As can be expected, there is a lot of online python documentation available, and it's easy to get lost. You can always use google to find an answer to your problem, and you will probably end up looking at lots of answers on Stack Overflow or a similar site. But it's always better to know where you can find some good documentation… and to spend some time to read the documentation

This page tries to list some python for the scientist related resources, in a suggested reading order. You should not print everything, but it's a good idea to download all the pdf files in the same place, so that you can easily open and search the document

Summary: One document to learn numerics, science, and data with Python

Where: pdf - html

This is a really nice document that is regularly updated and used for the EuroScipy tutorials

• The nice Python 2.7 Quick Reference: pdf - html

• The official Style Guide for Python Code (aka PEP 0008)

• A Pragmatic Quick Reference

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