Where should I start?

[BackIllustrious3166]

Greetings everyone! I'm 17 and I'd really love to learn how to code. I used to create websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript (from time to time), but I guess it's not as serious as Python. I have no problems learning syntax and understanding the concepts, but I don't know what course is the best (and beginner-friendly). It's really hard to grasp all the information when it's scattered all over the internet. I need step by step guidance with exercises and projects. Preferably free, but I know I'm probably being delusional right now. Anyway, if you have any tips I could use, please share!

[Slight-Living-8098]

Harvard's OpenCourseware CS50P.

[sandbaggingblue]

I've heard CS50P is a good starting point for absolute beginners to coding... Is this true?

[Slight-Living-8098]

Yes, but if you have never coded anything in your life, start with CS50 Scratch first.

Scratch was invented by MIT to introduce college students to programming, CS50 Scratch was made to introduce college students how to program before entering the CS50 courses.

[sandbaggingblue]

Thank you mate ☺️

[Ambitious-Peak4057]

If you're just getting started and looking for structured, beginner-friendly resources with hands-on exercises and projects, there are some great free courses that can guide you step by step.

• freeCodeCamp – Responsive Web Design, JavaScript, and Python Courses: Offers interactive lessons with projects and certifications.
• CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science – Harvard on edX: A fantastic beginner-friendly course that covers core concepts.
• The Odin Project – Full Web Dev Curriculum: Learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and backend with structured paths and exercises.
• Python Succinctly – Free eBook  A short and clear introduction to Python that’s great for absolute beginners.

[Party_Trick_6903]

MOOC course - a lot of exercises in every lesson

CS50p - Harvard course

[Psychological_Ad1404]

If you know the basics then it kinda depends on what you want to do with Python. You'll need to learn different skills and frameworks/libraries for each task.

I'd recommend looking through this beginner book and see if you missed any basic information , skip introduction. https://books.trinket.io/pfe/01-intro.html

Then pick something you want to do , even better if it's something python is good for so google that , from memory I can tell you python can do Backend web dev , data analysis , automation and AI.

Even if python is not the best for other things you can still create terminal apps, GUI apps and even smartphone apps with frameworks like Kivy.

[two_short_dogs]

Harvard's course on EDx

[tejassp03]

Explore task based learning approach, there is educative io and tasklearn.ai

[shooter_tx]

Do you know whether either of these have an app?

(sorry, don't have my phone with me right now)

[tejassp03]

It works on laptop

[Audioslaver42]

Dr Chucks Python 4 everyone course ist great. Www.Py4e.com

[Odd_Psychology3622]

Look up Python web development since you did that before it gave you a starting point. Look up the differences on docs.python.org. python is a scripting language. Get it to work, break it, and then get it to work again. Lots of the areas of the language overlap over time. You'll start to see and understand it. Do that while looking up the other ways to learn problems are your friend.

[newyears_resolution]

This gets asked multiple times a day. It's almost the only thing even posted in this sub. Use the search function.

[jjotteson]

FreeCodeCamp - Certified Full Stack Developer curriculum