🔒 Got Stuck whenever solve a python practice problem

[wide ore]

I start python on 15 april and solving ques for past 7 days whenever I try to solve que I got stuck don't know what to do I am solving Hackerrank and I think I am not too bad at syntax my weak spot is logic do you guys also get stuck at start how much time it take to become good at python

[still jungle]

@wide ore

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[warm locust]

What is/are your learning resources?

[granite canyon]

I wouldn't start with hackerrank to learn, I'd try a course or book, Harvard has a good free python intro, A Byte of Python or Automate the Boring Stuff are good free online books

[wide ore]

i did start with a course after doing the course I m practicing ques

[wide ore]

youtube

whats your experience when you started @granite canyon @warm locust

[warm locust]

Yikes

i did start with a course after doing the course I m practicing ques
You did an entire Python course in just 2 weeks? Without having any prior programming knowledge beforehand? And that course was on YouTube?
Yeah, you haven't learnt anything.

So first of all: Stay away from (YouTube) videos, as well as LLMs (i.e. ChatGPT, etc.).
Get yourself a book (the other guy has named a few) and learn from that.
Be aware that learning how to program is neither easy nor fast. It'll definitely take hundreds of hours of practice.

[granite canyon]

A lot of confusion. Lots. It takes a lot of repitition for these concepts to make real sense.

You're not just learning Python, you're learning a whole new concept

programming

[warm locust]

+1

Programming != Coding

[chilly wigeon]

That’s too early then. Hacker rank is not hard, most of the questions are ez, take it slow bro

[kind gyro]

!learn

[still jungle]

Go-to beginner resources

Here are the top free resources we recommend for people who are new to programming:

• Automate the Boring Stuff — an online book (also available to purchase as a physical book)
• Harvard’s CS50P course — video lectures (slides and notes provided) with exercises
• Python Programming MOOC 2026 course — text-based lessons with exercises
• Corey Schafer's YouTube playlist

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