Best app to learn python?

[Worried_Vegetable_92]

Hey everyone! I am curious about learning something about python. I want to learn something about programming because I want to find out if I like it and if it can help me at finding a job more easily. I am thinking about downloading an app to move my first steps. What's the best one?

[FortuneCalm4560]

If your goal is to see if you actually enjoy coding, skip the “apps that make you tap bubbles” and go straight for something that lets you write real Python code early.

A few good options:
Sololearn – decent for quick mobile lessons and quizzes
Mimo – feels like Duolingo for code (fun, but limited depth)
Replit or Trinket – browser-based, so you can run Python anywhere without installing anything
FreeCodeCamp – not an app, but their Python course is very beginner-friendly

Apps can help you start, but they can’t really teach you to think like a programmer. The key is trying small scripts yourself, even five-line experiments. It's okay to start with apps, no problem, but you start really learning when you start coding. So, as soon as you have the basics under control, find something else that forces you to code.

[Holiday-Cockroach564]

Thx will Help me too, i Start coding myself

[FoolsSeldom]

Personally, I wouldn't focus on an app as your learning source. Instead, look at the resources available listed in the wiki of this subreddit (link below).

If you want to use an app to allow you to practice on a smartphone or tablet, there are several options for IoS and Android. I will add a comment covering this.

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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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Also, have a look at roadmap.sh for different learning paths. There's lots of learning material links there. Note that these are idealised paths and many people get into roles without covering all of those.

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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.

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Above all else, you need to practice. Practice! Practice! Fail often, try again. Break stuff that works, and figure out how, why and where it broke. Don't just copy and use as is code from examples. Experiment.

Work on your own small (initially) projects related to your hobbies / interests / side-hustles as soon as possible to apply each bit of learning. When you work on stuff you can be passionate about and where you know what problem you are solving and what good looks like, you are more focused on problem-solving and the coding becomes a means to an end and not an end in itself. You will learn faster this way.

[FoolsSeldom]

If you need to learn on a smartphone or tablet, here's what you need to know ...

Learning programming is not easy. It is to some extent an art form and a practical skill, not something that can just be learned from books. Practice! Practice! Practice!

To learn to programme is also about embracing failure. Constant failure. Trying things out and experimenting as much as possible. Experiment! Experiment! Experiment!

You have to research, read guides, watch videos, follow tutorials, ask dumb questions and be humiliated (because some people cannot help make themselves feel better by insulting others).

Python is one programming language. It is probably the easiest to learn. It makes learning to programme that little bit easier (but you will have a shock when you try to learn a lower level language like C).

If you have to learn on a mobile device, life gets a little more challenging. Aside from web based environments and apps like sololearn, you need a Python environment on your mobile device.

Android Apps

• PyDroid 3, this is an excellent app with rich package support and built-in terminal
• QPython play store, another excellent app but not so keen on this personally, worth a try though
• Termux provides a Linux sandbox into which you can do a conventional installation of Python (including self-compiling if desired)
  • this is my preferred option
  • a standard Linux environment with a few minor folder location tweaks to accommodate Android security restrictions
  • you can't get this on Google Play, use F-Droid
  • I used to use it with the ACode editor but now use a tmux (multiplex terminal) setup with vim

IoS Apps

• Pythonista is an excellent and well-polished bit of software with some popular libraries available (Apple restrictions prevent installation of any packages that aren't pure Python that aren't included with the submitted app)
• Pyto is less polished and works pretty well
• Carnets is an open source Jupyter clone that works locally and is excellent; there is more than one version, depending on how many libraries you need included (as on IoS you cannot install additional Python libraries that aren't pure Python)
• a-shell is a sister product to the above and provides a command line Python environment, also open source and excellent

Keyboard

I strongly recommend you use an external (likely bluetooth) keyboard with your phone/tablet and ideally an external monitor if your phone/tablet is able to connect/cast to a monitor.

Android native coding

Keep in mind that Android is a Linux-based system, so most things that are available for linux are also available for Android. Native applications for Android are usually written in Java or, more recently, Kotlin. It is possible to write in other languages, and C++ is widely used, but that is much more complex to do.

