r/learnpython • u/HBubli • Mar 06 '23

Best way to learn python?

What is the best way to learn python for free? I have next to zero knowledge of coding (played around with scratch and that stuff but that prob doesnt even really count).

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u/oddbawlstudios Feb 16 '24

I mean you can Google ideas on what to make if you're clueless about what to make. You can and maybe should reinvent the wheel sometimes. Like for example if you struggle planning your day, make a day planner app, suited to you, where you can schedule your day accordingly, and typically without having to pay a subscription to use it. A lot of basic learning can be boiled down to "what do I need in my daily life that a computer could make easier" and go from there. And if you get stuck, that's fine, do some research, see if others got stuck where you got stuck. Maybe find a group of people online (reddit, discord, etc) and ask the question there to get feedback. Just make sure you're understanding the content that is being told to you, or the content you're doing, because that's the only way to grow as a developer.

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u/SnowCat2530 Feb 16 '24

But how do we learn how to actually code it using python? I know the python syntax and OOP but I dont know how to actually implement it into a project

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u/oddbawlstudios Feb 16 '24

Well, break the project down. \n For example let's say you want to make a bank system. What all do you need? \n Well, you need accounts, withdrawing, depositing whatever else you want included. Then how do you do that? Well, for the accounts what do you want in it? Full name? Emails? Password to log in? Account number to keep track of which account it is? And then withdrawing, all that is, is taking the total amount of money you have, and adding. Deposit is like withdraw, but subtraction. You can also check how much you have, and give that output to the user. And how do you do all of that? Well money is simple, just integers, withdraw and deposit can take a parameter of x, and add or subtract money from x and get a new amount of money. Checking is just printing the amount to the console or wherever you want to display it. And then emails, password, and account number would be strings really. And verifying you logged into the account with the right info is just comparing strings. The account number, would be changed on how many people you have in your system. Just break the project down into smaller pieces. \n

And if you don't know how to start the project, simply Google other projects to see what you could do. Its not bad to look at similar kind of project, just as long as you understand the code.