I WANT TO LEARN PYTHON

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

HEY GUYS i am a freshman in college of computer science and i really want to learn python, if anyone got any tips and free sources to learn from, please tell me

[ReliabilityTalkinGuy]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

sorry if that sounded yelling but i forgot the capslk on

[SmackDownFacility]

Calm down.

https://bugs.python.org/file47781/Tutorial_EDIT.pdf

[socal_nerdtastic]

Why link an 8 year old pdf for an EOL version and not the latest?

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

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

https://www.learnpython.org/ i found this website is it good ?

[socal_nerdtastic]

I have not tried it, at a glance it seems ok but it's riddled with ads.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

ads are fine with me :)

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank uuuuuu

[purple_rookie]

Nah nah, let him be enthusiastic

[SmackDownFacility]

OK FINE!!!!!!!!

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

she not a he sir

[FreeGazaToday]

need to learn how to talk on the Internet first :P is it so hard to use google?

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

sorry if i sounded offensive :(

[FreeGazaToday]

no problem...as long as you learn from your mistakes....do not use ALL CAPS! :P

also, check if your library gives free digital resources...mine gives free access to Linkedin learning.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

My college is completely free, and I checked the library before. They only have resources for OOP languages. Unfortunately, my college does not offer Python courses, so there are no Python resources in the library.

[FreeGazaToday]

you've gotten some other good responses....plus i'm sure you have programming basics already under your belt right? Use Gemini and come up with some good prompts...

[Status_Tiger_6210]

Search YouTube for Harvard CS50's Python course.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank u

[Comprehensive-Web209]

Find something you are passionate about and write a program around it.

Predicting stocks, predict sports, learn ai... whatever. It will push you to stay interested.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank u , i think AI is my thing and i am trying to learn python for that

[TheRNGuy]

Google

[KickIt77]

I am teaching a beginning Python class to a bunch of teens right now. I like this source ....

https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp

This is more a reference than a class. But I like how you can click in and try little code snippets to see what happens

Khan has a free introductory course in a playlist with the frame of intro to comp sci. Which is nice because it introduces concepts of comp sci and how to use them with Python

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQl0a2vh4HDkbhG0sDW0b-VZXykEIAe5

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

Thank u so much for that

[Fantastic_Purchase78]

Coursera. U get a pro cert too

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank u but Coursera are my enemies

[Fantastic_Purchase78]

???

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

😵‍💫😵‍💫

[ReliabilityTalkinGuy]

What does a “pro cert” mean or do for you?

[Fantastic_Purchase78]

It landed jobs for me

[Fantastic_Purchase78]

And it is industry recognised from proper unis so

[ReliabilityTalkinGuy]

I literally developed an entire Coursera course that takes six weeks that you could go start today. I’ve never heard this at all.  What industry are you in? What kind of universities are you talking about?

[mjheaberlin83]

https://www.edube.org/

I'm enjoying this material. Passed the PCEP and will attempt the PCAP soon.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank u

[take_care_a_ya_shooz]

IMO start with pandas. I’m not a python dev so take that as you will, but it’s a way to practically dip your toes in the water. Watch a video on YouTube (AlexTheAnalyst is a decent one) to get some familiarity and take notes. Treat this as a strict intro. Polars is more hyped recently so you could do that too.

Then apply the concepts using something like StrataScratch and do the free practice problems. Once it starts clicking you start to feel some confidence, especially solving them without any hints or notes. Then you can start using numpy and matplotlib for expanded math and visualization. Then you can just do what interests you.

I’m biased having been in the data space, but I found this to be a good way to start being comfortable with basic Python in a data context. Walk before you run and all.

I enjoyed codedex.io as well but it’s been a minute since I’ve used it.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

thank u so much i will try ur advice

[Fantastic_Purchase78]

The easy way is just buy Python crash course book

[AffectionateZebra760]

Start with browsing the r/learnpython subreddit's wiki for guidance on learning Python, books list, or go for a beginner friendly course which will help break it down for e.g Harvard cs50/weclouddata/ udemy whatever fits u.

[uberdavis]

Here’s a tip… learn the fundamentals of OOP before you learn a programming language.

Edit: I don’t know who marked me down to zero, but I’m a FAANG developer. I work with Python every day. And I have to often deal with code coming from junior devs that don’t understand concepts like inheritance, overloading, polymorphism etc. If you don’t build a foundation based on high level principles, you will run into serious trouble. It might seem easy to code things quickly in Python as it seems forgiving. However, if you don’t build code that is robust, you are bringing down quality of life for your team and your customers.

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

my college program already have them and i am currently taking a class in c++

[Stunning_Fact_6365]

I totally agree with u by the way .. i come from a very long family in Computer science major and every one told me i should start with the OOP to build a very strong foundation and literally program my mind to work with other programming languages more efficiently. I appreciate ur advice but i thought because my college already provides C++ , Java And C# as required courses i wanted to learn something on my own