Exercism - Scala Exercises VS py4e

When I got my first job as a junior software engineer, my team lead suggested I take a course by MIT, Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python to improve my fundamental knowledge of computer science. The course duration was 9 weeks and I learned a lot of theory about programming and picked up Python syntax. I liked the course and especially the exercises that were presented there. At that time I also discovered an amazing website called Exercism. I thought since I became familiar with the Python syntax and knew how to build simple apps, maybe it would be nice to explore some AI-related stuff. But after playing around with it I realized AI is really not for me. I'm not into analyzing data and everything that goes with it. I was more of an engineering and problem-solving type of developer.

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Nice, this reminds me of Exercism, which I wish was more widely known since they seem to be good folks. (disclaimer, I donate to them)

https://exercism.org/

Exercism, the free programming learning platform has initiated a challenge named: 48in24.

Last year, Exercism put together the #12in23 challenge. The goal was to learn a new programming language each month throughout the year. I was one of 135 people who completed the challenge, and I learned a lot along the way!

The list of languages contains every language on Exercism, excluding ones that I've used before, web languages, or ones that I can't download for some reason.

You might like https://exercism.org/

Learning by doing, with the help of mentors. Excellent way to learn a next language (as you are already familiar with the programming concepts).

Exercism is pretty good for beginners with some programming language, they are open source and worth contributing to.

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It depends on your background, past coding experience, and how much stuff you have outside of work. If you are committed, then it should not be a problem. You have a while until you start, so plenty of time to start working on stuff now so classes go well. I started with python is for everyone https://www.py4e.com/ before taking my first class. Good luck! It is a fun program!

Python for Everybody is the resource used in the course I'm taking now. The instructor of the course developed these materials to teach Python to beginners.

I took the free python course at https://www.py4e.com/ before starting at OSU and it set me up nicely for 161 and 162. I would say 225 was my greatest hurdle, as I am bad at math. If you are rusty at math in any aspect I would HIGHLY recommend starting some Khan Academy lessons in anything up through advanced algebra that is fuzzy for you. 225 is the only class so far I got an A- in and it wrecked me body and soul for a quarter :D Overall this program is what you make out of it and there's not a ton of handholding, plus there will extra work outside of it to actually do well in the real world (leetcode, interview prep, etc.), but it is a solid option to change your life (it's already changed mine) and I have enjoyed my time at OSU. Good luck!

Not sure how helpful the cert is but here's something to get you going with python: https://www.py4e.com/

Check out this site: Python for Everybody