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Learning to Program
Coursera
4 recommenders · 4 threads · recommended in 4 years, 2013–2022 · score 4.1
An introductory Coursera course from the University of Toronto that teaches programming fundamentals using Python, taught by Professor Greg Wilson's team. It is the first of a two-course sequence with Program Code.
Commenters call it a good, realistic starting point with weekly goals, and recommend taking it before Program Code.
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I'm still quite low on the Python skill level, too many off periods. I have read most of Learning Python (older edition on 2.7 I think), did some of LPTHW, did some of the udacity intro to CS. A few weeks ago I finished Learn to Program on coursera (highly recommend this), and at the moment I'm…
One big advantage of going to college is having expectations laid out for you. Others have commented that your expectations are way, way off. Here’s a good way to actually understand if you’re making good progress: Sign up for a course on coursera. I recommend the Learning to Program series from…
I was in the same boat and started successfully with the Coursera course Learn to Program https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-to-program/home/welcome I also ordered the book the recommend getting. And I can also recommend it. :-)
Check this two courses, they are really good: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-to-program https://www.coursera.org/learn/program-code Notice that it is meant to take them in that exact order.