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I need help learning to code python, can't find anything good

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I have a decent understanding of python, however in order to advance I definitely need to learn.

I have tried to use wikis, youtube, etc and coding whilst reading/watching, but for me it just doesn’t stick.

I then thought "I’ll just do what I can and ask the community for help." (hoping to give back in future) but again, not a great experience.

Despite accurately conveying what my problem is, what I’ve tried, and what I need to fix, the forums I have used (particularly the python community on stackoverflow) have consistently landed so far from my question that several times I have rewritten my post to redirect the reader to the actual issue I have as opposed to "don’t do it like that, use this module". The "that" they refer to is pretty much the entirety of python I know, and "this module" tends to be something that almost seems designed to scare off beginners.

Is there a forum where if I ask a question it will be answered? Is there (ideally free, but I can pay a little) software for PC or mobile that aids in learning more than just the basic python functionality?

One Answer

Did you try Udemy? For decades I have taught myself only from books. Recently I tried my first ever video course (for Flutter/Dart) and was extremely impressed. If they are all like that, I will never read another book again.

That one taught me to build a few apps, which gave me a few ideas. Udemy has over 10,000 Python courses - surely one can help?

Whatever you do, get a decent IDE - and there is none better than PyCharm. The community edition is free, even for commercial use, and that's what I use at work.

Perhaps you need a hobby project? For less than $20 you can get some good hardware to play with. Perhaps a real work app, like reading sensors or controlling something, would spur you on?

I like to play with the BCC Micro:bit, which is simple enough, or the ESP32 - M5Stack is a great system for hardware newbies, and AdaFruit have lots of good hardware for Python](https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/what-is-circuitpython). Plus, of course, there is the Raspberry Pi (I prefer the Pi Zero W).

Look at Hackster for ideas for projects.

Does that help any?

Correct answer by Mawg says reinstate Monica on September 25, 2021

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