Strategy to learn python for a beginner

 Complete the following books

1.Learn python the hard way[website][Download] or Think Python or tutorials point or new circle or cs 101from udacity or codecademy for python.

2.a. Python standard library by example[buy]
At first you don't understand some things,no probs leave  the things you don't understand and move on.You may just want to just read this article
Join  irc channel or create an account on stackoverflow.
But please don't ask any question(for atleast one week) just observe,out of enthusiasm we try ask some stupid question(which might already have a possible duplicate) and get downvoted. So my suggestion is to master the second book (mainly data structures and algorithms).
But you can ask specific question.
I've so and so problem and i tried
this is my following code.
Show them what you have coded,input and expected output. In this way your question is less likely to get downvoted.To get a better score try reading the answers to most frequently asked questions,because mostly the questions repaeat.
Try reading these answers

b. OOP is the most import like ... understanding classes,methods,constructors...
This is the best resource 1.New Circle 2. Mastering OOP

3.If you are intersted in competetive programming i suggest this book .or codeforcers(Hacker rank,Project euler,).By doing the problems here you'll get experience.

4. Python cookbook[This is the best book]
5. Algorithms and Data Structure in python   (i didn't complete this book myself so it's up to you) or buy Think Complexity 
While reading algorithms(if you don't understand for the first time don't panic.Pretend you understood move on.)
Check the following sites(visual-algo ,algo-viz)

With these four books done you'll become a novice to an avergae python programmer.
From here you need to select a specific domain like GUI development,Web development,big data,etc...
Many of them come with frame works
GUI ==> Tkinter,Pyside,PyQt
Web==>Django,flask
Select your domain and master a framework.

There are some earlier posts on this blog for resource you may check them.


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Pyvideos-The best resources of python videos

Once you've learned basic python,this is a great resource
pyvideo
I didn't know how to deploy a django app but there is a video here and that's really helpful.
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Django Girls the best resource to learn Django for starters

I thought of learning django back in 2012,but back then it wasn't possible.
I wanted to learn Django downloaded couple of books,checked on quora and reddit.
At the end i've learned
1.Official Documentation is good.
2.Some suggested Test deriven Development using Django.(This is by far best but it takes time.This is the hard way of learning Django but if you were a beginer then  suggest start with django girls)
3.Tango with Django
4.Django-girls(Intutively i could understand but after reading this i got a basic idea of django.From here i would take up TDD using django.)
5.Hellowebapp (Dont know but seems promisng).
There's a sub on reddit

Download Django-girls book


 The above four are upto date(Django v1.7 and v1.8),rest of the tutorials are based on django v1.5.
I started with TDD with Django but it's taking time so i skipped it.Then I tried Tango with django,then official documentation.I skipped them half way.
I completed Django-girls within (1-2hrs).It depends on your pace.You may want to skip some parts like installing app on heroku just work locally.

Basic Skills you may require

1. Basic understanding of HTML and CSS (No probs if you don't know the book will guide you.)
2. Basic python(if,for loops,functions and classs).
3. Regular Expressions(this is not a requirement) .




I don't have a proper internet connection so relying on pdfs . I want to learn quick,atleast make my own blog and then improvise writing other apps.So i tried Django girls.It worked fine.
There is a sub on reddit






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