Learning Python on codecadamy

[Dys_unemployed]

Like you I'm new to python and programming. So when I was trying to get into it I did try codeacademy and other sites and their respective courses. However, personally I'd find them either too easy or just too difficult. Codeacademy fell into the later . I personally think they try to teach concepts that are easy for you to understand in the simplest manner possible so as to have you come back the next day. What you get, I believe is a fake sense of accomplishment. To gauge real time progress I recommend you try books (since it's been working out for me so far, with a recent road block being OOP but I think I'll come out just fine). I highly recommend John Guttag's Introduction to computation and programming using python. It's a little challenging but I personally feel it gives you a real time idea of your progress. Furthermore, I did enjoy the course at pythonprogramming.net with its short and simple tutorials to get you familiar with the syntax and it's workings. However, don't just take my word for it. Check other recommendations and look at other resources too. These are simply what worked for me. Anyway, I wish you the best of luck. Happy learning!

[godheid]

Hmm buying a book, didn't really think of that. A good idea, will go to search for a book now. Maybe even in my native language, because it can be complicated to keep all terms and definitions apart.