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		zachlatta on June 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building a Hacker News clone in Django - Part 2 As a big fan of Ruby who's always wanted to learn Python, this looks really neat! Any tips for getting started with Python with Ruby experience?

ra on June 6, 2013 [–]

Just pick a simple project idea, and have a go.

I'd recommend Django because the community support is massive, and the documentation is great. Actually the Django tutorial is a great place to start [1].

Pro tip: virtualenv will save you a lot of hassle.

[1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/

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