Hey! Welcome to the Python group, first off take a

Question

Hey! Welcome to the Python group, first off take a

look at our set of rules @thedevrules

Wanna learn Python ? Cool! Keep in mind that Python3 is the future while Python2 is dying officially in 2 years https://pythonclock.org/

In case you don't know there are several path you can follow in the python world some of them are:
- Web Full Stack
- Desktop and Mobile
- Data Science
- Automation
- IoT

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The basic stuff

1. https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
Very popular and easy guide to Python

2. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Drafts/Python
This tutorial is being written rn by MDN, most parts are done already

3. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python3/
Basics with some advanced topics like GUI programming, Database access and so on

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abrcJ9MpF60
It's time to learn regular expressions!, it seems a little bit confusing at first but believe me the job it is doing for you is lot more complex! (common interview question too!) you can test your patterns using https://regex101.com/

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Practice

1. It's a good idea to do some exercises after learning the basics Practice Python http://www.practicepython.org/ here are some challenging ones with solutions

2. https://www.codewars.com/
Codewars is where developers achieve code mastery through challenge.

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Full Stack

In case you want to learn web development, you got Django!, it's high level web framework for fast development, it's as easy and secure as any framework can be, some good tutorial for learning Django :

1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Django
MDN got a very nice tutorial to start learning django

2. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/
Official docs

3. https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/2015/11/23/small-open-source-django-projects-to-get-started.html
You always learn from others' projects, here is a list of beginners' friendly open source projects!

4. https://www.udemy.com/ Courses with 100% discount:
tweetme-django - Build a twitter-like service with django! coupon: "DEC2016"
django-core - Django in depth! coupon: "CFENOV2016"

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Data Science

1. https://www.anaconda.com/downloads
Python distribution with all you need for data science

2. https://www.youtube.com/user/sentdex/playlists
Youtube playlists about graphics and basics on machine learning

3. https://www.kaggle.com/competitions
Practice the theory you've learn in real world scenarios

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Keeping you updated

1. http://pyvideo.org/
Python Conferences about almost everything

2. https://www.pythonweekly.com/
A weekly newsletter featuring curated news, articles, new releases, jobs etc related to Python.

3. https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=language%3APython+license%3Agpl&type=Repositories&ref=advsearch&l=Python&l=
Search, Find and collaborate on GPL Proyects written in python

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Reference

1. https://docs.python.org/3/
Official Docs

2. https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python
A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

3. https://github.com/trananhkma/fucking-awesome-python
A curated list with Github stars and forks stats based on awesome awesome-python