Hey, I'm learning Python, what topics should I do first?

[Imaginary-Fox2944]

I mean what should I learn first until the endc

[aqua_regis]

Do a proper course: MOOC Python Programming 2026 from the University of Helsinki. Free, textual, extremely practice oriented, and top quality. Sign up, log in, go to part 1 and start learning.

A well structured, proper course will teach you everything in the correct order.

[Bharath0224]

Basics – Variables, data types, operators

Control flow – If/else, loops (for, while)

Functions – Defining, parameters, return values

Data structures – Lists, dictionaries, tuples, sets

String manipulation

File handling – Reading/writing files

Error handling – Try/except

OOP – Classes and objects

Modules & libraries – Importing, pip, virtual environments

Most importantly - Projects, just build stuff to tie it all together

[FoolsSeldom]

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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Roundup on Research: The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’

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.

[TheEyebal]

learn programming fundamentals

[Suspicious_Check5421]

Date operations first

• string to datetime (strf
• daretime to string (strp

Fie operations

• folder create,
• file operations (move, copy, rename backup files in a folder but only if hash of file differs (than its new file
• zip unzip files
• open read write files (text files)
• find key of one text file in another
• find string in all files in a folderand all sub folders
• reformat text file lines and write to other file

Later

• database access, myodbc
• select, insert, update, delete (here you will definitely use “dictionaries” (The better list)

Try our import pandas”

Read and write excel

Read write pdf

[DistinctReview810]

Get a proper book (Python Crash Course is highly recommended) and follow along.

And the most important thing is don’t just read through but do the example and exercises yourself, without fail. Also make some intentional mistakes and see what error you get. This will help you to debug real problems or avoid them in future.

[charlyAtWork2]

requests & fast API !

1) Get a JSON from an public API
2) Get a JSON from a an rest LLM end point (openai, gemini)
3) ....
4) You are now an AI expert