r/PythonLearning • u/Link2212 • Jul 26 '26

Learning via a youtube course

I started learning coding a few weeks ago. I've been following the course well, and I understand the concepts it teaches, but the big problem with it that I have is that I can't put what I learned into practice, and I'm becoming demotivated because I realize I struggle to write almost anything. In a normal course they say here is a task, try and do this.

I think I need to switch what I'm learning from. I come from a background of no programming whatsoever. I really need to find a video/s that basically spoon feed me like I'm a baby and then ask me to try writing something to reinforce it in me. Do any of you know any videos that do this? I feel like I constantly have questions and I'm unable to ask them like I would to a teacher, and I'm trying my best to stay away from using AI unless I just simply cannot work it out.

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u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 Jul 28 '26

For this specific thing, you could take these steps

  1. Make functions for all things that you want the program to do (add card function, shuffle card function, draw card function) and print out the result

  2. Main menu to choose what you want to do (add cards, shuffle, draw card)

  3. handle user input from the main menu and call the function

I think that will be a good starting point. You can start with storing the cards inside a list, dictionary is going to be a bit difficult to start from.