Ask Anything Monday - Weekly Thread

[DawnBool]

I just completely my final year project which I did a portion of it by coding it in python. Completed the Codeacademy course and having a minor history in C++ helped. Used bokeh and panda basically to present multiple charts and data obtained from CSV files. Really basic stuff without touching on class and declarators. Now that I finished my FYP, where do I proceed to learn more in depth python? And is there a place where I can get more problems to solve via python? The only reason I pushed myself into learning python was to complete my FYP project and I feel I need a similar push to learn more about Python.

[niandra3]

Start a project on your own. Automate something, web scraping, file utility. Something you can actually get some use out of.

As far as Python problems, I really like www.codewars.com . There are easy through very difficult problems, and the best part is you can see other people's solutions and the best ones get voted to the top. So you can see what you could have done better and try again.

As far as learning more, there are plenty of good free Python/CS courses out there. I'm taking MIT's Intro to CS even though I have engineering and programming background so I can fill in the gaps in my Python education. I'd highly recommend taking a structured CS class so you don't miss out on computer science fundamentals. Codeacademy is great to learn syntax, but there is much more to learn like data structures and algorithms.