Faith Adams (u/adams.faith)

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I tried to learn Python from a big book and a YouTube series at the same time

About two months ago, I decided to finally learn to code. I bought a 500 page book called 'Python for Everybody' and also started a YouTube playlist called 'Python for Beginners'. The book was full of information but it was really slow and I kept getting stuck on the exercises. The YouTube videos were easier to watch, but I was just copying code without really understanding it. After three weeks, I was making no progress. I switched to just using the free course on Codecademy. The big difference was the hands-on practice. Codecademy makes you type the code right there and gives you instant feedback if it's wrong. That one change, from reading and watching to actually doing the exercises in a guided way, made everything click. Has anyone else found that a certain type of practice helped them learn their first language?

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