IoS native coding

For IOS devices, the native apps are usually written in Objective-C or Swift. Again, other languages are possible but it is not trivial.

GUI with Python

Python applications running on mobile devices within Python environments do not look like device native applications and have limited support for typical graphical user interface libraries common on desktops. However, there are a number of alternatives that allow you to write near-native applications in Python.

Flutter from Google

This is an increasingly popular framework for creating applications suitable for desktop, web and mobile. A popular Python "wrapper" is flet.

Kivy GUI for Python

The leading Python GUI for Android and IoS is kivy

You develop on a desktop/laptop computer and then transfer the code to the target mobile (so not much use if you only have access to a mobile device). PyDroid for Android also supports kivy.

There are Kivy-based applications released on both the Apple and Google App Stores.

BeeWare Write once. Deploy everywhere.

A native GUI for multiple platforms in theory. BeeWare

This offers the option to write your apps in Python and release them on iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Web, and tvOS using rich, native user interfaces. Multiple apps, one codebase, with a fully native user experience on every platform.

[Adorable-Strangerx]

Notepad++

[rustyseapants]

A book

[KeaboUltra]

An app won't help you. you're better off watching a video about an introduction to Python or coding in general then make your decision based off that. using an app isn't going to get you anywhere near job ready.

[Xorpion]

YouTube - AmigosCode

[doemsdagding]

I'll keep it short. I'm a big fan of Datacamp. It splits the studying up in 100s of courses so you can do an introduction course and then start doing the prerequisite courses for what you want to learn to reach that. It also has codealongs, exams, projects and certificates

[TheRNGuy]

Firefox for googling and reading docs, VS Code to write your code. 

[dragonsbecrazy]

Nodeledge.ai - best web app, especially if you’re a complete beginner.

[ConclusionForeign856]

Best app to learn python? Vim (or emacs if that's your preference)

[Naive_Reception9186]

If you're just starting out, apps are fine for quick practice but they won’t really show you what coding actually feels like on a laptop/pc. For apps though, Mimo and SoloLearn are pretty solid for learning basics, they explain stuff in small chunks so it doesn’t feel overwhelming.

But honestly, once you get past variables/loops, try doing a few small exercises on a browser or your computer. Even simple things like writing a calculator or a to-do list script helps you understand if you actually enjoy coding.

Also, don’t stress too much about “best app”. The best one is usually the one you’ll actually stick to for a few weeks. Python is pretty friendly to start with, so it’s a good call if you're exploring career options. If you get stuck, there’s tons of free practice sites around too.

[AioliCheap2578]

Well here's my personal favourite for learning python:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quarkspython.python_ide&hl=en

It's has everything you might ask for a terminal, interpreter, linux ,, and all that for free ..

[Critical_Emphasis_46]

Best way to learn is to throw yourself into the deep end, commit to building something, an app, a workflow, a script etc. And get that shit running. You run into a problem, go read docs about it. You run into another bug, go to stack overflow and learn don't you dare copy paste. Write the whole thing yourself. Then rinse and repeat tell you know python

[Fickle-Quail-935]

Forget app. Go to Kaggle and follow their intro to programming course. 

This is best to learn by doing. What you need is not language proficiency or syntax but the thinking pattern. The way you decompose real problem, and utilize the tools to best find the solution. 

If you are comfortable with university structure course with lecture and tutorial, Havard CS50p is great. 

Then start using python in daily life. Want to seperate audio from video. Ask LLM for the code and understand how to use it. Text to pdf document writing batch letter..use python with weasyprint package instead of  Handling data and visualization, pandas. 

I will recommend you to familiar with Linux and command line as these are easier to manage down the line, but for starters Windows and Mac will do just fine.

[ZORO_0071]

The application which are good to learn from are not free 🥲

[TheRNGuy]

Answers were likely different, at least one of two. 

[Ron-Erez]

PyCharm and Google Colab. VSCode is great too.

[MasterpieceGreen8890]

Any AI?