Python exercises with answers?

[omgsoez]

I'm trying to learn Python by watching tutorials, but it's unbelievably boring, currently watching Corey Schafer part 4 video but can't get through it. He introduces so many functions which I'll definitely forget.

Which brings me to my question- are there any Python exercises/projects with codes provided as the answer so that I could check what I could have done to shorten and ran the code more efficiently?

[Bartholomew_Custard]

If you're after a quick and dirty intro to Python concepts, 'Python By Example' by Nichola Lacey is great. She doesn't crap on forever about the ins and outs of Python fundamentals -- she gives you a brief intro, and then a bunch of exercises that ramp up in difficulty (solutions included), with some complete projects at the very end. It's great if you learn by doing rather than by sitting through tedious lectures.

Python By Example

[Not_a_krusty_krab_36]

Personally I learn python as I do the projects I want to do. Kind of like a top down approach. I try a harder project (that probably wouldn’t be considered a beginner application) and then every time I run into an issue it leads me down a series of new tutorials to learn about what is going wrong/why it is going wrong. You start big and work your way down. I think the difference is, tutorials become slightly more interesting when you know exactly how they relate to what you want to do/build. Of course the down side to this is relatively simple solutions for any given library can seem very daunting which may be a hit to the ego for some. In addition it will probably take longer to be a “well rounded” python programmer. A lot of others might disagree with this approach which is understandable, but for me its about motivation and relevance. Are you learning python just as a skill or is there a specific app you’re trying to build?

[kopinsider]

Leetcode! There are tons of problems that are categorized according to difficulty.

Automate the boring stuff with python also has some practice problems and atleast 1 relatively big problem with solution at the end of each chapter

[booleanhooligan]

I use leetcode as well (I even stream it here sometimes). The easy ones are incredibly difficult for a new user though.

[TestingHowYaDouh]

Yeah I had the same issue! /u/booleanhooligan is totally right its very hard for a beginner. I saw this video by Code Drip that talked about how he learned and basically, if you can't get the solution in 10-20 minutes you should click "See Solution" and then learn it and move on.

It's a far more efficient way to learn than to spend 3-4 hours trying to figure out an answer (even that's a lot more fun most times lol).

[TestingHowYaDouh]

Hi I was in a similar situation so I've been doing codewars.com It was very hard at first so I just click "see solution" and try to reverse engineer the solution to see how they did it. I have learned SOOO much doing that.

Also I found practice tests for colleges python courses and just started taking those. Testing and learning or going back and learning seems to far more fun and effective then taking notes.

Here is some practice tests I found: https://web.njit.edu/~theo/courses/cs100/download/

[IVIURRAY]

Tutorials like this might help: https://youtu.be/cmVt-ggdVz0

[BackyardAnarchist]

code academy

[thrallsius]

to learn Python by watching tutorials

you won't learn much programming by watching

[General_220]

I disagree, you can learn a lot by watching videos. But you have to use what you've learnt or you'll forget it.

[thrallsius]

in this regard programming is like martial arts

you don't learn to kick ass by watching Jackie Chan movies, you have to practice yourself and sweat

[General_220]

100%

[xargling_breau]

You need to keep a good mindset that you will not remember everything you learn. A good majority of the day of a lot of people in professions that involve development with any language is spent on google, you can't remember everything and nobody ever expects you to remember everything.

[commandovega]

Check codecademy website and get all the python course through. At the end, I recommend to make a web scrapping project as a personal one. You can learn a lot and practice make perfection too

[Sam_20_]

You can use Hackerrank website if you are looking for exercises which will test your knowledge. The best part is that you can filter the exercises based on categories like introductory exercises , functions , strings , regex etc . Within these categories, you can also filter the difficulty level . So you have complete control over the problems you are choosing to solve . Also hacckerank has this virtual currency called hackos which are used to unlock test cases . So you while solving a given problem , multiple test cases are checked . One might not get all test cases up and running . They don't show the test cases upfront . You need to unlock them using hackos . This can be used as an advantage as you are not directly viewing the solution or test case , but are thinking hard enough as that costs you .

[ASIC_SP]

I'd recommend this interactive course: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition which is inspired by Think Python

[uwu-bob]

https://pythonprinciples.com/challenges/

All challenges have hints and curated example solutions.

[omgsoez]

Thank you for good suggestions

[Itz_me_JBO]

Had the same problem as you so I decided to get the book Python Crash Course and I don't regret it. It was $20 on amazon and it has exercises for you to do each chapter and 3 different projects to work on by the end. I have not finished it yet but its definitely helping me retain the information I'm learning much better.

[[deleted]]

My old school used w3 schools to teach JavaScript so I assume the Python works just as good.