Ubuntu provides a number of resources intended to help you to learn how to develop and run programs yourself. Below is a list of some resources which you may find useful.
Dive Into Python is a book for learning how to program in Python, aimed at programmers with some previous experience.
PyGTK Tutorial is a tutorial on developing with the graphical toolkit often used for developing Ubuntu applications. It assumes that you have knowledge of Python but not necessarily GTK.
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Install the python-gtk2-tutorial package (see Add Applications). You will need to use Synaptic Package Manager to install this package.
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To access the documentation, visit python-gtk-tutorial.
Devhelp is an application to read and search all of the documentation that you install.
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Install the devhelp package (see Add Applications).
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Choose → → .
