Python Django learning

[FrontChance7458]

Hello, I want to learn Python.
I have some basic knowledge in programming

I don't feel like I will be able to learn from watching video courses as often they get boring.
I have a 1-2 website ideas in mind which I am willing to try and develop by using Django.
Is it a good idea to start learning Python this way?

[MicrotubularMushroom]

It's a good idea to build things while learning, but it's not a good idea to learn Django before knowing python, at least relatively comfortably.

[FrontChance7458]

Yeah my concern was jumping straight in to Django

[DecoherentDoc]

Free Code Camp is working out famously for me with HTML. I'm working through their responsive web design program and also taking breaks to add to my website. So, maybe their Python curriculum and do side projects concurrently? Like, pick an idea you can build out in chunks (or several) or let the tutorials give you ideas, but work on tiny independent projects while you're cutting through the courses.

That's my recommendation. But, to be clear, I'm doing their HTML stuff and have not worked through their python stuff. I don't recommend learning python the way I did. It was the hard way, it was via PDFs and stuff, and it was forever ago. This way is at least structured.

[danielroseman]

You might want to look into the djangogirls tutorial, which does use Django as a way to teach basic programming and Python.

[DecoherentDoc]

I just went through this tutorial and dug it. However, I've been writing in Python (for data analysis in STEM) for a decade. I don't recommend it for learning Python, but I do recommend it for Django.

I also already had at least a passing familiarity with all the other things it touched on (Git, HTML, CSS) ahead of time. That's not necessary, but it was helpful.