🔒 Is It safe to follow a 3 yrs old Python tutorial?

[magic crypt]

@steep falcon

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[amber scroll]

🔮

sorry wrong moon phase

i cant tell

[frail geyser]

lol

[final sparrow]

it doesnt really matter

[frail geyser]

nothing much changes with basics

[void anchor]

Python 3.0 was released in 2008 and that's when there were some major changes in the language. There have been some minor syntax changes since then. Generally, if the tutorial you follow is using python 3.x, you should be okay

[untold canopy]

i agree

all python 3 tutorials are good

[void anchor]

Well, i don't agree that they're all good per se

[untold canopy]

but a lot of tutorials are good

i advise bro code, he is good at teaching python

[hollow citrus]

anything after python 3.6 should be fine

[drifting ibex]

@steep falcon beginner language features haven't really changed in the last three years, so as long as the tutorial was up-to-date at the time, it should be fine.

[celest lantern]

even if its not up to that date though... python 3.6 was released in 2016, ~8 years ago 🗣️
so chances that its super different from the modern python especially at the beginner level are very low

[latent hound]

if you look in the wrong place you'll still find 2.7 tutorials or material made by people completely unfamiliar with python standards being made today

[celest lantern]

yeah 💀
OP didnt give a lot of context though... so... we just have to guess

[drifting ibex]

and yet I keep seeing Python tutorials with str.format all over the place 🤮

[celest lantern]

print("age: " + str(100) + "!")

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