An introductory online course from Udacity that teaches programming basics using Python. It is self-paced and aimed at people with little or no coding background.

Commenters recommend it as a clear, well-explained introduction to both coding and Python.

On Reddit (2)

1. Recommendslearning_to_developr/learnprogramming2014in “Good languages to learn for a physics undergrad”▲ 1

   I agree with this to a point. If you want to work in academia or hardware engineering (i.e. mechanical, electrical, optical etc...), Matlab is a very widely used tool that will look great on your resume. A lot of big companies use it. There's nothing that says you can't learn both. If you're truly…

2. Recommendsnotantisocialr/learnprogramming2013in “Let's say you're 25 years old, you're stick of your IT Technician/Call Center jobs and you want to learn programming. You regret not learning earlier, you've never read a line of code in your life, and it scares you shitless to try. What would you do?”▲ 1

   I would start at code academy or udacity and take their intro computer programming classes. They both have python and the instructions are incredibly clear, self-paced and well explained.

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