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This is wonderful. I've been doing Learn Python the Hard Way and loving it, this is a really cool addition. I recently picked up the book 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python,' and one of the best things about it is the practical applications really help drive understanding - at least for me.

At work I write a lot of PowerShell scripts, and I think the reason I took to it so quickly is because the need was there. It was never ambiguous what I was going to build: I knew what I wanted to make easier, what tool I wanted to use to accomplish that goal, and it set me to learning quite quickly.




I would love to see someone make "Learn Go the Hard Way"


I wrote "Learn Java the Hard Way" after Zed asked/encouraged me to. I think if someone got together 52 exercises, he'd tell them to go for it.

No pun intended, honestly.


Just needs someone to step up and one day it might be listed here: http://learncodethehardway.org


Zed's said on twitter that he's been messing with Go. It might be somewhere on his work queue to write about it.




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