Peter Seibel's approach seems pretty friendly, with lots of practical examples (a spam filter, web programming, html generation library, mp3 database & browser, etc). He even gets you set up.
I've noticed a lot of newbie-friendly blogs and whatnot lately as well. The community seems to be changing their attitudes.
Peter Seibel's approach seems
Peter Seibel's approach seems pretty friendly, with lots of practical examples (a spam filter, web programming, html generation library, mp3 database & browser, etc). He even gets you set up.
I've noticed a lot of newbie-friendly blogs and whatnot lately as well. The community seems to be changing their attitudes.