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dosh16:
Brother, it's not as easy as you've written it. I knew that 4 years back, but it didn't stop me from hopping around.

3 years back, I was better educated about programming languages, I still hopped!!

2 years back...

Hmmm... I knew what I wanted. I was sure it was python, and I resolved I was going to learn with online when like code academy and coursera.

I was very serious, infact, I completed a whole introductory course on python and guess what, I became more confused and frustrated.

This was because, I actually knew the syntax, understood loops, variables, concatenation, white spaces, and all the topics I studied but I didn't know what to do with them... I'm sure a lot of people must have experienced this too...

The problem with learning programming alone is, you're almost never sure of yourself, what to do... ypu don't know what to do with what you know... you imagine the basic things around you like games, apps that are based on the programming language you studied and you figure out that you can't even attempt it.

What I discovered lately that has helped me and given me some assurance is: I get to know what I'm learning, what is can be used for, how it can be used, when it can be used, and why it should be used if need be.

Courses on coursera and code academy didn't teach me programming like this.

One material that will be of immense help to you, showing you the how, when, what and where... is UDACITY. Though most of the courses are paid for... "Introduction to Python programming" is free... The guy lecturing is good... and by the time you'd be done with it.... you'd be acquainted and inspired enough to continue with whatever materials you find.

I will explain things in detail as we proceed.... Just keep the questions coming...

Meanwhile, for those who are willing to learn Python programming, when we're up to like 5, we'll all begin together and push ourselves... *I've covered some lessons already, but I will start all over to guide those who need help setting up the necessary environments.