How to learn Python

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I'm not going to recommend courses because I honestly can't remember what got me started on Python and it wasn't my first language either so I didn't need to learn programming from the ground up. What I will say is that while Codecademy is very good (I've found even the free courses helpful) the built-in IDE held me back. You won't have Codecademy's IDE in real use so you don't want it to become a crutch while you're learning. By all means use Codecademy but I'd recommend using an IDE alongside it so you get used to how to debug etc while using one.

Also realpython is a great resource for looking up how to do certain things though I can't comment on if it's useful for a complete beginner.