py4e VS dmoj-rust

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

sign up for an account on dmoj.ca or similiar online judge website and do the problems there. they have ccc problems and waaay more that you can get your solutions judged instantly.

-> https://dmoj.ca/

DMOJ - Modern Online Judge - contest platform and archive of programming problems.

I can't suggest this enough times but https://dmoj.ca/ is the best resource I've found for practice questions. It has past coding competition problems on there that range vastly in difficulty. You'll need to make an account to get started but it's really worth it. I suggest to start off with problems that are 1-3 points, then go up once you feel more confident. It's a really great site, much better than finding your own coding problems since they have online judges that can run test cases for you.

https://dmoj.ca/ thousands of problems for competitive coding; not just Python. Once you've successfully solved a problem, you then have access to everyone else's responses. Definitely learned a lot from seeing how others write their code.

Hello, my name is Kevin, 15, from Canada. I have been learning cp for about 2 years now. My level in cp is about candidate master to master on https://dmoj.ca/ . I am currently preparing for Canada’s computing competition. I would love to have someone to ask questions to and discuss problems with. Thank you

DMOJ (DMOJ Modern Online Judge) is a Canadian platform for competitive programming, mostly geared towards high school students.

I started out watching Lua video tutorial (linked below) then I did exercises for about a week on sites like https://exercism.io/ or https://dmoj.ca/

Nice! I had a similar experience when I tried it out for competitive programming on dmoj, particularly because they made a crate for faster input. Usually the performance is similar to c or c++, but sometimes I'd write the exact same code for both and rust would be faster for whatever reason. Plus, rust has always been easier to debug for me.