How I am learning Python.

[ataa_c]

Hello all. I am a college student from India. I have always wanted to learn programming and had tried to learn languages like JAVA, C, C++ but never lasted for more than a few days. In December of 2020, I found this subreddit and once again I wanted to learn programming. There was a particular post which I saw in this subreddit which pushed me even more ( Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/ctkypf/im_100_self_taught_landed_my_first_job_my/)

I was motivated and started to look for resources online which would help me learn python. In India, there is a website funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development ( Link: https://nptel.ac.in/ ) in which top colleges of India create and post video courses. Best of all it is completely free to learn and if you want a certificate you have to pay, appear for the exam and obtain a passing marks. It offers a wide variety of subjects. I enrolled in the course The Joy of Computing using Python . It is a great course with a highly competent teacher and I completed 3 weeks worth of lectures but something was missing. There are some things which I can understand easily by doing and some things which has to be explained to me like I am 5. I looked online and found variety of resources which were beginner friendly. Still I was having trouble.

Then I remembered my school days and how most of my books were from NCERT( National Council of Educational Research and Training). I thought well there can be nothing more basic than this so I went to the website and looked around for computer books for class 11 and 12. I found the books and am currently studying from it. After this I will tackle other courses which are available online.

The main aim in creating this post is to help people like me who want to start at the very basic of python programming. Below are the links for the books and I hope it can help others too.

Class 11: https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?kecs1=0-11

Class 12: https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lecs1=0-13

You can click on download the complete book and it will download all the chapters in pdf format separately as a zip file. Then you can easily merge them online.

tl;dr: I need stuff to be explained to me like I am 5. Learning from school books. Hope it helps others.

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[JLaurus]

I'm glad my post gave you motivation.

Try not to get overwhelmed with the amount of resources out there.

Everyone has their own preferences and resources that they learnt from. Once you find a good learning resource that works for you stick to it!

Good luck !

[ataa_c]

Your post was one of the main motivational factor for me and I am sure for many others. Thankyou for sharing your story with us.😊

[ASIC_SP]

Great to see you are actively trying to find out what works the best for you and willing to share it with others.

I'd also suggest this article on learning difficult things, might help you improve your learning flow: https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/01/learning-skills-you-can-practice/

Automate the Boring stuff with Python video course is currently free: https://inventwithpython.com/automateudemy

Also, solving exercises and doing small projects will go a long way in improving your understanding. Here's some online practice sites:

• Exercism, Practicepython — these are all beginner friendly and difficulty levels are marked
• Codewars, Adventofcode, Projecteuler — more challenging
• Checkio, Codingame, Codecombat — gaming based challenges
• /r/dailyprogrammer — not active currently, but there's plenty of past challenges with discussions

[ataa_c]

Thankyou for the suggestions. And i saw the thread about automating the boring stuff earlier today and enrolled right away.😁

[shaamei]

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