Since August of 2025, I’ve been slowly making my way through boot.dev. It’s been an enjoyable process, but perhaps I’ve been going too slow, as I’m on the “5.Learn Object Oriented Programming in Python” course and came to the horrifying realization that I’d forgotten quite a fair bit of the first course (1. Learn to Code in Python).
Luckily, the Training Grounds exist… but I also bought five or so books on programming in Python for kids and beginners that I plan on spearheading for the foreseeable future. I bought them before I decided to use boot.dev, and before realizing that LLMs exist, so if I’m being honest… I wonder if I would’ve bought them otherwise. Still, I like the idea of guidance from them, so we’ll see how far I go. I’m actually thinking of donating some of them to the public library, once I’m finished; since I would’ve loved to have found such books when I was 15.
The first book up is Coding Projects in Python. I’ve just begun, but spent two entertaining days trying to write my own quiz using the book as guidance. If, elif, if-else statements, for and while loops, modules, constant variables, dictionaries, and list comprehensions are some things I relearned through the use of the book and LLMs.
Código Corazón, for those interested. Crazy, I know.