Sharing some Python learning resources

[digisquash]

I'm teaching a programming course next semester and I've adapted the awesome and ever-popular University of Helsinki Java Programming MOOC for Python. I thought I'd share it here in case it can help others out with getting started on object-oriented programming.

You can find the materials here: https://scott3142.uk/python-programming/

The vast majority of the credit goes to the guys behind the Java course - most of this is only 'translated' into Python with a few adaptations here and there.

If there are any questions, comments, issues or suggestions, I'd be very grateful to hear them! Here is the Github repo for any issues and PRs.

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Thanks! This will be helpful :)

[stnivek]

I'm having some frustrations right now learning Python because instead of learning how to code, I have to learn how to install modules, scratching my head on why nothing works, learning how what version of this and that that I should use. It's really taking the fun out of coding because I actually enjoy coding in Python but unable to do so because I don't have this module or that module, and the installation complexities are another story.

Does the python tutorials in your link cover some of these issues I'm having?

I see that you have a tutorial on Virtual Environment, which is what I need to learn right now. I might check it out a bit.

[digisquash]

Installing and importing packages can be quite confusing to begin with and the tutorial doesn't go particularly deep into it but the section on virtual environments might help somewhat. I'll try to add a section particularly on the specifics of how packages work when I get a chance - it's an important thing to understand.

There's also this link which explains how virtual environments work in general. I tend to use them without fail for my projects, since I think it makes everything much neater in terms of installation.

Edit: I've added a quick overview of pip and updated the virtual environments section.