r/learnpython • u/SammuelNash • 1d ago

interactive coding platform recommendations for someone who falls asleep watching tutorials

I have started and abandoned four video courses this year. Not because they were bad. I watch, I nod, I understand every line while it is on screen, and then I open an empty file and there is nothing in my head. Clearly I need the kind that makes me type. Candidates on my list are boot.dev, exercism and codewars, and it is less clear which of those are that and which just put a video next to a text editor.

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u/Nekose 1d ago

Code wars is a wonderful place to practice fundamental skills, but it doesn't have a structured tutorial system. Once you have some experience, its a great place to pracice.

I hear good things about boot.dev, but it's a paid service once you start getting into it.

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u/chapchap0 1d ago

“Clearly I need the kind that makes me type.”

So you’ve been watching tutorials and… that’s it? Just watching them? Without coding along?

Get Python Crash Course and go through it chapter by chapter. It’s more concise and concrete than any tutorial can be. And you’ve got exercises and little projects to do at the end of each chapter so you’re not getting away with an illusion of understanding what’s going on and then not having a clue how to write a program.

Passive learning gets you nowhere.

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u/Different_Pain5781 5h ago

your going to hit the same wall on any platform eventually, because the exercise still tells you what to build. The empty file problem only really breaks when you pick your own small project and suffer through it. Platforms shorten that runway, they do not remove it.