[scheveningen]

Have you tried 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python'? It strives to be exactly this -- a guide on installation, configuration, and usage of the Python runtime and development toolchain.

http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/

[chrsstrm]

Thanks. I feel like I have read sections of this guide but going back and seeing some of the now relevant section titles, there appears to be some good info in here I could use. I hope I didn't skip over some of these when I was looking for relevant material.