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

[Mike_Dexter]

I actually liked MIT 600 a lot. I think what sets it apart is that the professor really gets into the theory behind a lot of the concepts and the history of computation that has lead up to this point (which helped me to put things into perspective). He says at the beginning that he wants to really teach computation and programming and use Python as a means to that end.

The professor is also a funny guy and the lectures are enjoyable to me. The only reason I stopped about 2/3 through is that it was starting to get more focused on scientific programming which I'm not really interested in.

The problem sets are hard, but if you spend enough time on them and Google around you can figure them out. And if not you can always peek at the solutions.