How to learn Python fast?

We all know that python is one of the best beginner-friendly programming language that can really help you kick-start your career as a programmer. So today i will go through how you can learn python as fast as possible. In this article we will be discussing 10 really good tips for how you can learn python fast and how you can grow as an effective programmer

If this is your first programming language it can be a bit overwhelming at the start, so you might have an idea of where you want to start but you may lack a complete structure on how to actually achieve your goal. There are different ways to learn a language and everyone has their own method for achieving the same result. 

1.Understand the why :  Why should you learn python and why python the right language for you to actually learn.

So python can be used in lots of different  fields like Machine learning, Data science, Web development, Game development and lots of other things, so figuring out why you are actually learning python is going to be a really good thing because it will give you a clear end goal of why you are learning it and that will help you then stick with it which is really important and so if those things spark your interest then python is great but if on the other hand you are thinking that you want to learn python because you want to get a job as an IoS app developer then you may need to choose a different language, so having a clear picture of what you want to do with python at the end will really help you stay motivated.

2.How to learn:  At first this concept can be a little bit confusing but it is one of those really essential things that you need to figure out in order to continue to learn python or to learn any other language in the future. So everyone  has their own techniques for learning and there is no right or wrong way to do it. It all really just depends on how you learn best. If you're a more visual person then learning through video based tutorials can help you understand the concepts better than going through a book with no images and no visual input. Platforms like Udemy, Udacity,  Codeacademy,  Coursera are great and might be more suitable for you They are interactive and you will get to code along with the instructor as they show you step by step how to solve a problem or code a project from scratch.  For those of you who love reading and writing you may find videos to be a waste of time but going through the official python documentation or a book will be more your cup of tea. You'll get to learn as you read the concept step by step at your own pace and follow the code snippets included.  The final way  i think most people find themselves basically utilizing both methods through combining text and video based tutorials.  

Going to free CodeCamp python track learning by reading the concepts doing some challenges and also watching a Udemy course to help you understand it a little bit deeper can be really helpful. You can also buy a book like Automate the boring stuff with python to give you project ideas to work on. If you're uncertain about like which method works best for you or which combination of the two methods works best for you then i suggest you to trying out both methods in different amounts and experimenting until you figure out what you enjoy the most and how you learn the best

3. Learn the fundamentals of the language:  Understanding the fundamentals of python is really important because it will set a really strong foundation for you as you start to kind of climb the ladder of learning more and more advanced concepts it may look easy and you may be tempted to kind of skim through this and just jump to the more fun part that's more complex like starting to build projects and stuff like that but don't do that because this is how so many people quit before they even start. So what are the fundamentals:

 a. variables and they're used to store data.

b. we have operators they help to assign compare and add values etc

c. control flow it uses conditional statements to create the order in which your code will be executed this is things like if else statements

d. functions they are reusable code blocks that performs a specific action when called

e Fifth one  is data types so here you need to understand how different types of data like numeric, sequence, mapping,  booleans and binary types actually work

f. loops and this is used to execute codes several times within a certain condition.

 

4. Learn how to work with data structures:   If you want to learn python properly or you want to get a job for instance then data structures are really important and they really help you build problem solving skills that are really important for projects that you build and structuring your data and so whether you are working on a big project or a small one it's always good to keep data structures in the back of your head. You can go through the data structures like Stack, Queue, Linked list and trees which are also available in other programming languages. Get to know how each of them is used and when they are useful they are also used in coding interviews to see how you solve problems platforms like leadcode.com or hackerrank.com are the most popular ones to solve data structure and algorithm questions and instead of doing like 50 questions in one go i would suggest doing one to two questions in a day and then you'll be ready enough to walk confidently into a coding interview and i suggest putting in an hour or two into this five days a week at the start and it's actually a lot of fun so I think that you may find yourself spending way more time on this by accident.

If you want to become a great pythonista or programmer in general then learning to solve problems is really important because solving problems is like 70% of what a python developer does on a daily basis when you run into a problem figure out a way to break it down in a small part as possible because that will help you not to be too overwhelmed and help you actually solve the problem.  When you find a problem try to solve it first before asking or looking for help when it becomes more challenging you can google for the solution , platforms like stack overflow will be really useful for you here and try to form a love for solving problems the more you practice them the better you become and there's no shortcut for it or fast track method it's just solving challenges until you start to think like a programmer which may sound harder than it actually is mostly thinking like a programmer is just about breaking problems down as much as you possibly can until it is as basic as possible like I mentioned platforms like hacker rank and Leetcode  will really help you with that .

 Joining a community can be a really important thing that can really help you grow a lot faster in your learning journey so finding people that are on the same journey as you and connecting with them can actually be really helpful and it's really good to have people around you that actually understand your struggles and that are going through  themselves or have recently gone through them because then you guys can kind of help each other out and give each other pointers to improve and grow there are lots of different platforms out there to connect with.

5. Contribute to open source projects:  Contributing to Open Source Projects is  never too early.  You may feel like a beginner you may feel like you can't really start doing that yet but there's so many open source projects out there that are just looking for volunteers and that would be super appreciative of any help that they can get so i think that's a really good way for you to start even if it's a little bit intimidating and it's also a really good way to start learning about Git and improving your Git workflow which will be really important once you get employed somewhere so it's never too early to get started.