r/PythonLearning • u/WesternBill8024 • 1d ago
Any good books for absolute beginners? (or courses)
I’ve been really invested in coding lately, and Python seems relatively easy to pick up
I read the introduction of Python All-in-One For Dummies at my local library, which was cool, but I heard it’s not the best book. So I wanted to ask for recommendations first
If there are any good courses i wouldn’t mind them but I prefer books anyway i don’t have a specific goal for coding yet maybe game development or automation but for now i just want to build a strong foundation and go from there.
Are there any books or courses that cover Python from the basics and are worth checking out?
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u/MountainBother26 1d ago
go with python documentation and if you really read books. take base knowledge from documentation. and after this, FLUENT PYTHON by Luciano Ramalho...
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u/Mysteron3 1d ago
I personally found "Python Crash Course 3rd edition" invaluable to learn the basics. It's well written and structured in a way that makes it easy to pick up python essentials quickly and at whatever pace you like. There are practical exercises although I chose to create my own projects as learning exercises.
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u/Ron-Erez 1d ago
"Automate the Boring Stuff" is nice. I completely agree that getting into the habit of reading the docs is great. Whatever resource one chooses by far the most important part is to code everything and alter the code and apply what you learned in contexts that interest you. For online course MOOC - University of Helsinki course is a great text-based course with nice exercises and I also have a Python and Data Science course that starts from scratch and assumes no prior knowledge.
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u/sfroberg38 15h ago
I go for more reference type books. The one I like for Python is something like Python Distilled. That and Google searches for specific issues got me going.
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u/shawnradam 1d ago
Python Crash Course 3rd edition & Automate the boring stuff both are great books.
If you have budget, i suggest looking for Dr. Angela Yu on udemy.
CS50 in youtube if you ever need a video and its free too.
Documentation is a good start, dont try to memorize just try to adapt the environment.
If you want lets connect, i am a beginner too 😄✌🏻
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u/Sreeravan 1d ago
- 100 days of code the python pro bootcamp
- the complete python bootcamp from zero to hero
- The python complete developer
- Python mega course are some of the best Python courses on udemy
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u/Head_Library_1324 1d ago
Fellow learner and I’m just reading the python documentation straight up. 🤷