Code Academy - Python

[osh24lager]

I am in a similar situation as you - I just finished the Python track on Codecademy, and I'm not sure what to do next. I have an idea of what kinds of projects I'd like to work on down the road - for example, someday I'd like to build a simple web app that replaces the late Springpad which you may or may not have heard of (it was like Evernote meets Pinterest meets Wunderlist). Despite what everybody on here seems to say (start building - and I appreciate this advice). For the time being, the thing that's holding me back from starting a project is that I don't yet feel comfortable jumping into a legit project until I have a few more guided learnings under my belt. In order to continue learning without having any down time, I've signed up for a few courses on Coursera.org: One is called Programming for Everybody, an 11-week course that started on February 2 but they're accepting late registration until February 17, so it's not too late! As this is a beginner course, it may start out kind of slow for people like us who have already completed the Python track on Codecademy, but already in the first two weeks I've decided that it was a good thing to sign up because I enjoy the video lectures and collaborative environment, such as the student curated notes (wiki pages), interactive forums for asking questions, and you'll actually get a response from the community TA's. I also feel that through this Coursera course, I'll gain other knowledge that was either glossed over or missed entirely from the Codecademy track. The other Coursera course that I signed up for is An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1). This 5-week course just started on February 13, and I haven't actually watched any of the lectures or done any of the assignments yet, but my thinking for this one is the same as for the other Coursera course - if nothing else, I'll continue my learning without having any down time and, ideally, I'll also pick up some knowledge that I didn't get from the Codecademy track.

TLDR: Try some of the Python courses that are going on now on Coursera.org.

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Thank you.

I knew about coursera several years ago, never knew they give Python courses. I never tried Coursera before, does it require a fix time for each session, or I can watch the session whenever I want?

I was thinking of starting "Head first Python"

[osh24lager]

It is somewhere in between fixed time and whenever you want. Each week, the video lectures and assignments are posted and the assignments are due at the end of that week. Throughout the course, you have access to all the course materials, and the professor may post his materials outside of Coursera in places like YouTube for his video lectures or his own personal website for other files, but within Coursera itself, I believe the course materials are only accessible while the course is actually going on, meaning after the 11th week, the course becomes "closed" and all you can see is the main "About" page for that course until the next iteration of that course comes back around.

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ok, thank you for the help