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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsHow do I follow additional courses in the correct order after track completion?
I finished the "Learn Python" track, and started the "Data Science Basics" course, but partway through realized that there were a bunch of things I haven't learned yet. So I started working through the "Functional Programming" course, but partway through he let us know that if we haven't looked at the Python Decorators workshop, we should do that.
Looking at the library, there are lots of python courses beyond just what was in the Learn Python track. What is the best strategy for learning making sure I haven't started something without knowing the prerequisites?
4 Answers
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsI would just filter the library by the 'Python' category and by default it sorts by 'Newest'. https://teamtreehouse.com/library/topic:python
Start from the bottom (oldest courses) and work your way through, skipping anything you covered in the track.
If you're eventually going to do all the Python courses, it won't really matter, but you might want to revisit some after another course.
If you're not interested in Django or Flask, you can skip those, or just leave them for later.
Data Science Basics is a bit trickier, and is sort of its own thing, the instructor just happened to use Python, so all of the code/modules/plugins are Python-based. I don't think it really helps you learn Python. I'd suggest leaving that until you've done all of the other Python stuff.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherOh how I wish I could put workshops into a track... someday!
I try to link to the mentioned/suggested workshops/courses/etc in the Teacher's Notes so always check there first. Be sure and let me know if I missed one, though.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 PointsI was hoping you had some form of directed acyclic graph show prerequisites of the courses and the workshops. I can help you get started....
Python Basics ⇒ ....
Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsTry going to Kenneth's page and sort the python courses by difficulty, complete them in that order!
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsGood point. But still, when I sort by difficulty “Data Science Basics” appears above “Functional Programming in Python”, “Python Comprehensions”, and “Functional Python”.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 PointsI wonder if Kenneth Love has a progression chart for the python courses and workshops offered at Treehouse.
Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsI bet he does, probably with his list of his favourite [British spelling, suffer!] students along the side of it too! But seriously a recommended order of courses/workshops would be amazing...