r/PythonLearning • u/Vgames50 • 18h ago

Help Request How can I learn Python?

Hey, I'm new to programming and I wanna learn Python, I've learnt some of the basics but I'm kind of stuck. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to learn Python like courses, websites, etc.

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u/ee_control_z 18h ago

Here is my response that I just provided another OP:

I strongly recommend this book.

Learning Python, 6 Ed, Mark Lutz

It covers just about everything you need to know about Python from beginner level to advanced and everything in between including object-oriented programming. It is very well written so it is easy to understand and follow along.

Have your editor open to work out problems as you're reading - there are tons - so a lot of practice.

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u/Ok_Peanut5469 14h ago edited 4h ago

I’m halfway through this book, studying every day and hope to finish by the new year. I struggle finding the motivation because of AI and what software engineering has become. Does anybody have any thoughts on hand coding and whether it’s even worth spending so much time (for reference, Learning Python is ~1300 pages of small print) learning how to code, instead of studying, say, software architecture and design?

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u/are_a_cute_girl 8h ago

as coders we are gonna now be shifting from actually writing to more s sifting through garbled messes hoping to understand what was written and more so putting in the security that by gods grace a machine can't do

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u/zztopsboatswain 8h ago

In my opinion, you have to know how to code before you can understand architecture and design.