Join us and get access to thousands of tutorials and a community of expert Pythonistas.

This lesson is for members only. Join us and get access to thousands of tutorials and a community of expert Pythonistas.

Unlock This Lesson

11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python: Summary

11 Beginner Tips for Learning Python Darren Jones 01:22

Congratulations! You now know some useful strategies to help you jumpstart your journey towards becoming a rockstar Python programmer! Now that you have these strategies for learning, you are ready to begin your Python journey!

To get started, you can check out the Real Python Beginner’s Roadmap for Learning! We also offer a beginner’s level Python book called Python Basics, which uses interesting examples to help you learn programming and web development.

Congratulations, you made it to the end of the course! Make it stick: Mentor AI will check what you’ve got down, help you build something with it, and find your #1 takeaway to share in the discussion.

Or go straight to the discussion section and share your #1 takeaway and how you’ll put your new skills to use.

00:01 And that’s it—you’ve reached the end of this video series, where we’ve looked at 11 beginner tips for learning Python programming. We looked at how coding every day can help you build muscle memory and mean you become a consistently-improving coder; how writing out what you learn and what you’re planning can really help you to retain and plan information better; how going interactive with the Python shell can allow you to quickly understand what’s going on behind the scenes and learn new methods and ways of handling data; that it’s important to take breaks, as this helps you learn, plan, and understand better; how being methodical can help you become a better bug bounty hunter;

00:44 how important it is to surround yourself with others who are learning; how teaching is a great way to learn; how pair programming allows you to see people working at the coalface, in real time; how asking appropriate questions with the right level of information will help you get the answers that you need; how building your own projects is the most important way that you can learn; how contributing to open source can help you become a better programmer and a part of the community.

01:14 I hope you found this series of videos useful and we’ll see you again soon at realpython.com.

roodee on Feb. 5, 2021

My takeaways:

Though already having the habit of using the debugger in an ide: pdb in code and terminal is new to me and seems to be fun.
I made myself a note about “asking GOOD questions”.

tldr;

pdb, “asking GOOD questions”.

David on April 1, 2021

Pdb was the eye opener for me. Was looking around for one. Thank you.

Carlos on July 9, 2021

Hi Darren, I like the approach that you give to learning python. All the points work beyond programming. They can be applied to any aspect of learning. This is a great video. Congratulations!

Carlos

URounder on Nov. 30, 2021

Great course. Thank you!

darose89 on Jan. 31, 2022

pdb is clearly the super power we never knew we had…

moonapali on Feb. 16, 2022

These were 11 great tips! For me, the #1 take-away is “Code everyday” Committing to learning and engaging in a consistent way is the most effective way to learn.

Tim W on July 6, 2022

The “Code Every Day” was a big one for me. I have started learning to code several times over the years and never seem to get far because I haven’t been consistent. I forget what I once knew.

I am also going to be teaching my first Python course later this year, so I am sure I will learn a lot more from that. Every time I teach a new class, I learn so much more about a topic I thought I knew well.

ron426789 on Dec. 7, 2023

My number one takeaway was to code everyday to build muscle memory.

rwelk on Jan. 27, 2024

Great information! Before joining Real Python I usually searched blogs for solving the problems I created in my programs. I could have done it a lot faster if I had known about Pdb. This is the major take away for me in this segment. There are lots of other points that I will attempt to put into practice (i.e.schedule breaks).Thank you again.

Roman Gerasimov on March 13, 2024

I’m not beginner at Python, I would say I’m somewhere between beginer and pre-intermediate, recently I thought I wouldn’t learn anything new from the course for total beginners, how wrong I was - I had been so inefficient trying to debug my code with simple print(). Now I’m thrilled to start next course and discover much more about how inefficient I was :) Guys, do not skip any lesson even if you think you know everything, every lesson is gold

Become a Member to join the conversation.