[HumorousCharles]

Can someone name a new book that can get me started with python? I am on windows with visual studio code fyi.

[Cuthbert]

Sort by date, and take your pick: http://bfy.tw/D3RH

[TheMarkMan]

Do you mean you have a Visual Studio IDE?
If you're serious about python, try out pycharm. Visual studio is great when you want to work with the .NET framework, not python.

EDIT: I forgot Visual Studio does support python. Just remember to download the python development tools though

[Akrasia]

The IDE shouldn't matter too much as long as it supports Python (I personally use Sublime Text but it's just preference).

In regards to books, I'd recommend reading 'Grey Hat Python' and/or 'Automate the Boring Stuff with Python' they're both great resources for learning Python and they're just a google search away.

[jordan0159]

I personally use atom/sublime depending on my mood. I find that Ide's tend to be used more as a crutch when learning a language and thus I think it's better to learn without the stablisers on so you can learn the intricacies of the language for yourself instead of having the answers given straight to you without understanding as to the why's or hows. In regards to resources for learning, any book or guide will serve well enough to teach you the fundamentals but I stand true to my way of learning languages that I suggest to everyone. That way being to think of a project with real world applications and uses, something you want to have. Something ambitious. And then you make it, picking up what you need to learn along the way. It'll be hard but if you grind at it, you'll learn how to apply what you know and what you're learning far faster than just reading.