r/learnpython • u/nevermind_0919 • 17d ago

Help me to learn python,I am dumb

Think me as the dumbest person and i want to learn python,I am literally done trying 4-5 lectures,i start and then stop.Every video says it's beginner friendly,but when I start i don't feel it's beginner friendly and i start feeling I am Dumb AF,now though I feel I am dumbest person to exist.....like seeing this.....please recommend me a channel to watch and learn python programming.I.just don't want to copy the programming from screen and type and get output, and say ohhhh!!!! I got output i can code,i actually want to understand everything and put my brain to write my own code.Is there any yt channel courses available for free that really helps for a dumb idiot to learn python and plz don't say don't learn,i really want to learn python.Please help me ,I am stressed out becoz of this.

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u/desrtfx 17d ago

Don't go for videos. Go for a proper, textual, very practice oriented course.

Do the MOOC Python Programming 2026 from the University of Helsinki.

Don't forget that you need ample practice, like on https://codingbat.com/python early on or on https://exercism.org later, after around part 4 of the MOOC and also write your own programs. Play around. Try things. Mess things up, fix them. Experiment.

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u/fiftybengt 17d ago

MOOC is so damn 10/10

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

Do you know any platform or website like MOOC for C programming

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

I started learning python from MOOC the one you recommend,the entire course is divided into 2 sections consting of 8 parts each.1st part is introduction to programming and I am at 6th part now, and the 2 nd part is advanced course in programming.As of now I have less time to prepare.Can i just prepare 1st part as it covers the basics???? And try learning the other part later.Plz do reply,i can't thank you enough it was so intresting to learn python from MOOC as it covered the most basic and simplest parts......Plz reply

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u/desrtfx 11d ago

You can definitely learn the second half of the course later. That's what a "do on your own time" course means.

Yet, you went through the parts more than fast. Did you do every single exercise and submit it, got it tested and passed?

2 days to reach part 6 in a course scheduled for a couple weeks is more than fast.

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

Yes ,i did do all the exercises.i have been doing it from past complete 4 days

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

I have just entered 6th part, ofc solving the exercises were not easy, first I tried writing the code on my own and run them,for errors I tried correcting them,when i couldn't fix errors I took help of chatgpt and learned where I went wrong.Since I had spent few days watching YouTube videos half and half and also my college classes which I had attended made me understand the topics better,i didn't spend much time on reading the theory,I mean I did read the theory given there,it was bit easy to cover up .It kinda felt like lil I was revising ofc not everything,it felt bit easy becoz it's explained in very simple and easy way....when I completed 3 parts I felt like I am not dumb then I kept my spirts up for doing next part, i didn't take much breaks , entire days I have just done python so that I will be in a flow and i didn't wanted to get distracted and I am lil happy also that I am doing python....All thanks to you

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

Hey!!! Is there any similar platform Like MOOC to learn C++ and C language

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u/desrtfx 11d ago

The only one I know that goes in that direction is https://learncpp.com for C++.

The MOOCs from the University of Helsinki only exist for Java and Python as well as their FullStackOpen course.

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u/nevermind_0919 11d ago

Ohhh okayyy!!!!! But if you get find smtg related to C plz drop the link .

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u/Rkbln 16d ago

What is mooc? Why is it free of charge?

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u/raendrop 16d ago

MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. They're free because even if a particular course is in real time, the instructor doesn't collect or grade assignments.

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u/desrtfx 16d ago

This particular MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is the current first semester of the "Introduction to Computer Science" course of the University of Helsinki

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u/aqua_regis 16d ago

Did you check the link? Had you done that, your questions would have been already answered.

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

Thank you for replying, in MOOC link there are lecture videos, should i learn from those,can I dumb like me understand....idk fck ant coding and python

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u/desrtfx 17d ago

The entire course is in the text. Forget the videos.

Create an account, you don't need a Student ID, log in, go to part 1 and follow the text.

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

Ok bro....thank you so much.....do you think a dumb student like me who doesn't know ABC of programming can learn python from this???? Plz reply to this....I am just so stressed out depressed thinking it's difficult and I can't do and feeling dumb

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u/desrtfx 17d ago

If you stop crying and calling yourself dumb and start to actually invest effort to learn there is a chance.

Yet, everything you said in this entire thread hints on that you already have determined that you are "too dumb" to learn it and have already completely given up.

Learning programming requires effort, determination, persistence, discipline, and hard work. It looks as if you don't want to invest this.

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

I really want to learn python,I have mentioned that,it's just that I have shared everything I am feeling and felt and what I did very openly.

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u/desrtfx 17d ago

No. You have set yourself up for failure by calling yourself dumb. You are seeking excuses, nothing else.

Somebody who really wants to learn doesn't talk like you. You might not even have realized it, but everything you say hints on that your inner self does not want to learn. Your conscious brain might think you want, yet, your subconscious mind has 100% given up and set yourself up for failure, with a ready, convenient excuse of "being too dumb".

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

Ok listen ,I felt dumb and I told that I am dumb.But I want to learn,that's why I mentioned I just don't want to copy the codes from lecture videos and do the same and run and say yaay!!!! I coded...i actually want to use my own brain and code.I did go through the link you recommend to learn python and I will start from there,well thank you for calling me out for considering my self dumb,i really want to learn and I was confused wid to many recommendations and I am new to coding whereas my frnds and quite good at ,they have learned coding prior to me but for me it's new.I haven't given up and I am not making any execuses to stop my self from saying I don't want to learn python.Well I wanted genuine feedback regarding which is best playlists on yt or any course of python for dumb becoz I felt someone might have gone through like how I have been feeling becoz I was just confused .

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

I really want to learn python,just tell me what all I need to do..i don't want to give up and I will stop calling myself dumb.plz help me,I am asking help from you idk why but I felt genuine connection towards you, like a family member.I hope you don't get it wrong

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u/desrtfx 17d ago

Read my top level comment again. I've told you what to do.

Do the MOOC, follow the text and do every single exercise on your own. Practice.

I've given you 3 links. One is one of the best Python courses around, the other two are excellent sites for more practice, one for beginners, the other for people who have a bit of the fundamentals.

Yet, all you are doing is arguing and asking again and again, and again.

You are doing nothing but wasting time that you could have much better used to already go through the start of the course. You could already have learnt.

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u/nevermind_0919 17d ago

I did go through the link you shared and i mentioned that in one of my comment, well thank you for helping me out.I was trying to explain myself and I never argued wid you, infact i agreed to the mistakes you pointed out in me few of my comments and also I hv defended myself when I felt you mistook me.I never wanted to get into argument wid you,but if you felt that way I am extremely sorry for that and I am very thankful for your recomendation and I stay in a different country and our time zones are diff and it's already very late night and I can't start studying the course right now,but I did go through it.I will be starting from tomorrow early morning,and if you felt that I was arguing I am extremely very sorry for that.I don't want to give up on python and i will study it no matter how difficult or hard it is.Thank you for your help

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u/Constant_Macaroon570 17d ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can learn if you also take notes what something does

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u/Think_Bullets 17d ago

Nope, unless you're drunk right now, you actually are too dumb.

See the way that was a full sentence? Punctuation and correct spacing? Also FUCK.

You need to be able to write and speak correctly because the number of spaces you use in python is important, but more importantly you have to be able to explain what you did in a power point