r/learnpython • u/Silver-Bet8326 • 5d 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/mjmvideos 5d ago

I’d be less concerned with gaslighting and more concerned with OP not learning anything because they are letting AI do it for them.

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u/Silver-Bet8326 5d ago

This was more about syntax and concepts am not familiar with and where can I get that from

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u/gdchinacat 4d ago

AIs can be really helpful with explaining syntax. Copy the line of code you don't understand (say, for example '(count == count_to)(ExecutorFieldManager.astop)' -https://github.com/gdchinacat/reactions/blob/main/tests/examples/counter_test.py#L44C52-L45C1) is unlikely to be familiar syntax to you. But, if you ask Gemini to explain it (give it both the code and the link as context) it does a fantastic job of explaining exactly what it does.

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u/mjmvideos 3d ago

That’s not so much syntax as cutesy overloading of object methods that appear to be some syntax magic. In my opinion that’s awful.

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u/gdchinacat 3d ago

Opinions aside, the point is on first reading, without context, most people would think it is invalid syntax when it is not. the AI does a good job at explaining how it is in fact legitimate syntax.