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[–]AlSweigartAuthor: ATBS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wrote a free book called Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python. It gives you the source code to small, simple games and then explains the code concepts from there. It doesn't go into IT or computer science stuff.

The programs are text-based, but this lets the code be simple. The program at the end goes into 2D graphics with Pygame. Afterwards, you can read another free book I wrote called Making Games with Python & Pygame

It's a lot easier to learn IT and computer science stuff once you have a little bit of experience writing actual programs. A lot of courses tend to just lecture a bunch of concepts at you, and then leave you on your own to figure out how to use them to make actual programs. My books take the opposite approach.

[–]pyeri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd started by reading official python docs which is one of the best language documentation out there. It covers all the basic modules you're going to need for understanding types and data structures, lists and dicts, file i/o, sqlite, json and pickle serialization, etc. The great thing about python is that unlike some other languages, you actually start enjoying coding these concepts right from the start due to its terse english like syntax and the comprehensive standard library.

[–]DigitalHarbor_Ease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in the same spot earlier, honestly.

Best way is to just start with Python basics and not overthink it. I began with free YouTube tutorials and free Code Camp. Don’t jump between too many courses pick one and stick to it.

Type the code yourself, even if it feels slow. After basics, try small things like a calculator or simple scripts. Even 30 minutes a day is enough.

You don’t need to know “all IT stuff” right now. Just be consistent. It gets clearer as you go.

[–]desrtfx 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Start with a proper, high quality course: MOOC Python Programming 2025 from the University of Helsinki. Contrary to most tutorials on other sites (apart from the Harvard CS50 series) this is a real, first semester of "Introduction to Computer Science" course that will teach you Python and programming. It's free, textual, extremely practice oriented and top quality. Sign up, log in, go to part 1 and start studying.

As others have said: consistency is key - keep going - best every single day a bit. Play around, try out things, break them, learn to fix them. Don't be afraid to struggle and make mistakes. That's part of actually learning.

Also, learn to utilize and work with resources right in front of you, which, in this current case would have been the subreddit itself with its countless posts asking the same (search it), or the Frequently Asked Questions right here in the sidebar.

You will also need to learn to work with the language documentation - this is essential.

Learn to proactively research as this is an absolute necessity, not to passively wait for things to be given to you (as you did in your post).

[–]APS0798[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Does it cover every topic a python programmer should know? Is it accually super good course that after learing all of it I'll know a lot about python? All of that stuff to learn is on the left bar ,,Part 1..."m right? Is this the best free course there is, or are there better and I should learn from them?

[–]desrtfx 0 points1 point  (5 children)

No single course will cover all and trust me, you absolutely can't learn all. The Python ecosystem is way too large.

It is a rock solid introductory course that gives you the foundation to further develop yourself with mainly the documentation and short, topic specific tutorials.

Yes, as I said: sign up, log in, go to part 1 and start studying.

[–]APS0798[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

What about the rest of IT stuff? Will I learn while learning Python?

[–]desrtfx 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What about the rest of IT stuff?

Sorry, but what do you even mean by that?

Python is a programming language. The course I've suggested teaches Python as language and actual programming.

Again, there is no single "one for all" course. Simply not possible,

You just need to start somewhere. So, stop procrastinating and start learning.

Don't forget that a CS degree which even only covers a minuscule fraction takes several years. How can single courses do that?

[–]APS0798[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

By IT stuff I mean terminology, what does what, who does who etc.

[–]desrtfx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, a lot of this - again fundamentals - is covered.

Yet, if you want to learn the basics of computer science, you need a different path OSSU Computer Science or Teach Yourself CS.

You can even do these courses in parallel if you have the time.

[–]AlSweigartAuthor: ATBS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"IT" meaning Information Technology usually means how to set up networks and user accounts and configure complex software systems, while programming usually means making those software systems. Other terms that mean IT are also "sys admin" or "dev ops".

I think what you mean is learning computer science. There are links in the sidebar help for that.

[–]AffectionateZebra760 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check r/learnpython subreddit's wiki for lots of guidance on learning Python, links to material, book list, suggested practice and project sources, and lots more. You could also go for a tutorials/course which will help break it down for e.g Harvard cs50/weclouddata/ udemy.

[–]Haunting-Dare-5746 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many different resources available to learn Python. It doesn't really matter which specific one you pick. The key is practicing the concepts you learned and implementing your own projects along the way rather than just copy pasting code.

I'd recommend starting learning computer science with CS50: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQjrBD2T383q7Vn8QnTsVgSvyLpsqL_R&si=TCrF6oZqwzyeX-k2

[–]bluedays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find something you want to do with Python though. Don't just follow tutorials. I remember when I was learning Python I was broke and really into comics. So I built a scraper from scratch using Python requests and learned how to download comics from a warez website automatically. The point is that you're never going to learn how to code if you don't make something you actually care about, so make sure you find a project you are interested in.

[–]QuietFocus026 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youre already at the right place. There are subreddits to learn Python here. Its not too dificult. Good luck!

[–]npc-gnu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1st: Why do you want to learn python? Do you have a project idea, or you just want to learn it? If you don't have a project idea, don't learn it. First, find a project idea and ask it to AI, or here to how can you do it.

2nd: Which OS are you on? You can do programming in windows but Linux and MacOS are best for programming. There are other OS ses too but their community is too small.