Hi,
Does Anyone have any great resources to learn python for a non-programmer? Youtube? Free online courses, etc?
Im starting out and there is a lot out there. They all look good too.
So far, i got python installed lol.
Thanks,
Edit: thanks everyone. I have some homework to do and check out all the resources !
Al Sweigart posts every month or so to the learn programming subreddit for deals on His book atuomate the boring stuff on Udemy. Highly recommended. I think he said his 3rd edition would be done late this year.
I will seek out this guy. initially I wanted to post on the reddit sub but decided to start here first, glad I started here first.
https://openedg.org/python-institute
They offer courses and certifications. Certification mirrors the course.
Courses are 100% free. If you wanna do the certification, you do have to buy a voucher.
Good luck, I got into programming with JavaScript. But I learned python through the courses I mentioned.
What’s a good beginner resource for Javascript? Same place? I’m a C programmer looking to learn some.
If you already know C, JavaScript should be pretty easy to learn. It’s funny, I actually didn’t learn JavaScript from that resource.
But flipping thru it a little bit today, it’s pretty decent stuff and walks you thru the language basics and idiosyncracies.
JavaScript was the first programming language I spent a lot of time with, so I’m biased in saying this. But it’s extremely easy to learn & program with.
Factor in things like npm and node.js, it’s very easy to get projects off the ground quickly. I of course do recommend learning the basics first, but also use chatGPT to help build a basic webapp. Building anything will only accelerate the learning process.
this looks good. I will do this one first and prob use YouTube and other resources from this thread to supplement as well. then move on to Javascript from this same place. thanks!
Your local community college if you have one. Plenty to learn from yt, but it’s nice to have a professor and classes to work with.
If you find the right discord community that can help. Note that there’s a big thirst dynamic at places like the coding den. In other words, present your question along with what you’ve already tried for a better shot at help.
good tip about ppl wanting to answer questions. I will join some place after I get my feet wet
https://www.w3schools.com/ Kicks ass for quick reminders on basic concepts.
good tip. I often forget about this place
Freecodecamp does good work
thanks for this one too. this place comes up in my search results when I am looking for code examples. I will add this to the list too. will prob use a lot of these resources to supplement. like if I don’t exercise a concept from 1 resource, I will try all the other resources to see if they explain it better.
I’ve been using the Mimo app, mimo.org
They have android and iOS available with a free and paid version training python course.
this one looks good too. are you starting from scratch or do you have existing programming background?
Completely from scratch. It’s my first language, but I’ve been in IT on the network/infrastructure side for 9 years. With the way the industry is going with network automation learning to code is going to be necessary.
Very encouraging. I am the same. Infrastructure tech here learning my first language
Invidious is open-source, ad-free frond-end to YouTube.
Not late! Thanks so much for both links
Idk if it’s still good, but Code Academy used to be amazing, and free.
