA i love the whistles

    Reply

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