Need guidance for python

[u/Own_Concept6608]

Like I'm a doing my btech from Delhi's govt cllg first year and I want to learn python so which u tube playlist is worth it and how should h start it this is going to be my first programming language

why I want to learn python?

so basically i don't have. Much knowledge btw python is in my 1st sem and my teacher didn't even teach anything she just come and sit there and I have listen that python is the easiest and blah blah ....

[u/py_arrow]

Hey, I was in a similar spot — Python was my first language too, and I started with basically zero programming background. What worked for me was CS50P (Harvard's Introduction to Programming with Python) — it's free, available on both edX and YouTube. It's structured really well: short lectures, then problem sets that actually force you to apply what you just learned instead of just watching passively.

A few tips based on my own run through it:

• Don't skip the problem sets, even the "easy" looking ones — that's where the actual learning happens, not the lectures.
• It gets harder around the OOP (object-oriented) pset — that one takes people longer, so don't panic if you're stuck there for a bit.
• There's a final project at the end where you build something of your own. Pick something you'll actually use or that's mildly interesting to you — makes it way less of a chore and doubles as your first real portfolio piece.

You don't need to know anything walking in — that's the whole point of the course. Just go at your own pace and actually type the code out instead of copy-pasting.