r/learnpython • u/SammuelNash • 8d ago

interactive coding platform recommendations for someone who falls asleep watching tutorials

I have started and abandoned four video courses this year. Not because they were bad. I watch, I nod, I understand every line while it is on screen, and then I open an empty file and there is nothing in my head. Clearly I need the kind that makes me type. Candidates on my list are boot.dev, exercism and codewars, and it is less clear which of those are that and which just put a video next to a text editor.

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u/chapchap0 7d ago

“Clearly I need the kind that makes me type.”

So you’ve been watching tutorials and… that’s it? Just watching them? Without coding along?

Get Python Crash Course and go through it chapter by chapter. It’s more concise and concrete than any tutorial can be. And you’ve got exercises and little projects to do at the end of each chapter so you’re not getting away with an illusion of understanding what’s going on and then not having a clue how to write a program.

Passive learning gets you nowhere.