How can I learn Python (free)?

#python #ai #beginners #automation

Hi! I’m new to the tech world and I want to learn Python to start my coding journey. I have already learned a little HTML, but I realized I don’t enjoy web development and front-end, so I’ve decided to try back-end and see how it goes. I already know that Python is one of the main back-end programming languages, so my question is: how can I learn Python for free? Thank you! Bye!

Top comments (9)

EmberNoGlow • Feb 4

YouTube, LLMs, Github - all this will help you learn for free. I’m generally self-taught, and I got a lot of help from AI (you can read about it here) and YouTube videos. In principle, there is nothing except videos on YouTube. Many courses do not guarantee successful learning, as it seems to me, since the courses are aimed at mastering the correct material and “consulting with a specialist” - this completely kills the teaching technique of “learning from your mistakes.” My advice is just watch videos on YouTube and simply rewrite the code from them (manually!) - together with a good explanation from the author of the video, you will quickly understand the basic “rules of the language”. Also read the documentation (The documentation is well written and detailed) and don't be afraid to make mistakes and don't do everything perfectly. The best learning is practice.

CtrlAltDeuter • Feb 4

Thank you so much! Really helpful.

Gábor Mészáros • Feb 5

Well, the issue is not that things are not free, the issue is that you need a focus, as in why are you learning it even. That would give you the needed focus and space for iterations.

and iterate. a LOT. You'll learn on the way.

For me it took 3 months to learn it and to start incorporating enterprise level rigor (what is an abosolute must this day and age.)

if you wanna read more:
Starting from Zero: dev.to/cleverhoods/from-zero-to-ag...
Moving further: dev.to/cleverhoods/from-prompt-to-...

CtrlAltDeuter • Feb 5

Thank you!

Bradley D. Thornton • Feb 5

I would add to the excellent suggestions above by recommending:

Create a GitHub or Codeberg account
Create your ed25519 SSH keys w/OpenSSL and upload your public key to your hosted git account(s):
Start with a primer on Git (the various video instructors have intros to git - choose your fav instructor) Learn to interact w/GitHub
If you're not already proficient with Vim, then I strongly recommend you familiarize yourself with VSCodium. Again, pick your fav instructor I really like Josh, @thecommoncoder and Mosh, who has a couple of great Python programming series, his later one's combining everything you'll learn in the videos above - i.e., uploading your SSH keys to GitHub, and syncing between your local Git repos and your remotes on GitHub, using both on the cli AND using VSCodium. Mosh'es earlier series uses PyCharm instead of VSCodium.

Doing it this way, IMO, uploading your SSH keys to your web based Git accounts and then integrating all of your developmental Python studies with an IDE that works with Git, places you in the position of a workflow like you'll need to be proficient with in the Enterprise, and working with a VCS like Git from the git go (no pun intended), as you learn Python makes all of this second nature.

I hope that helps!