Free resources are certainly not hard to find when it comes to learning programming. With Python, you've got Al Sweigart's entire book line that is made available free on the internet. The most popular one is Automate the Boring Stuff with Python found here . Interactive tutorials are probably out there as well, but honestly I'd recommend using step by step tutorials as little as possible. It's necessary in the beginning, while you're still learning the basics, but after that you can get stuck in a sort of "tutorial hell" where you're just following code in a guide but don't know how to practically build anything on your own. That's where coding challenges come into play. Again, this is once you get a good grasp on the basics. Answer from EternalgammaTTV on reddit.com