how do i get started

Well im new to programming other than a little work in visual basic 6 and 2005 express and was wondering how i should start off with panda 3d?

download the engine!

follow some of the tutorials…

that’s a good start

The Manual Hello World is your best start for Panda.
Then the Sample program in order.

Regarding python, the free book “Dive Into Python” is a bible…