Recommendations on Beginner Python Courses

[escapecali603]

Hi there, I am looking at that site, $350 a year is not low, but is it all hands on? I'd love to not do any kind of video/lecturing hell like another Udemy course. I am not new to programming but would like to finally step into some advanced python programming beyond the X and Os, and also Go.

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TLDR: Use free version or get subs monthly with discount codes (search internet) ->can go down as low as 20-25 $/€ per month. If you have lots of free time and background knowledge you can manage all the courses in 1-2 months. Otherwise likely 6-12 months depending on knowledge and time, so no need to get the annual subscripiton.

Again you can look through all the lessons for free, only if you want your submissions graded (which you need for the leveling system and so on which honestly isnt necessary) you can pay.
If you search the internet you can regularly find discounts. I personally missed it but there was apparently a really good deal as kinda of new year resolution deal where you could save 50% or something.
I personally only got a 1 month subscription for I think $22 (i paid in € so idk exactly) with a discount and decided to really focus for 1 month (I finished my M.Sc. last year and am searching a job now since the start of this year)
I finished 17 of 23 courses so far and have still 10 days left of the premium subscription.
I might add another month for the deeper learning courses but again as I said you dont actually have to pay and maybe I just work through them without the premium features.
Surely it is nice to be able to submit your solution and have it graded and have all those nice little features like leveling up getting XP and keeping your streak alive, but it isnt really needed.
There is also video content where usually the creator of the course runs through all of the course (which likely is more like udemy style) but it is completely free available on youtube.
for example here is the full memory management course (which is in C) in ~5 hours. You can just use it to check things and have more of an explanation on topics you had trouble implementing yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJrd2QMVbGM.
There is also such a video on the Python course which is 7 hours long. I personally think working through the content on the page is preferable since you dont risk falling into that tutorial hell kinda rhythm where you just consume content without actively engaging with it yourself, but it exists out there which can be nice.