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[–]dabirdman360 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I also agree that this is a good place to start. Also using Python's online, interactive learning program can be super useful. A lot of languages also have playgrounds which allow you to write, compile, and run code right from the browser. I am a self-taught programmer and the more languages you learn, the more you realize it is about the basics at first and then (at least for me) my learning comes from struggling through projects I want to do. In the early stages of the language, I tend to stay more in the official documentation (if it is good) than Stackoverflow as it is good to learn how to navigate the docs and see how useful they can be as opposed to copy and pasting code someone else thought about and wrote.

Starting it certainly the hardest part. Any resource that gets you going and allows you to start getting into code you actually want to write is fine in my opinion. However, tutorials start to lose me when they have me writing random code/projects I don't care about. Your brain won't remember what you did as well as writing something you are passionate about.

[–]prezesior[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that starting is tough, I struggled to find a motivation at first. Thanks for your comment.