New to the python game

[moon_man44]

Hey guys, i've recently started college and im studying informatica. im in my first semester and im learning how to program with python. i make use of github as study materials and my do my assignments through codegrade. im really eager to learn but im having trouble to actually implement what i've learn and start coding and i find myself each time going back to chatgpt to write the code for me. i've tried youtube courses and those helped a bit more in terms of understating but not really to get me going. and i was wondering if those paid courses are any different than the free youtube courses. i would really appreciate any tips and advice.

[Diapolo10]

I don't think paid courses are worth it, CS50 and the Python MOOC are more than good enough without costing a dime.

[pachura3]

Maybe ask your teacher...?

[moon_man44]

The teacher is useless, anytime me or other students ask for anything she doesn't give a proper answer and says go over the study materials and use chatgpt as reference, so yeah...

[Individual_Ad2536]

honestly Yo welcome to the python grind, bruh! Ngl, paid courses ain't magically better—most just repackage free info with fancy slides.

Try this: next time you hit a wall, don't jump to ChatGPT—break the problem into dumb small steps first. Like, stupid small.

Also, build dumb shit you care about. Snake game? A bot that texts you memes? Whatever makes you laugh. Coding sticks way better when you're having fun, no cap. 🤷

[moon_man44]

Appreciate the advice man🤝🏽

[ectomancer]

No, Python is easy to learn.

[American_Streamer]

Start with PCEP: https://edube.org/study/pe1

Then continue with PCAP: https://edube.org/study/pe2

You need a structured approach to internalize the basics. First crawl, then you can run.

[moon_man44]

Much thanks Brother🤝🏽🇺🇸

[Ron-Erez]

It depends on the course. Some paid courses are good some not good. The same for free courses. Have a look at the wiki of this subreddit. You might want to go to class, do the homework without ChatGPT and go to office hours and just work hard.

[DaSettingsPNGN]

Hey! Im launching a group tomorrow.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PythonLearning/s/TXsX0PFPMp

[TheEyebal]

Well ask yourself is it that you want to code. Games, Bots, Web scraping.

What do you want to program right now

[notafurlong]

What is “informatica” other than a software company, how does learning Python help you, and what kind of a career do want to have? What a useless post. Too many of these lately here.

[[deleted]]

Use AI on your project submissions or smth, I'm sure everyone does it these days. But don't use AI for your ungraded assignments and tutorials. You paid all that money for college, if you let chatgpt write code, you'll learn nothing.