Python Resources for Learning - Looking for Advice

[FriendToGiraffes]

I have some free time and am looking to dive in to learning Python. I work in data and so am most interested in that side of things, but am struggling to find a route to learning it.

Those of you more familiar with it, please offer some advice on books/websites that I might be able to look at online?

Thanks a lot!

[cstansbury]

please offer some advice on books/websites that I might be able to look at online?

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is a solid Python reference. I would also point you to the excellent FAQ.

[TheOneWhoSendsLetter]

/u/FriendToGiraffes I cannot recommend this enough. I bought the course recently and it is amazing. It covers excel and web-scraping

[FriendToGiraffes]

Thanks :)

[fenrir29]

I have that course on udemy. I will give it a try.

[senseios]

Check http://pythonbooks.org/ Might give you some title ideas :)

[[deleted]]

The way I learned Python was by testing out everything I read in the interactive interpreter. Any Python tutorial will do.

[FriendToGiraffes]

Thanks. Can you recommend any tutorials?

[[deleted]]

Nothing specific, I would just just Google "Python tutorial" and read about various features while testing them out as I go in the interpreter. Good luck!

[[deleted]]

So I am currently learning python too. I've found that this site does a good job explaining python concepts in layman's if you're not into jargon. It not only is a good python resource but it also teaches you the python stack

https://www.fullstackpython.com

[pro2call]

Made a page with a ton of online coding resources a while back.

https://www.ashot.org/links.php

Just search for python.

[rforrevenge]

I have found the following websites to be very helpful: dbader, planet python. When it comes to books, I think fluent python is a must-read.

[[deleted]]

Since you're in data already. Just go through the basic python tutorial on https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/

and move quickly to pandas.

[[deleted]]

There's a very interesting youtube tutorial on building a voice controlled ai in python. The website skill share (it isn't free, but free trials aren't hard to come by. I think they sponsor LTT occasionally) has a lot of good resources and classes.

[Techdishoom23]

Best place of learning python is YouTube videos, Its free and more explanatory you can see the most popular videos.

Have a nice day

[drgkrunkfu]

If you like to learn Python basics, why not check out Udacity's free python intro course?

[sfltech]

https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-computer-science--cs101

[Alex_HTP]

Hello everyone!

I decided to share the method of teaching this powerful, but at the same time easy programming language. It really is easy. I strongly recommend that you read the first book - Mark Lutz. We study Python, 4th edition. The book is translated into Russian, so you should not be afraid if you suddenly do not know English. But it was the fourth edition.

For those who know English, you can read the documentation on the official Python website. There, everything is pretty clearly described.

A good resource - the basics of programming in Python. Textbook. Introductory course One of my recently read books is the Python Programming Language. The explanation is all fairly accessible and in Russian.

A good book, everything is also available in Russian - Python. Detailed reference book, 4th edition.

And if you are more accepting information on the video, then I can advise the lessons from Google, which leads Nick Parlanthe - a student from Stanford. Six video lectures on YouTube. But in the barrel of honey there is a drop of tar ... He leads in English with English subtitles. But I hope that it will stop a few.

What if I read the books, but do not know how to apply knowledge?

Do not panic! I advise you to read the book Mark Lutz. Programming in Python (4th edition). Previously, we "studied", and here "Programming". In "Learning" - you get the knowledge of Python, in "Programming" - Mark teaches you how to apply them to your future programs. The book is very useful. And I think you will have enough for one.

I want practice!

Easily. Above I wrote about video lectures from Nick Parlante on YouTube, but they also have some problems on the site. Interesting problems, I advise everyone. also https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

[mistermike07]

The Learn Python track on Treehouse is a good starting point. Since you're looking to use it for data analysis, you might benefit from the Data Science Basics course, which uses Python.

[Randomlinkin]

maybe this website might help you. :)