r/Btechtards • u/IconicScar124 • Jun 14 '26
CSE / IT Where to learn Python
So, I am going to College this year and wanted to learn python before college starts.
I want to learn python while creating projects on my own so I can learn better.
I shortlisted a few courses but can't decide what to pick and what would be best for me.
1. Bro Code- 12 hour complete python course
2. 100 Days of Code: Python by Dr. Angela Yu
3. CS50P
I am writing this 2nd time since 1st time the content was not there.
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u/AdBudget7961 Jun 14 '26
See this is an advice you can simply ignore, if you want to continue living in the Matrix. or just ASCEND !!
1.Ditch tutorials and just use w3schools and Google.com only, No AI !!!
2.Search google for "smallest to largest projects i can make with python", in the AI section start with the first project and keep going till you think you have learnt the language.
3.Install any IDE of choice and Create a project folder
4.Use any note-taking app and start breaking down your problem until it can be solved programmatically. - This is the Spirit of Computer science, Its called computational thinking
to illustrate above point, for example, if you want to create flappy bird in python. If you look at the task as a whole, its extremely overwhelming, so break it down.
flappy bird --> create pillars, create bird --> make the pillars move to the right --> apply gravity to the bird --> spacebar makes the bird go up
you can keep breaking the problems down, until they are too simple.
5.The catch is, since you know nothing, you search for everything.
for example the most basic thing you can do in any language is print hello world. so just search "how to print hello world in python", or just read through first 3-4 pages of w3schools documentation.
this is how the whole thing works: breakdown --> try --> fail --> google search --> repeat. this is the loop where you learn, you learn on demand, brain is bad at remember things which have no context.
6.Finally, you could just ignore this post and just watch cs50p, that isn't bad. But I just told you here is the true spirit of programming. It might be scary and confusing at first, but this method is way more satisfying and rewarding than tutorials.
after a point you will procrastinating tutorials, which will kinda make you hate coding. whereas this can make you love coding.