Learning to Program in Python

Obviously, I know how to code. I graduated from a program that taught me the skills to really get my hands onto any programming language and learn it quickly and efficiently. But there is no practical way to learn every coding language out there, not by a long shot. So the burden falls on us as students of computer science, to learn as much as we can on our own, and to take our interests and expand on them, allowing us to grow as code writers and developers in general.

Recently, I stumbled upon this image, that listed a few different websites that anyone could use to learn coding (among other things). I've always wanted to learn Python, so when I saw that one of the sites listed was "TryPython.org", I thought I would try it out!

It took a few hours of my day today. It was nothing fancy, just going over the basic syntax of the language. Unfortunately, the rest of the course is hidden behind a paywall, so I don't think I'll be doing it.

The important thing here is that I learned the syntax of a new language, and could probably work out how to code a simple project. At the end of the course, they allowed me to put a "certification" on my linkedIn profile to show that I have completed their course, as well as fancy "badges" to show my completion on the site.

The course was well-taught, and I really felt like the examples in the screen cast made me ready to get coding, and gave me a good base to complete the exercises. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is interested in starting in Python. It moves faster than similar courses on sites like Codecademy, and was fun and interesting to me.

I'm really interested to work on programming larger projects in python. I think that's going to be my next personal project, though I'm not sure what idea I'll work on first!

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