best way to learn python

[dutch]

I am 55 and want to learn Python. Up until 3 weeks ago i knew nothing literally I did a little with chat gpt, but had no grounding i felt. I then went to Udemy and bought an Angela yu 100 days course I found she bounces around alot , I also bought an Andrei Neagoie course and have lots and lots of theory which i dont reatain at all the next day as it is just lecture. I have tried running both together, one at a time but end up knowing nothing.
I am here to find a recommended way please, A friend who knows 8 programming languages recommends a book to get started, something easy with small projects.
My main problem is nothing has clicked, I feel i know a bit of theory and thats it. The two instructors I have mentioned above are living in a dream world if they thing after their course I am gonna be getting a job.
Help please anyone, with an easy way to take stuff in and and learn as i go. I dont expect miracles i have even said if it takes 2 years i dont mind but I have run out of ideas.

[livernyc]

I found Angela Yu 100 days very helpful. For me it was more then I needed was my only complaint. We obviously all learn in different ways so if it did not work for you I guess it was not a good fit. By the time I was done I found it was nice to have all my projects and the ability to look back at them to refresh on subjects. My goals with python where not to get a job where I'm doing 100% python coding, sounds like you have a different goal.

For me I know I learn quicker when I'm actually writing something. The more stuff I work on the more I have to reference when I'm struggling for a way to get something accomplished.

You mentioned you are willing to put as much as two years of effort to get to where you want. Do you have a dollar amount you are willing to spend? It could help for others who want to make suggestions for a path forward.

[dutch]

Im looking for good resources that work and are proven, not some shot in the dark course that i pick up on Udemy.
I am not really willing to spend anything else at present to be honest. I am fed up buying stuff that is around 15 pounds or 20 dollars and it turns out rubbish. I have read of people paying 1000s to go to a coding boot camp and ending up out of pocket as it was rubbish.
I am fast starting to learn that the coding world is much like the fitness world, full of idiots and pariahs willing to take my money and sell me the dream and me ending up with an empty plastic cup or a silly medal.
Call me cynical I thought people would have ideas.

[menator01]

For me just learning the basics first. Using print, then getting inputs and returning values, learning basic function use and passing arguments and returning values, then creating classes and how to use them.

I would recommend doing simple projects to get the feel and use of the for mentioned topics.

[dutch]

Thanks for reply, it seems hands on with small projects as you say is key. I have ordered a kids python programming book with projects. Surely cant get anymore simple lol