Hi guys,
I just wanted to let you know that I have a few scripting tutorials which cover the basics of python scripting in Maya.
http://blaabjergb.com/scripting/
It's a really good thing to know scripting because you can automate so many tedious tasks, even stuff like preparing a scene for animation by opening the graph editor, disableing geometry selection etc. If you are interested in learning it I sugget you take a look! ;-)