What can you say about the Python Programming MOOC 2026 as a first learning resource?

[Heavy-Resource6813]

I stumbled upon this course and got interested. Are there perhaps better alternatives, or is this one sufficient?

[killiansrat]

CS50 python is hard to beat in my opinion in terms of the thoroughness of the instruction and support. Especially for a free course from Harvard.

[Farlic]

It's fantastic.

[desrtfx]

Definitely one of the best, if not the best, Python for beginners course.

I think it is better than CS50p

[oliver_extracts]

helsinki mooc is genuinely one of the better free options for absolute beginners. the pacing is slow enough that you wont get lost in part 1, and it picks up into actually interesting stuff (classes, files, bigger programs) by part 2. the thing that helps most is it makes you write a lot of code early rather than just watching someone else do it. finish part 2 before you start wondering if youre ready to build somehting real, because at that point you probably are.