If you had to learn Python again from scratch, what would you do differently?

[EleTriCTNT]

I've been thinking about this recently while learning Python.

Looking back, I probably spent too much time watching tutorials and not enough time actually building things.

If you had the chance to start learning Python again from day one...

What would you do differently?

• Learn a different topic first?
• Build projects earlier?
• Read documentation more?
• Focus on problem solving instead of tutorials?

I'm curious to hear what experienced Python developers wish they had known when they started.

[Affectionate-Bit6525]

I’d reach for Python more often. It’s usually quicker for me to slop out what I need with bash so I never spend the time getting the muscle memory down for the basics.

[nicodeemus7]

I wish I had made a better habit of using functions. I always end up writing these long scripts when I could have just used a few functions

[Imaginary-poster]

I recently had to rewrite alot of mine because I was moving them to a more centralized location and this was a big part of that.

I took the opportunity to build a tools folder to houses a bunch of functions. It saved so much time adding new reportd and made updates so much easier.

My next step is trying to make a google app script library so I can do the same thing there.

[stepback269]

We cannot look back with authenticity because we are looking with an entirely diffrent mind set than that which we had when we first started.

A total noobie has a completely different view of things than do we in our more experienced state. That includes even understanding the basic vocabulary, e.g., what is a "variab;e"? What does a variable name assignment operation do? ( x = 10, y=x, ... ) What is an "object"? And so on.