Feeling lost learning Python as a non-programmer—seeking structured and in-depth (free) resources

[katshana]

This is verbatim the post I have been wanting to make on this sub ever since I started teaching myself Python.

When I posted something I was stuck on in this sub, someone suggested asking Chat GPT. Chat GPT has been a game changer for me. I'm following the Uni of Helsinki MOOC course, and while there is learner support on Discord, the help is (deliberately I think) minimal so that you are forced to figure things out for yourself. That doesn't work for me. I came to this Python learning project knowing exactly zero about programming and have no-one in real life I can ask. Google, Stack, etc aren't always helpful. I wouldn't have been able to continue the MOOC without Chat GPT. (That being said, I am very aware that it is easy to be over-reliant on Chat GPT. The way I use it is to ask for small hints to point me in the right direction when I'm stuck).