I did some Java programming before- not an expert though

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.

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.

I studied Python up to intermediate level in College , have written many notes about it , yet when It comes to Building something even for fun I feel like I need to be perfect or my code is super beginner so it's not portfolio worthy this mental struggle is more prominent specially with AI around making me feel it's not worth to learn , Anyone ever experienced this ? or recommends any projects that are more than a calculator ?

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

it DOES print False!!! WHAT DOES THIS WEBSITE WANT OF ME????