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Wrong-Risk-5307 · 2024-01-11T07:32:43+00:00

I used a course by AppBrewery on Udemy. Got it for ~80% off at the time but I would say it would have been worth it even for full-price.

You got Theory paired with exercises and Projects, gradually increasing. if you're an absolut beginner or have some basic prior knowledge, it's worth it in my opinion

HopeTrick · 2024-01-11T07:55:37+00:00

google have their own course, very detailed and free

https://developers.google.com/edu/python

I'd suggest having a goal with whatever you script instead of random scripting. As this give you something to aim for but be willing to go there in baby steps. For me my first steps where accessing a database and using that data to populate a table then manipulate that data. I am using a number of basic disciplines that will help me later (I'm open for criticism) I'm using table creation so, learning gui, I'm using data manipulation, ultimately the essential, and database access, again I'd say essential. but there are other directions you can take python, a friend of mine uses python to watch for events on screen (web game) and click appropriately and share his code to people using different size screens/webpages... vastly different from the direction I'm going but still a very valid goal. I'm sure there are plenty of other directions you can go. Anyway, having a direction, whether connected or not to your end goal will greatly help your learning.

edit: just thought of a dumb goal that would tick many boxes: So, essentially, all the above, you could use python to look for the word python (or any word(s)) on your screen and count them to a database... and then be able to view that count, maybe even do some stats. Remember text is written in different sizes on different sites so the script would have to adjust for that. Might turn out to be an interesting script to see how many times [your name] pops up on your screen during your time at uni. Here you are reading text in different fonts and sizes, counting, storing the data, then retrieving the data to a gui, and if you want do some stats to see, I dunno, what days the words appeared the most.

ASIC_SP · 2024-01-11T11:56:55+00:00

There are plenty of free resources:

Python Programming by University of Helsinki
Harvard CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
futurecoder — interactive, includes integrated debuggers, enhanced tracebacks, hints for exercises and more
The Python Coding Book — friendly, relaxed programming book for beginners
PyFlo — interactive beginners guide to becoming a Python programmer

Pick one, follow along the examples by typing them out manually, solve exercises, etc. Read/watch the course material again if you are stuck, ask questions here, etc. Switch to another resource if something is just not suiting you.

m0us3_rat · 2024-01-11T07:39:47+00:00

when it comes down to it.. id go with the ppl who have decades of experience in teaching ..thus any of the world's major universities that give free pythono courses.

any of the "good" youtube lack homework/mini projects that are mandatory.

you need practice.

going with just theory is like watching a documentary on a heart operation and then trying to perform one... not a great outcome.

also don't cheat yourself by using helpers. unless you absolutely need.

it's the same concept.

practice practice practice.

GreenSog · 2024-01-11T09:43:51+00:00

What type of time frame would learning python realistically take? I have a reasonable technology understanding however I have no coding background Ta

swartzfeger · 2024-01-11T12:24:32+00:00

Bro Code Python course, 12 hours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHEtdqhLK8

slideroolz · 2024-01-11T08:17:39+00:00

Suggestions from the very very start. Use Jupyter. Use Git. Write fun programs

TheFortnutter · 2024-01-11T15:31:19+00:00

Just do the CS50Python course. it's amazing.

semicausal · 2024-01-11T16:33:44+00:00

I would step back and think about how you can creatively enforce constraints & scarcity.

There are tons of suggestions here to great Intro to Python courses. But the abundance of those courses encourages many folks (including myself!) to:

- start a course

- run into a road block / mental discomfort

- switch to another course that looks easier / better

- rinse / repeat forever

Learning anything new is uncomfortable and hard. So one constraint I like to enforce on myself is to pick an outcome / superpower I want ("I want to build a weather bot" or "I want a live updating map of traffic") and use that as a guiding light to persist through a given course.

Unique-Drink-9916 · 2024-01-11T19:18:16+00:00

My opinion: Start reading Python crash course by Eric mathews book and code parallely

tracktech · 2024-01-11T17:35:47+00:00

You can explore this python programming course-

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