Every so often I like to take a look at languages I haven’t used before
Today I came across these lectures about Python
The reason I think these just have to be shared is he covers pretty well all the basics you need for Python as well as regular expressions and other techniques that are language independent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPYupizJYQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haycL41dAhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWyoYtvJpe4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZ8GBKmeDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2KQmVF5Og
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcteAbMC1Ok