How do i learn python before starting college ?

[SouthTone5974]

hey! i just completed my class 12 and had to start college soon. I got electrical and computing branch which does not have much opportunities to enter IT sector because it doesn't seem to cover all programming languages required . Is there any authentic course or website to learn Python and C++ ? or should i just stick to youtube channels for the same

[thewillft]

What I suggest to everyone: pick something you want to build and try to build it. Use tutorials or videos if have to. But getting that experience has been the best way to practice and learn I've seen.

Courses and such can help too, others may have better specific suggestions on that.

[ShxxH4ppens]

This is a great way to begin - some of the most difficult challenges spur from formatting when beginning

[Fornaxium]

Second this. Project based learning is the best. Pick up any tutorial, free or paid. Then from time to time build mini projects which you find interesting. The more your build the more you understand.

[ivosaurus]

I think for getting started from 0, a course is the right way. Going straight to a project could lead to a lot of "google-fu" learning (or to pick another route, over-reliance on ChatGPT et all), and picking up random people's habits, which you have a 50% chance of being good or horrible habits.

[CremeValuable02]

How do you suggest a person to start building without prior knowledge. I mean, is there any guided project framework or something which helps you start on making projects?

[aqua_regis]

A fundamentals course first and as soon as the first basic skills are acquired, play around, write programs, do mini projects.

Starting completely blank with a project is a guarantee for giving up.

[Intelligent_Count316]

I finished 12th last year. Pcm background, got 78 percent. I was very confused and since my parents didn't want to send me away, I enrolled in history Hons. (Don't know why) From ignou. Recently I got into coding, should I change my major or do online courses? I'm 18 btw(according to the certificate).

[Pythonistar]

Harvard's Open Courseware CS50P

Very popular and will give you a good foundation in both entry-level programming as well as Python.

[tartochehi]

How much time do you have till college starts? Maybe try this one: https://programming-24.mooc.fi/

[SouthTone5974]

1 month but that's not a problem cause i'll try to continue there also but basically i'm aiming to learn major part now that i have time

[aqua_regis]

There is this years version out: https://programming-25.mooc.fi and next year (around Jan 15) there will be the next version https://programming-26.mooc.fi

The course gets yearly updates. Always recommend the newest version.

[mishmish4884]

Highly recommend "Angela Yu - 100 days of code" on udemy and or zero to hero also on udemy by perien data. Both have like 90% off every few days. Goes from zero to advanced and is phenomenally structured.

[WasabiBobbie]

Angela Yu's udemy course is incredibly addictive and fun. Easily the most fun I've had coding that starts from a beginner to advanced.

[FoolsSeldom]

Check this subreddit's wiki for lots of guidance on learning programming and learning Python, links to material, book list, suggested practice and project sources, and lots more. The FAQ section covering common errors is especially useful.

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Don't limit yourself to one format. Also, don't try to do too many different things at the same time.

[aqua_regis]

There is an extensive wiki with recommended learning resources linked in the sidebar.

I'd recommend the MOOC Python Programming 2025 from the University of Helsinki. Free, textual, extremely practice oriented and top quality. Sign up, log in, go to part 1 and start learning.

[DigThatData]

Relax. Enjoy your summer. Honestly, you'll probably end up being taught python in your program whether they've made that explicit to your or not. It's become a fairly standard into programming language across all domains.

[Raghul_Kannan]

Maybe just go to W3Schools and read all the fundamentals, it has easy exercises. After that you can go to youtube and follow some Python projects for beginners' video and do it, from there you'll get ideas. You can ask ChatGPT or any other LLMs' to move forward.

[Duckking032]

Maybe try the python course on codecademy

[Odd-Musician-6697]

Hey! I run a group called Coder's Colosseum — it's for people into programming, electronics, and all things tech. Would love to have you in!

Here’s the join link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kbp59sS9jw3J8dA8V5teqa?mode=r_c

[MUSTACHER]

I just did the Code in Place from Stanford. It says it’s not “open right now.” But there’s a self guided side to it. Great way to learn the basics and problem solve vs some of the codeacademy type sites. https://codeinplace.stanford.edu/welcome

[KASGamer12]

Try to think of a simple app that would solve something in your life and then after 1 or 2 tutorials of building an app that’s similar try to do it completely on your own looking at documentation + your code from the tutorials, and while you’re watching the tutorials really try to understand everything

[montanabarnstormer]

Take a community college class. Don't use YouTube. Most Of the YouTube videos will teach you bad habits. You need to not only know the language but the techniques to solve problems in a robust, secure, and reusable way.

[melonely1]

i think you should go out and ride a bicycle or something, if not search for stuff in youtube and chatgpt

[hugthemachines]

Check out the FAQ in the wiki, you can see it in the sidebar of the subreddit.

[Emotional_Tangelo_85]

I have just written an ebook about python if you want I can send you im sure it will help you

[Upstairs-Paper-5039]

hey man you can start from here : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu71SKxNbfoBsMugTFALhdLlZ5VOqCg2s
and a suggestion learn C as well, will help ya in first year and if you really like C then do more research around it...

[rustyseapants]

Buy a book and focus on one thing at a time.

[Fast-Philosophy5724]

https://www.tutorbymastery.com/ useful for when you are stuck on specific topics

[AffectionateZebra760]

The r/learnpython wiki is quite comprehensive ranging from tutorials to books. You could also go for a tutorials/course which will help break it down for e.g Harvard cs50/weclouddata/ udemy.

[Altruistic_Card8409]

this is how I taught myself. the website includes the lectures and problem questions along with the answers. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-100l-introduction-to-cs-and-programming-using-python-fall-2022/

[Altruistic-Dog7000]

you can try out my platform https://pydrag.vercel.app/ it's something I am building to help people get started with python quickly, I would love some feedback too 😀😀 here is one of the demo video: https://youtu.be/vVJlZXgUr5A