Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python?

Posted by dillmac on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:47PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hello HN, I am 30, changing career to coding. My current job sucks, am not interested in my current job. I am noob to programming. What do you suggest?

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Re:Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python? by danso on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:57PM (#15962194)

The best free (and purchaseable) book out there for novices-to-intermediates is "Automating the Boring Stuff with Python". Not only is it well-written, it captures the main gist of why programming is useful in a variety of life's use cases: https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python? by 0x54MUR41 on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @09:24PM (#15966499)

I also recommend this thread [0]. This thread has same question, kind of "Python 101". One of the answer suggested for beginner, intermediate, and advance levels.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15932381

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Re:Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python? by Teichopsia on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:01PM (#15964790)

Tough, you mention Python specifically, related question was posted a few days ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15946136

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Re:Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python? by vxxzy on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:51PM (#15962132)

Go grab "Learn Python the Hard Way" [1]

[1]: https://learnpythonthehardway.org/

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Re:Ask HN: What tips you have to learn Python? by malux85 on Friday December 22, 2017 @09:15AM (#15987539)

I recommend this to many friends as it’s a great resource, but I have to always apologise for the name every time I recommend it, I wish it would re-brand, I turn the apology into a joke, but I feel like it’s still off-putting

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