Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm about halfway through the Learning Python book. I kNOw that my books are a couple versions behind, but I got them off amazon.com for less than $20 total. I didn't FIgure too much would change. I also downlOaded some online versions as well. Once I get tHe ideas and lingo down I suppose I could invest in the latest versions later and donate the older books to my local library.