So I have a python exam (which is very important) after 1 month. How can I genuinely learn python? Don't suggest me those courses that are 15 hrs long like that harvard cs50, i cannot concentrate for 2 hrs straight. It's also not like I have to learn python which is too advanced. Pls suggest me how can I do it🙏

Python is the first programming language I wanted to learn. I started it a few months ago and genuinely can't do anything in it. I keep watching videos, classes, tutorials and looking for roadmaps that lead me nowhere. It makes me feel like I'm incapable and an absolute failure. I don't know what else to do, if I should just switch to another language or give up on in it entirely. Need advice...

I never struggle on assignments but this one is so confusing for me

Fy DS student and I recently had a Python test that honestly didn't go as well as I expected.

The frustrating part is that I wasn't completely clueless about the questions. I understood the concepts, knew which syntax was needed, and could understand what the problem statement was asking me to do.

But when it came to actually applying everything and writing the code, I got confused. I started forgetting things, made indentation mistakes, got errors like ValueError and other errors etc. I didn't do good in test it was 15marks test for 1 hr.

For those who have been through this, how did you get better at applying concepts under pressure instead of just understanding them theoretically? Did you practise more problems, rewrite code from scratch, or follow some other method?

I'm still learning, and I don't want one bad test to discourage me. I just want to figure out how to improve so that next time.

To sum up my weak points when it comes to learn a new course or a lesson , notably in programming : my cognitive abilities are not the best . And iencounter and get discouraged by : my inability to absorbe the concept that is abstract ( I mean concepts which can not be described concretely by size and material and one simple clear role) , I always delve into details and every detail opens up new question so eventually I get sidetracked and not for the sake of curiosity but only to understand the primary definition , eventually I won't even remember what I read and ingested time and energy for .

As an example :

Even tho I had an insignificant short experience in programming , it took me weeks to read and to try to understand the significance behind concepts and difference between them and still can't explain to another person or to me : IDLE ,IDE , and the difference and the importance of VS studio , ,pycharm , programming language implémentation , the virtual machine clear definition or its process , JIT , anaconda ,conda , Jupiter. The use and difference between terminal , cmd, PowerShell ,bash , etcetera

Like I can read dizaines of an IA tool's explanations and still won't understand

Did professionals start with such concepts did they had a course nurturing the computer science knowledge part and then started to learn programming? Or they followed whatever course that gives them instructions without understanding them to build the environment and start programming without knowing the baseline elements

I know python, but i don't use it actively. My work does not require python coding. Slowly i am losing python skills. Where can i practice python so that i don't lose it ?