Rule No. 1: You are going to be extremely confused in the beginning. You are going to go through phases of excitement, and you will get ahead of yourself. At some point after learning the syntax you will be lost, and not know what the heck to do. LUCKILY I've been there, and I know the way out of that mess and Here it is. DO NOT GIVE UP, I promise you that it sinks in.

Rule No. 2: Focus. Do not begin learning Python, and then get excited and begin learning other languages. This is a mistake, I promise you. Take the time to focus on one language, and get good enough at it to build your own programs before moving on. If you do not do this, you are going to get confused and there is a chance you will just give up.

Rule No. 3: There is an efficient order to learning Python that I have found to be best. FIRST! Learn the Syntax. I recommend Codeacademy, for Python. There is a great community there as well if you get stuck. SECOND! Start attempting the small projects listed here. THIRD! Once you feel as if those projects are pointless, and you have lost interest in them, start exploring Python's libraries and modules, and begin to find an area you are interested in! FINALLY! Learn a new language that is closely related to your interests.

Rule No. 4: Always try to abide by this ratio. 70% of your time should be dedicated to coding. 30% dedicated to learning via tutorials, or what-have-you.

Good Luck!

[Edit 02/17/2016] The original playlist I provided as the first link in this post was removed, but I managed to find the exact same playlist by another user on YouTube and updated the link.

[Edit 06/2/2016] The playlist was taken down once more, however I have located another one and have updated the link above. I'll continue to update the post whenever someone messages me about it being broken if I can locate a new playlist.

[Edit 04/28/2017] The new playlist has been taken down again. To clarify, the playlist was a video tutorial series provided by Lynda.com. The author was Simon Allardice, and it was titled Objected Oriented Design. Here is the introduction video to it. I implore you to seek it out, it helped me and many others a lot.

[Edit 02/03/2018] I still get a lot of messages about the playlist being taken down. Please read the edits above. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you!

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For those of you who’ve learned Python recently or helped others learn it:
What resources, methods, or routines helped you the most?
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Hey everyone!

I'm looking to develop coding skills. I've never coded before, so I put together a roadmap—mainly based on Tech With Tim. Honestly, most of what I wrote down, I don't even know what it is yet, but I guess that's part of the fun!

I’d love to get your feedback on this roadmap—do you think the timeline is realistic?

ROADMAP (3 months goal):

1️⃣ Fundamentals

Data types

Operations

Variables

Conditions

Looping

Lists, Dictionaries, Sets

Functions

2️⃣ Practice

Use AI to generate simple problems and solve a ton of them

3️⃣ Follow a step-by-step tutorial

4️⃣ Deep dive into Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

5️⃣ Build a bigger project

Something like a game or an automation project (goal: 2 weeks)

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks, Hugo

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Thank you for all your advice!

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