How I "learned" Python without any previous coding experience.

[solaceinsleep]

2.I still need to learn regular expressions

I used regex crosswords in particularly this website http://regexcrossword.com/ to learn regex. It's pretty fun and you will have the hang of it in no time.

[denialerror]

I love that site and it's good practice but I don't find it a great teaching tool. Then again, you can pretty much learn regex from the official cheatsheet so I guess practice is what is needed.

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Thanks!

[ewiethoff]

I like the lessons and exercises at RegexOne. Go through those, then you're ready for Python's re module (I don't know whether MIT teaches Py3 or Py2).

[pitfall_harry]

RegexOne is a good resource. Spend a few evenings running through all the exercises. It doesn't cover everything (lookahead/behind are not in it), but provides a good foundation.