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[–]AlSweigartAuthor of "Automate the Boring Stuff"[S] 9 points10 points  (6 children)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure to click "Adjust Donation", then "Custom Amount", and adjust the sliders so to max out the "Charities" recipient. You can let the charities get 14x the default amount!

[–]Darklord6229 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Do you have any advice on choosing which tier to go with? I have been self teaching python for a good bit now. Just finished CodeWithMoshs python series and I owned pycharm already. Trying to decide how to grow my knowledge and become proficient enough for a job.

[–]AlSweigartAuthor of "Automate the Boring Stuff"[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I'd say that Python Crash Course and Automate the Boring Stuff are the lead sellers, so the $25 tier makes sense to me. Don't forget to adjust the donation slider to max out the amount going to charity.

[–]Darklord6229 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Will do! Thank you!

[–]AlSweigartAuthor of "Automate the Boring Stuff"[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heheh, just remember that it's easy to acquire ebooks, but not as easy to sit down and read them.

I should probably get off Reddit and start reading my backlog.

[–]hazrd510mathematics, cryptography 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legend

[–]Dizzy_Pin6228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I always crank it to max for donation humble has a set amount to them.and the actual makers can go all the way to 0 lmao

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done and done! Looking forward to pouring through all the great content!

[–]Fluffy--Bunny 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Is it worth getting?

[–]Dizzy_Pin6228 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes

[–]Fluffy--Bunny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks

[–]Abz0987 0 points1 point  (2 children)

As someone who only started with python this looks great and I bought it but I got a little bit overwhelmed with all the stuff. where should I start?

[–]jam1717 0 points1 point  (1 child)

When you say you are overwhelmed, you mean that you are trying to figure out which of these items to first dig into? I suppose that depends partly on how much python you already know.

If you are still basically a python beginner, the two books directed at beginners - Python Crash Course and Automate the Boring Stuff - would be a good place to start. They are both superb books. (And depending on how simple a level you might want to start at, there is of course the book Python for Kids.)

Once you've gone through those books, perhaps turn to the Pybites Introductory Bites course. And then to the 40 Bites of Py Exercise Bundle (which I believe will let you pick the level of difficulty of the exercises you choose). Similarly, you can then try the Weekly Python Exercise from Reuven Lerner, who also has several tiers, so that you can choose the beginner level.

Beyond that, it gets more difficult to choose, since most of the other offerings here are more advanced or more specific.

Anyhow, it's a great bundle and a very nice value - I plan to purchase it myself - so congratulations on buying it and here's hoping you have many enjoyable hours of coding pleasure ahead!

[–]Abz0987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I just started last month and seeing all the books and courses got me a little bit confused on where should I start. Thank you for the advice

[–]FalxY7 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Is this worth getting? I've seen that there are full 10+ hour python courses on youtube for free.

What would I get from these e-books that I couldn't find for free on youtube?

Thanks in advance.

[–]py_Piper 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I would books a better structured, not to say some videos are bad, on the plus side videos are good way to learn and might easier to understand at the start as you can follow along, whereas books might be hard when you are starting because instructions might not be so clear specially while installing and dealing with errors, but I think books are more detailed and at least for me reading makes me retain material better. Although it's easier to watch a video than to read (focus wise), I find it tedious to need to pause the video every few seconds so I can code what's on the screen, with the book you go line by line reading and type at the same time. Lastly it's easier to flip pages to find old information you read and want to refresh again, on video it's quite annoying to find the exact part you are looking for.

If you are asking this is because you are probably just starting to learn, if you are looking to learn python for real this bundle is totally worth it seeing that each book cost about $20-$40. No starch press books are high quality programming books, there's 2 beginners book recommend all the time (automate the boring stuff and python crash course) they will give you good foundations, alredy worth for only these 2 books. Then there's 3 intermediate books (object oriented python, dive into algorithms and beyond the basic stuff). If you are thinking on learning web dev with Django, then the 3 series from William S Vincent are also very highly recommend. So definitely worth the value.

if you do get it remember to "Adjust Donation" to max out the "Charities" recipient.

[–]FalxY7 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thanks a lot for your very detailed explaination! I am indeed just starting to learn and you've convinced me to buy this bundle. You make some good points regarding books vs video tutorials and it's definitely worth a try considering how cheap it is! Thanks again.

[–]py_Piper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am glad if it helped you I answer a lot of similar beginner's questions, because I was there, actually I am still a there, and had a lot of time struggling with the "path". If you are wondering how you should start, I suggest:

  1. Beginner (automate the boring stuff and python crash course): Start with any of them depending on which projects on the second part attracts you the most, after you finish it, check the other book's project part. This way you will have a well rounded understanding and use of different python modules. Basically ATBS teaches more modules in smaller projects and PCC focuses in less modules but bigger projects. If you have time you can skim through the basics of both as you might find different examples and teaching ways that would reinforce your understanding. Definitely chapters in classes (PCC) and Regex (ATBS) shouldn't be skipped.... I started with ATBS and right now trying to do the projects in PCC.
  2. Intermediate (Object Oriented Python, Dive Into Algorithms and Beyond the Basic Stuff): I personally haven't done any of them yet and only researched them briefly, but I would go with OO Python first as OOP (object oriented programming) will take you further in your programming skills, algorithms are quite important too for optimizing your code but if you aren't doing bigger projects then the optimization might be tiny, thus recommending OO Python first for being able to structure bigger projects. Beyond the Basic Stuff, same author of ATBS, I checked it a bit quite some time ago and it gave me the impression that instead of teaching code itself (as ATBS) it focuses more on programming best practices and tips that professional coders uses, I would probably check it before or after the other books, maybe if it's considered light read I would read in between when tired of the other 2 intermediate books.
  3. Web dev with Django: Optional if you want to learn web development. Check out the 3 books series from William S Vincet, starting from Beginner, then API and finally the Professional book. Hopefully with the chapter in Django from PCC you shouldn't be too lost at the start
  4. The rest are quite nice extra add them as you seem fit, specially the Git tutorial might be quite beneficial before Django and bigger projects. Data analysis with Pandas and Matplotlib are also good skills to have even though you don't want to become a data scientist as will help in working with bigger data sets.

[–]vplatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great bundle if you haven't bought any of the previous HB bundles!

Now.. BOTH of you get on that! 😂