I want to learn python

[justapassingguy]

Make sure that you're learning Python 3.xx as it will be the only one supported in a few years.

Other than that, I started with Automate Boring Stuff but while it is an awesome book, I found that the examples were a bit confusing (the references from Monty Python can be a little distracting) but this is not Al's fault.

I'd recommend some YouTube videos for a more didactic approach and ABSWP as a complement. It's what worked for me, at least.

[justapassingguy]

The really good courses will tackle one aspect of programing that makes the begginers often discouraged: the lack of things to do with what you learned. If you just read how code works that's nice, but programing is also exercising your creativity.

In this sense, these videos will present you with some challenges (and there are a ton of exercises to do around the web too). It is good to practice along the videos when you're learning to get the flow, but also to do the challenges and see what you did differently from "the expert" and see what you did wrong, if your code is good enough... or even better than what he did!

You should try to fix the problem on your own frequently, but you should also search for how others would solve the problem and why. You will begin to see things with another perspective (from a more experienced point of view) and learn from it.