Python Learning Tips

I'm interested in learning Python (not from a professional development perspective, I just think it might be fun to learn). For those that have learned Python or know a good amount about it, does anyone have any tips on learning Python as effectively as possible for free? I'm looking to learn the whole thing without paying for any courses or lessons (college budget). Any ideas?

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Is Python your first language? If so, I’d suggest FreeCodeCamp and just playing around that way. Leetcode will be very intimidating because there’s a level of prerequisite knowledge needed to jump into it (namely understanding core data structures- linked lists, BSTs, deques, etc). 
 

There’s different ways to use Python too. So the most useful for you is probably taking some data set from a document (like csv) and then getting a report out of it. Find very basic projects online (Medium articles/ YouTube videos) and practice that once you more or less get the hang of writing for loops and what not

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