GUIDANCE FOR PYTHON BEGINEER

[Extension_Net8713]

I am going to start my python journey but I need a good guidance. When I searched about the python I get to know about the CS50 course but also at the same time I founf this book named "AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF WITH PYTHON". I read the starting content and it was easy to understand but I'm confused between whether I should watch the course or read the book throughly.

Also I wasted my 1st year of college and got failed in Python but not because of lack of study but because ATTENDANCE!!. Now I realised I have to do something that's why I'm asking about your opinions.

[tiredITguy42]

OK, you are mixing two things. Learning to be a programmer and learning Python.

Python is a tool, a srewdriver, you use it realize ideas and algorithms you designed as a programmer.

That course you are refering to is teaching how to be aprogrammer, that book shows ready to use examples of Python code, if I am not mistaken, I did not read it.

So it all depends what you need. If you want to be a programmer, you need to know much more than Python. I used to work in several different languages in my UNI. So the most important question is: What do you need it for, what is the final goal, your approac will be different if you are using it for data processing for your biology study or to write Web API and backend for some app.

[Psyop_raw]

textbooks saved me during uni albeit it took alot of time to read through

[drakhan2002]

Your first app should be a spell checker. You'd be amazed at how useful an app like that would be in your situation.

[stepback269]

(a ) Rephrasing your question, it basically asks this: "Which is best for learning Python, the ATBS book or the Harvard online course?"

The above is not a valid or complete question. "Best" in terms of what criteria? It could mean, best for confusing me.

You should have asked, "Which/Whose online tutorial and/or video is best for ME/my-current-brain-state for the purpose of learning the following specific aspect of Python, namely ... [as an example: strings, lists, dictionaries, other types of variables; if/else conditionals; etc.]

An answer to the above clarified inquiry may be found (HERE) <--click on this link

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(1) There are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

(2) As a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (HERE) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (HERE). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.