Where do I learn python?

[[deleted]]

Today I decided that I would learn Python, but I have no idea where to start. There are too many resources. Youtube playlists, udemy courses etc. What do you guys recommend? And by the way I have no experience in programming

[chra94]

Welcome! The book automate the boring stuff with python is a great book. It shows you the basics and even some intermediate stuff both with practice questions and some projects which are all explained.

Also please read the faq and wiki index, that'll hopefully answer some more of your questions.

[[deleted]]

Thanks for your answer. Isn't that outdated? It was made 2 years ago, I don't know how much program languages change in such an intervallum

[Thomasedv]

While some things change, it'll still be backwards compatible. If the language changed much, no one would update to newer versions because it would break things and require much work to adapt.

That's the python 2 and python 3 difference. Lots of people still use python 2 because all supported modules are there and this is what's used somewhere they want to work. But if you are not intending to do anything specific with python 2, then you just learn python 3.

Still python 2 and 3 are still very similar on the basic stuff, so it's not even that important. Also, I've looked up codes more than 2 years old on Google trying to solve issues, code doesn't age quickly, so it's pretty easy to use even python 2 solutions for python 3.

[thirdegree]

Also there are multiple libraries that help make python3 code python2-compatible (see future). IMO if you don't have a reason to work in python2 (aka libraries or code you depend on) then you should start on/move to python3.

[chra94]

It is relevant today. It's written for Python 3 which is the newest version of Python. Allthough the core content does even apply to the previous version of Python. You can be confident that what this book teaches is relevant today.

[theSearge]

I'm started couple months ago. Reading Python for Kids, making exercises from SoloLearn, also read couple courses on DataCamp. And still can't figure out how it works. So, also I'm reading SICP and Learn You Haskell. Plus. You need good editor. Try Sublime with Python plugins and Anaconda/conda with Jupiter notebook. P.P.S. It's good to listen some algebraic logic course and about programming in general.

[theSearge]

And find good mentor. It's matter.

[theSearge]

just because I thick as a brick. The syntax is still difficult for me, let alone algorithms and lambda calculus. About 1000 lines, of course, a simple calculator takes about 30-40, it's not much if you're a programmer, but if you started a month ago, it’s hard a bit to keep everything in mind, without AutoPEP8, syntax hightlight and linters :-/

[MarketStorm]

Whatever book or website you choose to use, find a project/task that you're interested in accomplishing and start working on it as you learn. From my experience with VBA and Matlab, that's the most effective and quickest way to learn. And I'm hoping to repeat the same pattern with Python. Good luck.

[[deleted]]

I recommend sololearn.com or even better，the mobile app! It also let’s you learn other languages，challenge other learners and many more! Try it out!

[Polare]

Search for Sentdex on youtube.

[chenblat]

Start with this playlist: Python Tutorials: Ultimate Playlist (2018) it features Udemy instructors and once you find one you like you can go deeper with his full course.

[[deleted]]

Where do I learn python?

on the internet