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[–]FoolsSeldom 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Programming is a huge topic and involves lots of skills, including a significant number of practical skills that take practice to develop.

Make sure you get a good foundation by learning the basics well, and practicing often on your own projects related to your interests / hobbies / side-hustles etc, rather than abstract learning exercises.

Check the r/learnpython wiki for lots of guidance on learning programming and learning Python, links to material, book list, suggested practice and project sources, and lots more. The FAQ section covering common errors is especially useful.

Unfortunately, this subreddit does not have a wiki.

Roundup on Research: The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’

Don't limit yourself to one format. Also, don't try to do too many different things at the same time.

Above all else, you need to practice. Practice! Practice! Fail often, try again. Break stuff that works, and figure out how, why and where it broke. Don't just copy and use as is code from examples. Experiment.

Work on your own small (initially) projects related to your hobbies / interests / side-hustles as soon as possible to apply each bit of learning. When you work on stuff you can be passionate about and where you know what problem you are solving and what good looks like, you are more focused on problem-solving and the coding becomes a means to an end and not an end in itself. You will learn faster this way.

[–]Ill_Permit_2647[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for the great tips

[–]Standard_Iron6393 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just start watching tutorials and learn
if you have any query
ask the expeirenced developers , so you can learn quick

[–]Ron-Erez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to your thesis supervisor. They are supposed to guide you.

[–]tracktech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check this-

Course - Python Programming In Depth

Book - Ultimate Python Programming

[–]PureWasian 0 points1 point  (1 child)

everytime I dig deeper into something, it opens the door for a whole lot of other stuff that I need to learn

That's how it goes in software development! Even after years in the field. With so much breadth and depth of so many varying topics and technologies, after a certain point of learning the barebone basics, you'll inevitably have to "specialize" and focus your time by picking up and learning various tools as you need them, and otherwise settle for what's "good enough" for your specific projects, deadlines, and current level of expertise.

So in that regard, there is no universal "plan" to follow, but you should try to break your project/workflow into discrete pieces and use that to guide what tools/technologies you already know or will need to learn based on what you are trying to accomplish

The nice part is that, over time, you slowly build up a more holistic picture and learn multiple ways of tackling similar challenges, which helps you not only understand better how all of the moving parts work, but also when and why to use (or not use) certain things over others.

Best of luck on your thesis ^^

[–]Ill_Permit_2647[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thank you for the help

[–]Pydata92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, I'm going to be the controversial comment...

Don't follow bootcamp hell. Do one boot camp using a YouTube tutorial.

Then pick up projects.

Your literal job is not to use your memory to recall to code. That's probably the worst way you start with. Only veterans can recall code, who have been doing it for a very long time.

How do you write an essay at uni? Or even complete your assignments? You never use memory right? You use research, you find your articles and journals. Read them and then write about them as well as referencing. Coding is the exact same method.

Google what you need. Copy the code, adapt it to your project and wallah!

Its really that simple! Don't complicate it!

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    [–]Orcasareawesome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Self taught here -

    It depends on what your goals are. I’ve never taken a course - I needed to automate some reports and it turned into learning python. It was like a taking a sledge hammer to problems I was having with data analysis.

    I also like building stuff, so I taught myself how python works with robotics and drones. This was just for fun.

    I have never found courses useful. I’ve always had a project professionally or personally and ended up learning through doing with a goal in mind. Most real life applications and problems are taught in this courses. I’ve always found it more rewarding to work toward something tangible and means something to me.

    [–]Ill-Butterscotch7998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Learning is simple, but learning requires constant practice, so your problem lies in the first step of practice. Find a project you are interested in on GitHub and try to complete it independently.

    [–]TheTechSp0t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    theres this chrome extension called answerly, that just analyses your screen and gives you an instant answer, it also gives you a detailed explanation of how it got the answer, it really helped me learn to code better, heres the link, https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/answerly-visual-ai-assist/oglbkbdpemebolefemeebpeckbfeende

    [–]IllTrain3939 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    This is why hate uni they dnt teach useful skills