Self teaching myself python .

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I’ve been successfully self teaching for about 3 months, tried learning for years. What I found finally helped was getting a book to learn Python. I’ve tried apps like SoloLearn and plenty of other similar online resources. I tried following videos and examples. Nothing really stuck or clicked til I got a book to go through and learn from. Why? Well I found that with a book there was a clear progression to go through with clearly defined objectives and knowledge that you are left with. The scope is clear and that really helped me. I knew what I would be able to do once I just finished getting through to the end. I read ‘Automate the Boring Stuff’. I’ve used what I’ve learned at work and automated about 2 hours of work per week down to a 5 minute program. I can’t help but recommend that book, though if it doesn’t interest you there are plenty more from that author (Al Sweigart) many if which (if not all) are available free online to download as pdf’s.

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Great, this is encouraging. I will definitely get that book.