How long does it take to learn Python?

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Bhalakumaran Moorthy

It depends on two factors :

• How well you want to learn and for what purpose you want to use python ?
• Prior programming experience.

If you have prior programming experience, I would say you can start playing around with python scripts in just a few hours of reading the documentation. However there is a Pythonic Way of coding that the community follows to code in python, which results in more elegant and efficient code at the end of the day. This comes with practice and practice only. With a few weeks of casual programming you can start writing useful scripts.

If you are just starting out Code Academy - Getting Started is a great resource. It has a comprehensive tutorial and projects to test your skills.

Try to solve / write code for real problems instead of spending hours going through the syntax. You will pick up the syntax automatically.That is how I learnt. Python has one of the best - if not the best - documentation for a programming language.

Good Luck !

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