Im trying to learn Python in my free time, with a focus on pandas and matlplotlib. Im looking for any general tips on how to best do this, any tips?

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Seems like you plan to use Python in data science. I recommend a course on udacity. The name is something like Python for data science. The key is to get hands dirty, constantly running things.

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Datacamp is good. Working through one of the free Python books online is good. Practice with leetcode or hackerrank. Do some course with data structures, not just a super-applied data science course. Do projects on your own. Use functions and write clean, testable, maintenable code -- it's free to do, always worth it, and it'll make you look like a better programmer than you actually are.

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I second datacamp. and they're doing a huge sale right now - a little pricey at $150, but a very good value for a full year if you plan to actually follow through on learning (unlike me and my stupid nagging Duolingo owl)

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Go and check out Kaggle. It’s a great resource where you play around with any datasets and see others’ works for inspiration. Also, try to use Python in your current job like automation for running reports or a tool for data cleaning/preprocessing.

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Thank you so much for mentioning Kaggle, this is really cool! Cheers!

Honestly I think Wes McKinney's book "Python for Data Analysis" is the best option for learning pandas. Wes wrote pandas and this book is the best showcase of it.

So often I see people implementing functionality they don't realise is actually in-built with pandas and going through the code in this book will help avoid that.

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There’s a good course on Udemy; I taught myself by thinking of simple projects and googling around till I solved the project.

If you have some programming background, you can learn Python yourself, but I would still recommend to learn it by watching some good tutorials. Pandas and matplotlib are typically used for data science and ML projects. Udemy is a good resource to learn. Here’s an example

https://www.udemy.com/course/python-for-data-science-and-machine-learning-bootcamp/

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Don’t focus on pandas if you want to learn python. Focus on object oriented programming, class development, DRY code.

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