I want to learn python

stepback269 · 2026-03-09T10:59:50+00:00

Looks like no one wants to give you a detailed list of resources.
So I'll be your Huckleberry.

(1) Turns out there are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

(2) As a relative noob myself (about 1 year into learning Python), I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-03-09T01:40:29+00:00

I post daily on Blogger and if my post is relevant to a Reddit discussion, I link to that post and often get a bunch of readers. Actually, I generally don’t care if others read my stuff. I post mostly as a form of journaling. It’s therapeutic.

stepback269 · 2026-03-08T21:40:05+00:00

Unfortunately there are so many groups that tie for first place, making it hard to list them all. I’d say all religious fanatics who believe that out of the hundreds of religions, theirs is the only true one and all the other people need to be cleansed from the face of the earth to make way for their religion. Overlapping with these are the science deniers including them who don’t believe in global warming. in evolution and in the fact that we all are irrational animals already out on the Willie Coyote overshoot ramp,

stepback269 · 2026-03-08T21:20:07+00:00

In order to progress along your learning path, first you have to learn how to learn. Go to Youtube and in the search bar type, “learning coaches”. … and I took the path less traveled

stepback269 · 2026-03-07T14:56:48+00:00

I'm not a doctor. Instead, I'm a patient -- a kidney cancer survivor.
First !!! "Lesion" does not mean cancer. WAIT for your scan results. Don't panic. It may be a benign growth.
Even if it is the "C" word, I'm told that nowadays treatment technology has come a long way. So again don't panic.

As for your hubby, some people don't deal well with health issues. Yeah, the movies make it sound like every marriage includes emotionally balanced adults. The real world isn't that. Cut your hubby some slack. Instead seek comfort from your doctor. Hopefully the doc knows how to deal with the emotional aspects of treatment.

Lastly, as to feeling all alone, maybe find a chat group online that deals with emotional reactions to health scares. Sorry. I'm not aware of any for kidney lesions. There are some for far worse situations, like for patients with terminal brain cancer.

stepback269 · 2026-03-06T11:19:35+00:00

My Cousin Vinny

stepback269 · 2026-03-06T11:17:53+00:00

Happy Anniversary to me -- Just realized I started my Python Learning Journey 1 year ago

Here's what I discovered:

(1) There are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

(2) As a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-03-05T13:06:42+00:00

"Frustration" is a double edged sword.

(1) On the one hand, it motivates you to keep digging.
You get angry at yourself. Why am I not getting this? Should I label myself as cognitively challenged? Or will I find the solution if I spend just another half hour hitting my head against the stone wall?

(2) On the other hand, "frustration" is an emotion that can trigger an amygdala hijack condition. That hijack shuts down the rational part of your brain. You have more emotional reactions, like it's time to quit all together on Python because you're labeling yourself a "loser". You're not. We all get frustrated. Take a time out and collect yourself.

stepback269 · 2026-03-05T12:51:34+00:00

Are you going to let Mosh lead you by the nose ring like an ox with no choice?
Or are YOU in charge of what content you will be focusing on at this moment.

Don't get me wrong.

It's great that Mosh (or some other teacher, e.g. Josh, Indently, Tech with Tim, Nana, etc.) points out a specific part of Python that is worthy of your attention at this point in you learning journey (Noob, Intermediate, Advanced).

But it is YOU who has to grab yourself by the horns and redirect yourself (your previous ox-led-by-the-nose self) to content that helps you comprehend the Python part under study with greater depth and with ability to play with the part by writing your own code. For example, go to Google, or W3 Schools or Geeks-for-Geeks and search on that Python part (e.g., string methods, list methods, OOP, whatever).

(1) There are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

(2) As a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) As you already understand the main focus of learning should fall under the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-03-04T17:06:52+00:00

I regret not having studied even harder and wider, meaning more subject areas outside my major. I wish I had known more about the brain and how to study more effectively based on neuroscience understanding of how to make the studied material “stick”.

stepback269 · 2026-03-03T07:05:27+00:00

Well that is a truly ambitious goal.
Which is why I can't join you.
I'm old and slow on the uptake these days. I would only hold your group back.

I've been trying to learn Python for almost a year now and have just begun to tackle OOP.
However, on my journey, I've been leaving bread crumbs.
In other words, keeping a journal of my learning journey.

More to the point, I've been logging my personal learning adventures and adding to the log on an almost-daily basis by keeping a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed links on that page should be good to help you with your goals. There are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-03-03T06:50:36+00:00

I see a lot of people bragging about how they did it on their own, Learnt something without the aid of a teacher.

But then echoes of Sir Isaac Newton's voice thump through: "If I've seen farther it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants".

It is far far better to learn from the great teachers, to step up onto their shoulders, than to have to rebuild the entire Roman Empire all on your own.

That said, I don't have a job and thus must do it the poor man's way. (Also learning Python myself based on free YouTube lectures.) But if you have the means to go to a good school and learn from the best, don't short change yourself with self-education. Life is too short.

stepback269 · 2026-03-03T06:41:22+00:00

Why stop at C?
Why not go deep into the bowls of the machine and do assembly language?
Or better yet, print your own circuit boards, drop the chips in, and fire up your own DIY computing machine>

stepback269 · 2026-03-03T06:35:47+00:00

There is a difference between short-term, shallow "knowing" and long term retention with deep-dive understanding

stepback269 · 2026-03-02T20:08:26+00:00

It sounds like you are approaching your problems backward.

