Learning the logic of programming?

[randomguy]

Hello.

I decided to give programming a whirl. Python is the most recommended one and one that suits my purposes the best.

Anyways, I've tried learning it in the past (with very little motivation to be honest) and the problem I've run into with youtube videos is that don't really teach how programming works and what exactly it does. They give me specific terms and at the end of the video, I'd only be able to replicate what they're doing.

I want to UNDERSTAND how it works. I need the logic of programming. I want to understand, rather than just use it with surface knowledge. That said, what would you recommend as a starting point? I prefer videos over books. Thanks.

[buran]

Maybe
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python on MIT OpenCourseware and Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
and here is the full list if introductory courses on MIT site

The two courses above are also available on edX - here and here

full list of computer science courses on edX

[randomguy]

Thank you. I will check it out.