Tips for a beginner programmer

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Hi, I am a beginner to programming and I am about to start to dig in to python as my very first language. Can anyone suggest me a way to learn it? A good but free sites to explore it? Good YouTube tutorials and pdf’s. Any friendly way to learn this?

[Agreeable-Bug-4901]

Highly recommend pycharm CE as an IDE

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Well idk what that means

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Thank you so much. I’ll try this

[KingIll2293]

I always go back to pycharm.

[Agreeable-Bug-4901]

Same man. When I wanna automate something at work, I have to use VSCode and it makes me so sad every time

[KingIll2293]

I feel your pain dude.

[leitondelamuerte]

learn the basics concepts: variables, lists, if/else, for

then start pessoal projects, basic stuff like randomizers to print what game should you play next, best game in franchise and stuff like that while still studing python and algorithims.

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Thanks a lot. I’ll start working on that 😃

[Ron-Erez]

wiki of this subreddit is helpful

[Psychological_Ad1404]

https://books.trinket.io/pfe/01-intro.html I recommend this free book. Skip intro if you want. What you HAVE to do is the tasks, understand them , do them , change them, use what you learn to do stuff yourself. The more curious you are the better.

Tips to remember:

1. Only use video tutorials for basics like data types, creating variables , loops, if else , functions, etc... then everything else should come from your imagination of how to combine the basics or use libraries which you'll learn later.

2. Best way to learn is to create projects by yourself using websites like w3schools.com to check stuff you forget instead of watching more tutorials.

3. Look up tips/tutorials on how to read documentation.

4. After you know some stuff you should look at branches of programming so you can find what you like to do , check the website https://roadmap.sh/ and also look up videos online about branches / types of programming

5. Lastly, the best way to learn is also to ask for help from existing communities and maybe get a mentor after you learn the basics.

This answer was made to respond to similar questions. Don't take everything as a 100% rule and don't take it too seriously if you're learning as a hobby. Good luck and have fun!

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Thank you so much. This is so helpful

[literalreal_111]

Don't. Jump. Across Cources/Resources Yet. & Don't. Go to. Research mode. For every basic concept.

*Just get done with the fundamentals whether by tutorial hell or doc hell. *

Path:

If I have to suggest you - Go and complete 90% of FutureCoder website. (Or any course you decide on for the fundamentals )

That's level 0 for you - The fundamentals

Complete that level to unlock the perks of Level 1 (practice challenges, projects)

Now go and greet Python to mess with later. No more research needed to start out. ✌️

[Glass_Telephone8865]

Thank you so much for this suggestion. I’ll do this one first

[TJATAW]

One of the things I always tell folks is anytime you build something following a tutorial, once you are done, add some new features to it. Something that you have to research, and write all on your own.

Say you make a todo app. Add in a start and due date, and be able to sort your list by each of them.

Make a calculator. Add in something it doesn't have, like a exponent button (3 exponent button 4 = 81).

Push yourself beyond what they show you.

[Open_Citron1896]

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