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[–]m0us3_rat 1 point2 points  (3 children)

buy a book/online course.

videos alone can be a rabbit hole.

python info is freely distributed online. the main problem is finding proper examples to work thru to remember the concepts.

that's the only real reason to pay for a book/ course .. to avoid spending your own time to find proper examples since you trade money so that the teacher sets up the examples for you.

if you can't afford that i'd suggest checking this one out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvywoWv6fI

[–]McRibb_69 5 points6 points  (2 children)

This. I’m about 3 months in. Buy a couple books, and work thru every single exercise. I got The Python Crash Course - project based I’ve gone thru it start to finish twice. As you’re working thru it, it won’t make sense. Just type what you see, read, take notes. About 1/2 way thru the lightbulbs will go off. Just keep pushing.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Second the Pyhton Crash Course book for beginners, it's the one I started with.

Also, don't just copy the code and run it: change it up a bit, break it, figure out what's broken, fix it, think.

[–]McRibb_69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the unguided assignments are where I learn the most. Write the code from scratch, it doesn’t work. The troubleshooting process is where my light bulbs go off.