Best resource to learn Python?

I’m an incoming college first year thinking about recruiting for developer/swe roles at hedge funds and prop trading shops. I know a little java but I want to learn python because I heard it’s the most used. Do you guys know the best resources to learn this language?

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there are 3 aspects to learn programming in python

1) learn how to code (in any language)...learn how to think like a programmer (which language does not matter) and how algorithms work to solve generic programming problems (how to handle arrays, if/then/else statements...loops...search / sort....object oriented programming...how to do math in code....efficiency algorithms...etc.)

2) learn the syntax of python, how to use the most popular libraries (this is the benefit of python...lots of libraries covering just about every function you might need) and the languages strengths and weaknesses vs other languages (weakly vs strongly typed...developer tools, etc..)

3) go get some repetition using the language by doing coding challenges.

 

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