This is a great skill to have for the GIS professional. There are a lot of great and free resources to get you started. Below are a list of some sites. Hopefully at some point there will be examples.
For ESRI users, you need to know that arcpy will only work with python version 2.7 and earlier and the newer ArcGIS python api will only work in version 3 or later. Both versions can be installed on your machine.
| Type | URL |
|---|---|
| Web Course | ESRI Python for Everyone |
| Guide and API Reference | ArcGIS API for Python |
| Tutorial | The Python Tutorial |