My friend, who has #ADHD, is looking to get into #programming, specifically #python. He's been using the official Python tutorial thus far, but I feel like he'd do much better with something like the #Rust book (practical chapters where you build small projects intermixed with reference chapters that teach the concepts). I feel that having interludes where you play a more active role will keep the whole learning process more frictionless. Does anyone know of such a thing geared towards Python?
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in reply to Michael Connor Buchan • • •Rust book is great.
I wouldn’t recommend it as a first language though.
There is a lot of concepts you have to keep track of to effectively program in Rust and Python has a much simpler learning curve.
Rust is considered a fairly natural transition language from Python later on as well.
I also have ADHD and have been programming professionally for 6 years. It’s a great career path for it!
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in reply to Michael Connor Buchan • • •I have ADHD too and and I'm familiar with Automate Boring Stuff with Python book.
It's great, though downside is that the libraries the book discusses have sometimes evolved quite a lot, so you need to find old enough Python version that has the old version of the library.
He has done other kind of similar books too, which follow the same formula of bite sized projects. Best of all, the books are freely available. Should read them through when I need to refresh my Python skills.