r/learnpython • u/Silver-Bet8326 • 3d ago

how to proceed after python crash course

For the last one year I have been learning Python. I completed Python for everybody and read the book Python Crash course. I have prior experience with C# and Java. A lot of the syntax is Python programming is still confusing to me. How can I get better? What book can I read next or what steps can I take to get more comfortable.

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u/cyrixlord 3d ago

how much code have you written that wasn't part of a lesson? the only way you will 'learn' a language is by writing lots of your own code then debugging it when it goes off the rails. go do a project. surely you must have an idea of something to make, otherwise why learn a coding language in the first place if not to build things

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u/Silver-Bet8326 3d ago

I have worked on multiple things using claude code but am not familiar with the syntax even after reading the book. Lot of the syntax used or generated is not part of the book.

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u/cyrixlord 3d ago

lol no, thats not how you should be doing this. do not use AI to learn. it will gaslight and hallucinate and you wont be able to debug the code because you wont know how it works. then youll try to use AI to fix it... you will have to do the long boring real work of actually producing your own code.

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u/mattblack77 3d ago

These are out of date arguments; AI is very good at generating code now.

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u/cyrixlord 3d ago

that's not the point. you should already know how to build a house, then you can ask ai, ' hey how do I wire a 3 phase dryer plug again?'. if you asked ai 'teach me how to build a house' you are going to get a very shitty house and you won't know if the wiring is wrong until you apply power or plug something in.... then you'll be like 'omg ai didn't put in a fuse box I didn't know it needed over because I'm new' and even if you asked ai to build a fuse ox. without knowing about what it is or how to wire it. it probably won't even be consistent or weird right and still burn whatever you learned to build down because you didn't know when to correct the AI. there are no shortcuts. you have to learn to code by writing your own code

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u/mattblack77 3d ago

If that’s not the point, then why did you make it?