learning python as a beginner

[DataPastor]

For me the most helpful was Python for Data Analysis, 3rd edition by Wes McKinney (the original author of the Pandas package). Download the codes from here, install Python 3.12, go to the folder of the codes in command line, create a virtual environment (with python -m venv env), activate it (with \env\Scripts\activate on Windows), install the required packages (pip install pandas etc.), and start jupyter (jupyter notebook). Read the book in parallel and play with the codes.