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Python

How to Apply My Intrapersonal Learning Style to Programming?

I am just starting to learn Python through Treehouse. I am having trouble with the basics and retaining the information. I have taken several learning style exams and they all came up with that I have a Intrapersonal learning style. How might I apply this Intrapersonal learning style to me learning Python so I can be successful? Thank you.

1 Answer

Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points

In the beginning, I learned from TH, YouTube and my Safari account. Looking back on it my biggest mistake was reading too much about theory (magic methods, types of inheritance, etc...) and not just coding. Probably for a few months, if you're not able to actually use code in your day to day work, which your financial livelihood is staked on, you need brute force repetition and spaced repetition.

After you run through the basics, pick a domain, either web backend (flask/django) or data stuff (pandas and python collections module) and just rep it out. Unless you're 100-200 hours deep and you still don't remember what you're doing, don't worry about it. It's supposed to suck early on.

The TH content around regexp, object oriented programming, dealing with dates and times and the file system are all good courses. But make sure you stop and play around with it yourself. If you rush to just finish, you don't learn as much. If you feel like you're not making progress, don't worry about jumping around too.

my 2 cents based on having started maybe 2.5 yrs ago doing this for a living now.

Thank you!