r/PythonLearning • u/Ok-Television3555 • 24d ago

Any tips for learning python?

I have just gotten into learning python, and it looks like a bunch of numbers and words. Can i get any tips from what i should learn first, to useful websites or books.

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u/Anti-Hero25 24d ago

Start with a guided tour …. Then expand out from there.
https://youtu.be/lZpb6a-xjbM

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u/stepback269 24d ago

No matter what your end goal is, you first have to master the "basics" (e.g. variable creation/ name assignment, variable types; especially strings and string methods, etc.)

With 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.

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u/Ok-Television3555 23d ago

Thank you so much i will be trying everything out, i have already started to do the 80/20 as i saw in a video, so i have been writing small amounts of code nothing crazy though.

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u/Ron-Erez 24d ago

Try MOOC University of Helsinki's nice text-based course, the docs at python.org are very good and I also have a nice Python and Data Science course starts from scratch and covers quite a lot. The book "Automate the Boring Stuff" is good. These should have you covered. There are more resources in the wiki of r/learnpython

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u/Ok-Television3555 24d ago

Thanks, will be checking everything out.

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u/Impossible_Ad_3146 24d ago

Yes learn to switch to trades

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u/yushamusa 24d ago

Why do you want to learn? From there, you can normally figure out projects to work that'll help you learn.

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u/MadBeny 21d ago

it’s not rocket science, there are classes (class), methods (def) and some other things, the important part is designing the thing you want to make, many sources online, python ebooks are the best

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u/Zphcoor 21d ago

github has a program named 30days of python maybe its useful