TOPIC: Question for the Developers

So im planning to start learning Python but i dont know where i should start learning, CodeCademy is hot garbage so i wont use it

i changed my mind about codecademy since i was using the mobile app lmao

Youtube is your best friend.

Learn the syntax of the language you want to work on. Find small examples and understand the logic of how certain things work and learn the main fundamentals. Then set yourself tasks to make and get yourself harder work and keep going

Ask the prophet Terry A. Davis

Lewis_is_java wrote: Didn't he go insane and kill himself?

DANlEL wrote:
Thats pretty much my way to go! Find something you're passionate about and try to realise it. Break it down into smaller problems and get help from YouTube / Google until you get the job done. Don't worry about making it the "best" solution or the "most efficient" one right at the start. Try to get it done and look back at your work afterwards. Always go back to you old work and try to find mistakes that you didn't notice when you initially made it. You'll learn a lot.

lol I was gonna say wtf codecademy is really good for beginners it helped me start off coding years ago, just didn't continue doing it after I finished school

Clarky wrote: school was when I realised coding is voluntary torture

TOSIK wrote:
In my opinion you shouldn't learn how to code purely by using tools like codeacademy. Don't get me wrong it's not like they are bad or you can't learn anything from them. My problem with them is that you have to work on general tasks that you have no personal interest in solving in. It'll start out great but you will get bored quickly and it will feel monotonous. It's much more fun and much more efficient when you get to work on stuff that you enjoy. Find something that bothers you, something you really wanna see done, something you've got a personal interest in solving and start working on it.

DANlEL wrote: Maybe after seeing your end goals on a project you want but at school using python and java to put apples in a basket and print your name is Kurt Cobain territory

DANlEL wrote: Incredibbbbly, it probably ruined my desire to learn to code which I had as a kid and I never came back to it, shame really

DANlEL wrote: why spend 15 minutes doing something when you can spend 15 hours automating it

My advice is don't stop. If you want to excel at something, like coding, make it a habit. Self-teaching is quite hard but it takes time. If you find it frustrating, try to come back to it later in the day.

Other than that, the internet is a torturous place with too much information. I studied recently Java and while it's not Python, they share similar foundations. You can find a free pdf file of "Java: A Beginner's Guide" somewhere. Here's some free Python resources

good luck!

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Jeppe wrote:
nah I'll just give sinz my account details

Studio Banter wrote:
Thank you so much for the resources! its helping me out a lot