[NFBCS] Learning Programming

[Brian Buhrow]

	hello Joe.  There are a lot of books on Bookshare purporting to teach you Python
programming.  I've read some of them, and they are a mixed bag in terms of their usefulness
from Bookshare, primarily because for the ones I selected, the illustrative examples were not
included in the Bookshare package.  What I suggest is combing through that list and downloading
ones which look interesting and keep working through the list until you find one where the
examples are accessible and the prose makes sense to you.  Some of the books assume you already
know how to program in other languages and some will teach you basic programming skills, using
Python as a starter language.  If you are not already a programmer, I suggest one of these
beginner books.  To make it more interesting for yourself and to help you focus on what you
need to learn, I suggest thinking of a small scope task you'd like to automate and reading with
the intention of learning how to complete that task.

Hope this is helpful.
-Brian