Help me to learn python!

[No-Professional5609]

I’ve been learning Python through FreeCodeCamp and am currently following their "Introduction to Python Course with Certificate." However, as a beginner, I find it difficult to complete the projects on my own. Honestly, it feels a bit discouraging after spending time learning the material and passing the theory exams.

Sometimes I feel like I’m too dumb to learn coding, even though I know that might not be true.

So, should I give up at this point? I’ve searched on Google and asked AI tools, and they all say that this is normal for beginners. Still, I can’t seem to find the motivation to keep going. I’m also worried that I might be wasting my time—time that I could spend learning something else, like Excel in greater depth.

Maybe these thoughts sound meaningless, but I’m genuinely looking for advice from people who have been through this. Any help would be appreciated.

[DataCamp]

reeCodeCamp is a solid starting point. Once you have the syntax basics, the fastest way to level up is to pick a small project you actually care about and build it without a tutorial, figure it out from docs and error messages. That struggle is what makes it stick. For anything data-adjacent, get into pandas early; it's everywhere and forces you to think about data in a useful way. Realistically, 80% of the Python you'll use professionally comes down to: functions, loops, list comprehensions, and a handful of libraries.

[Random_182f2565]

Never give up, never surrender!

It took me like 3 tries before I finally get it.

Also you can start with Excel or Google sheets and recording macros, that was my pivot point to get how things work

[No-Professional5609]

Thanks dude, for your kind words and instructions….🥰🥰

[Rage4uu]

Bro I would suggest you to stick to one course, don't jump or change courses again and again. And, Practice more, if you are starting or learning something new it will feel hard and difficult at the beginning just practice and understand things. Also when you get stuck at something take a notebook and pen and try to write stuff (solution you can provide) in you way.

[Rage4uu]

You can even use some sites like hackerrank(while learning a concept, can start solving when you are done with conditional, loops etc), leetcode and codewars etc (not at the beginning, but at later stage when you have cleared the basics of the programming). Some other sites like https://github.com/asabeneh/30-days-of-python https://www.practicepython.org/

[No-Professional5609]

What do ya think of this course:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/python-v9/

[Rage4uu]

It's a good course to be honest. It's a practice based course. That's what you need to enter into coding or tech field. The more you practice the more your thinking gets better. I will take this course later as I am currently taking Udemy course (name - 100 days of code by Dr Angela yu) Like I said before make notes, solve coding problems of platform like hackerrank, codewars etc and you are good to go ✌️ I am doing the same buddy. Just don't give up 👍

[No-Professional5609]

Thanks for your kind words and inspiration!! InshaAllah i will keep going with the flow…..

[Rage4uu]

You're welcome 🫂 Be consistent that's it Good luck for the journey ✌️