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I have been doing software development for 19+ years, but I am relatively new to the open-source community. I learned a bit of Python back in 2013 and I put it on hold because I was not thrilled with the syntax and code readability as I am used to strongly-typed languages, and I picked it up again in last two years as there is something attractive about it.
http://almirscorner.blogspot.com/2016/01/python-programming-series-getting.html

If you are a Python expert, you should not be on this page :)

Installing Python:

https://www.python.org/downloads/
After installing, set the path and add: C:\Python27
NOTE: I have been running with version 2.7.x because that is still the most popular and widely used and has the biggest third-party library support.

Python IDE that I like and it is most lightweight:

https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/
NOTE: Install the Community edition. It is good enough.
You can also use a cloud-based IDE: http://c9.io

Python Tutorials:

Good reference website and full docs is at the official Python site: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/
Good tutorials are:
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Almir Mustafic


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