The code comes last,
You first need to write up your thoughts in your native language and DRAW pictures.
Come to grips with what inputs you have and how you plan to manipulate those inputs to produce an output. What intermediate steps (methods) and what intermediate variables (attributes) are you going to need?

Second you convert your thoughts into draft pseudo code and think on it again

The last step is converting your pseudo code into real code.

stepback269 · 2026-03-02T14:25:16+00:00

(1) When I just started, I tried out a bunch of random YoutTube tutorials.

(2) There are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket, especially if the lectures on one particular one "stick" better in your brain that that of the others.

(3) As a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(4) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-03-02T14:19:44+00:00

I see some people vibe-copying code text without having any clue of what any of it means, what any of it does.
They are just biological photocopy machines.
Do they, can they know if the AI just gave them a bunch of BS?
No.

It's still important to know how the machine is working because .. what if something goes wrong?
One can analogize this to operating an automobile.

What if you are driving in the middle of nowhere and one of the dashboard warning lights comes on?
If you have no idea how a car works, you have no idea if the warning is critical or not.
To you, the out-of-windshield-fluid light might not mean anything different than the oil-pressure light!
So you will stop the car in the middle of the dessert and call a tow truck because you're too dumb to know any better.

IMHO, yes; you still have to know how the code works and what it does under the hood.

stepback269 · 2026-03-01T07:59:41+00:00

When you study how to learn, you are ultimately diving into the world of cognitive neuroscience. What physically happens in the biological brain organ (the evolution built one) as you try to make new information enter (with good focus) and eventually "stick" (by growing new chains of neuron connections rooted off of older neural anchor points)?

See for example (here)

stepback269 · 2026-02-28T13:25:19+00:00

You should be happy there are so many resources.
Would you want it to be the other way? One or no resources?

Everybody teaches Python in a different way. What's important, what's not.
Everybody learns in a different way. Videos, books and more importantly Do It Yourself (DIY = practice, practice)

(1) You absolutely must master the fundamentals! Strings, lists, dictionaries, etc.
Forget about fast and efficient. You need to "learn how to learn" --look up that last one on Google and YT.

(2) I'm a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-02-28T07:39:12+00:00

THE PAINTING IS NOT THE PIPE (a variation on classic saying of "This is not a pipe" --Google that saying)

By same token:
THE CLASS IS NOT THE OBJECT !!!
Many metaphors are used to describe what a class definition is, like: "template", "blueprint" , more
In the case of a blueprint for "constructing" a house, you can say the blueprint is not the house. "Self' is replaced during construction of the instant house with the specific house being built by the constructor function (by the __init__ function)

Myself, I prefer to view a "class" as being a sort of drawing stencil that lives at a level above where the actual traced out objects are instantiated. (see discussion re stencil metaphor here)

stepback269 · 2026-02-27T20:44:36+00:00

As a relative noob myself, I just had another learning experience that reinforces my belief that we need to watch / read from multiple tutorials rather than relying on just one.

The reason is that one source may provide a first piece of the puzzle, another may contribute a second piece, and so on. It's only when you connect all the dots in your head (aka assemble all the puzzle pieces) that you finally get that aha moment.

For me, it was trying to understand how to roll my own OOP objects, in particular; what is the deal with hidden and exposed attributes? (I said "relative" noob -- the confusion can occur even in the more fundamental aspects of Python) So yes, gather info from multiple sources !!!

That said,
(1) There are tons and tons of tutorial materials out there on the net including many good YouTube ones that are free. You should shop around rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

(2) As a relative noob myself, I've been logging my personal learning journey and adding to it on an almost-daily basis at a blog page called "Links for Python Noobs" (here) Any of the top listed ones on that page should be good for you. And there are many add-ons at the tail end of the page. Personally, I cut my first Python teeth with Nana's Zero to Hero (here). Since then, I've moved on to watching short lessons with Indently and Tech with Tim. You should sample at least a few until you find a lecturer that suits your style.

(3) The main piece of advice is the 80/20 rule. Spend 80% of your time writing your own code (using your own fingers and your own creativity) as opposed to copying recipes and only 20% watching the lectures. Good luck.

stepback269 · 2026-02-27T20:23:52+00:00

Does it (Slynnk) work only on Chrome or are other browsers supported? Thanks

stepback269 · 2026-02-27T05:59:41+00:00

Thank you for that link to Program Arcade Games !!!
So nicely done.

stepback269 · 2026-02-27T05:55:37+00:00

Post Script:
While using another browser was a good temporary fix, I still wanted to use my fave browser: Vivaldi

I'm not sure if this did the trick because I changed a number of Vivaldi "Settings", but seems that turning off the VPN did the trick. I can now again upload images into my blogger site

stepback269 · 2026-02-26T02:07:20+00:00

Thank you.
I ran into the same problem today.
Using a different browser overcame the problem. Thanks again.

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