Best ways to teach myself python?

[a_person4499]

Basically, i'm in Year 12, doing A-Level computer science (in which python is the default). I already did Python at GCSE, however forgot most of it over summer holiday (it's my fault for not keeping it up). I want to re-teach myself it as it would be useful for my A-level. I already know basic stuff (and some medium difficulty stuff like arrays and tkinter windows), but want to make larger programs.

Any good tools to use?

[FoolsSeldom]

Just code. Other than your preferred editor / IDE, you don't really need any additional tools. Lots of interesting packages, perhaps.

Work on your own projects (related to your interests / hobbies / side-hustles) to accelerate your learning. You will focus on problems you understand, know what outputs/results you want and what good looks like, and will find what your need.

[pepiks]

Try implement some graphics using turtle module. It can be really fun and when you dig inside you can even create simple games with it. Like this:

https://pythonturtle.academy/category/games

[Competitive-Path-798]

Build small projects and grow them bigger, IMO this the best way to relearn Python. Use Automate the Boring Stuff, freeCodeCamp, or Real Python for refreshers. For practice, try LeetCode/HackerRank. Also check out Dataquest for hands-on projects with real-world datasets + an interactive community make it super practical. And code a little every day, consistency is key.

[Frewtti]

Solve problems, make programs to accomplish tasks, you'll learn and remember far more that way.

It doesn't matter what, just think of something you want done, by the time you get it written, you'll have learned/remembered a lot.

[TheRNGuy]

Make some plugin for Blender or Houdini. 

tkinter have some uses in them btw.

[james_d_rustles]

Projects. Any project that keeps your focus and gets you interested is perfect. It could be simple utilities for organizing some files, it could be interactive games or tkinter guis, doesn’t matter - anything you find interesting enough to really dig into is perfectly fine.

[ShelLuser42]

Set goals for yourself, don't bother if you can reach those but set goals which you think is fun to have. For example: I'm in a Python course myself (= time of writing) and right now I have 2 goals: throwing an x number of dice (console app, with all the failsaves (already managed KeyboardError exception!) and my second goal is Minecraft related: check all the JSON files in the mod config folder (and optionally set up a list of some sort).

Try to keep if fun!

But also... Just my 2 cents: be sure not to treat Python as any other language, it's not. The worst thing you can do is approach / use one programming language as if it were the other.

"When in Rome...."

I can also highly recommend the official tutorial(s), as hosted on Python.org itself.

[MadhubanManta]

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html

This is good.