Resources for learning to program in Python

• How to think like a (Python) programmer, a free e-book, teaches the basics in a very intelligent way.

• Dive into Python is the most famous e-book. It is even an installable package in Ubuntu Linux.

• Style guide for Python code (PEP 8)

• Docstring conventions (PEP 257)

• Idiomatic Python

Enlightening blog posts

• Python is not Java
• Python properties

For advanced programmers

• What's new in Python

• The Python debugger

• The Python Challenge is for advanced programmers to improve their skills. You solve problems, then compare implementations.

• SQLAlchemy is a great ORM.

• Python coroutines