Ask HN: Advanced Python Programming Training | Hacker News Reader

Ask HN: Advanced Python Programming Training

6 pointsmdomans5 comments

Hi guys. I've been programming in Python professionally over the last 8 years and also tought it via private courses. While there's a lot of "beginners" and "introduction" level courses online for Python, I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in learning about more advanced problems. I'm talking about matters like understanding decorators, writing frameworks, optimizing and scaling Python code or debugging problems such as the dreaded UnicodeDecodeError. Or how to walk around problems like executing multiple flows of code concurrently and/or asynchronously. So, what do you think? Would you take such a course?

View on HN

I would find a codeacademy style learning experience, but for advanced topics, very intriguing. I use python (django, scikit learn, and pandas) on a regular basis, and would definitely pay for a service that could interactively help me explore more advanced topics. As I further my understanding of python/cs/web development, I spend a lot of time googling and reading through irrelevant stack-overflow/blog posts until I finally find a post that explains the topic/feature I'm trying to understand. It would certainly improve my productivity if there was a place where I could concisely explore advanced topics - maybe a hybrid between docs (not in depth enough) and tutorials (many spend too much time on basics).

Well, do you mean a paid course, or free course like codecademy? As for the question, indeed, i find it very intresting.

Paid. Since I'd put a generous amount of effort into it. Since this is advanced level that would mean video demo with voice overlaid + slides and code practice. I'm thinking about premium version where you can submit your solutions and get some guidelines.

Yes, depending on price

To tell the truth - it would cost a bit. Anywhere from 50bucks for the very basic set of materials up to 200-300 for the premium package. Though that would be a one time payment.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com