Python Programming Language Lectures from MIT

Most of you must be aware of the MIT Open Course Ware initiative, where MIT has published their class lecture notes and videos on the Internet. This video series on "Introduction to computer Science and Programming" consists of around 24 lectures shot live in the class. This course is meant for people new to programming and uses Python as the learning language.

A lot of people had requested me to make a Python primer series, I am happy I don't have to do that anymore :) This 24 lecture series is more than enough to learn Python programming. I have posted the first lecture below. You can find the rest on the OCW site or in the YouTube playlist for the video. In my humble opinion, Python is a great language for hackers - it's platform independent, flexible, object oriented and has tons of libraries and open source software written in it, which you can use. The best part is that the Python community is very supportive and is actively behind the language! This video is a recommended watch and Python a recommended language to learn! :)  Enjoy!

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