I took a bit of a hiatus from programming. In June I went for a week class in Ohio to increase my skills in teaching the Bible to people that are deaf. Then I visited friends in California for 10 days. It was a crazy month and I had few opportunities to study programming. So my few days using Codecademy.com has been my only attempts so far to learn how to use Python.
I did however get my two books and was able to read the first two chapters of the "Python Programming" book. It is very interesting and takes a slightly different approach to teaching than Codecademy. For example I noticed this has not used if or elif loops, but Codecademy used them fairly early. This early in my venture I have no idea which is a better way. I intend to use both for the time, especially since the book seems more in depth and Codecademy's purpose appears to give an introduction and overview of learning the languages it offers.
Another hindrance to learning is that I didn't have access to a real computer while I was away. Yes I had my iPad but I can't type on it. The absence of tactile feedback causes me to believe a touch screen keyboard will never replace a real keyboard.
I'm not sure when the pocket reference will come in handy, but I think it will be when I learn more things in Pyhon so I will know what I'm looking for in that book.
Finally I arrived home July 3rd after being on an overnight plane. Now I've had a few days to try out what I learned! Will explain when I have more time to write.
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