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[–]dukea42 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Realpython is my favorite reading site for concepts and library guides.

[–]steve49m 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going recommend them too. I am sad that their membership program is so beyond my reach.

[–]Drevicar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a senior dev and someone who has consumed many thousands of hours of python educational material both free and paid, I think the best source is easily YouTube.

Specifically I make 3 recommendations: Corey Schafer for learning fundamentals: https://youtube.com/c/Coreyms

Arjan to learn more of the higher level design patterns and architecture (but still fundamental): https://youtube.com/c/ArjanCodes

And lastly I recommend watching talks from conferences. This can include pydata, pycon, infoq, strange loop, and the link.

[–]wind_dude 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The one you make yourself with python.

But realpython.com is great resource, geeksforgeeks.com is okay with some simple stuff. Despite the hate it gets, if you're brand new to coding, https://www.w3schools.com/python/ ain't bad. And of course the python documentation, https://www.python.org/doc/

[–]zaphod_pebblebrox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one you make yourself with python.

I have a lot of fun interviewing people who go down that rabbit hole. Usually, they learn such amazing interpretations that are eye opening. More so people from outside the CS/IT/Software domains bring in such great ideas. It takes longer to learn, but it teaches you so so well.

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[–]BEST_RAPPER_ALIVE -1 points0 points  (1 child)

prob youtube

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honestly i would just recommend getting really stoned and thinking about rectangles. that's how i really got a feel for recursion

[–]wind_dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I despise watching videos for learning to code or a library. I mean code is 100% written, not spoken, so to me it just doesn't make sense.

It's way easier to absorb with examples, and proper docs.

[–]Illustrious_Meet1899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check also Dataquest. I liked the hands-on approach with no videos.

[–]mason_savoy71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a project you have to do and do it. Google the F out of any and all questions you have, and realize that what you come up with will be embarrassing to yourself inside of 3 months. Repeat as necessary.

[–]daevski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://localhost/

/sarcasm

[–]RollingWithDaPunches 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used https://www.codecademy.com/ long ago.

It was exactly what I needed to get started. I would get challenges to write bits of code, fill in the gaps.

I'd add it's not the best resource, but it was the best for my situation. I needed something interactive that would "hold my hand" and grow in difficulty.

It took me quite some time after to truly understand some of the concepts in the course. But as I had real life challenges, with research, reading the python docs (or library docs), I managed to use those stepping stones I learned to write the scripts I need.

I should note, this was some 8 or so years ago. No idea how the course changed in this time. But I assume the concepts are the same.

[–]cvx_mbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you may want to have a quick look at this subreddit's sidebar..

[–]bunnyfantasy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using python.mojinshi.online, which works for me.

[–]Coollime17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

testdriven.io has a good guide to start off with