I still think PHP tends to be the standard that most people use, but Python is widely used and it doesn't hurt to have multiple languages under your belt (maybe I should learn PHP now).
Sources?? The way I learnt I suppose was through Google and trial and error. The websites I tend to use most are:
http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
http://www.python.org/doc/
http://diveintopython.org/
If you know Java (I dont know if you do) then Python shouldn't be too hard to learn - its very similar, basically the same except all the unnecessary parts are stripped away and simplified.
Really? Google uses python for most things. YouTube and Google Code are written in Python and most of their internal Sys and Admin are written in Python. They use Java and JavaScript for applications, but Python and some C++ does most of the rest.
Python is a widely used language for websites. As long as a server can run it then you can use it.
No, for all my webpages I use python (then html, CSS, javascript).
I figured since I already knew python, it was available to use and it looked easier and more powerful than PHP, that I would use it instead.
Yo. I'm telling you I didn't leave from boredom. My old computer is now too old to run windows, and linux alice is pretty bad.
Lets just say my new computer arrived and so it's back to alice. Just wait what Arty, Jedi, and I will do now! We have loads of projects planned for the rest of the summer, like realistic terrain, robo-sheep, (Megamind?) and even more networking goodness.