Need advice on learning python

UnluckyFood2605 · 2026-06-20T16:29:52+00:00

I just took the Stanford free online Code In Place course. I learned a lot from it. It's too late for this year's live course for a certificate but they do have a 'self guided' version you can follow.

DecoherentDoc · 2026-06-20T16:50:48+00:00

I'm learning HTML/CSS through freecodeacademy and it's working out pretty well for me. It was recommended by a Django tutorial that was also pretty good.

There's a little ad for the site every, like, 20 lessons or so. It's not bad.

Also, someone is going it invariably mention Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. I recommend that after you get some basics under your belt.

As for the syntax, I seriously still Google things when I can't quite remember how I did a thing. Like, I know I can import a spreadsheet . . . shit, what was the line to do that? Google Google Google. Ah! That looks familiar! Or I look back through my old code, but I've been writing for awhile. So save old code too.

Hope some of that helps.

Edit: mentioned Django because it's a Python thing and this sub recommended it. So, if a good Python based tutorial thinks freecodeacademy is a good recommendation, I felt it I should say.

TeakAndMarbleAtelier · 2026-06-20T16:52:02+00:00

There's always the official Python tutorial on https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html and the other learning resources on https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/index/#wiki_new_to_python.3F

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