As long as you avoid the pitfalls, you can learnPython well. Below are some common traps that beginners easily fall into, and I hope you can avoid them.
1.Believing the exaggerated claim that you can master it in30minutes
It takes at least 30 minutes just to install Python and set up the environment, let alone actually learning it! Those articles that make such grand claims are just trying to grab attention, and their content is often not reliable. Everyone wants to learn a skill quickly, but we need to be realistic—if you could master it in 30 minutes, Python engineers wouldn’t be in such high demand; you could just grab anyone off the street.
2.Only watching tutorials without writing code is a waste of time
When watching videos or reading documentation, it seems so simple, and you feel like you understand everything, brimming with confidence. But if you don’t actually type out the code yourself or only write a few lines just to get by, you’ll forget everything in a few days. The further you go, the harder it gets; you might feel like you know everything, but when it comes time to write a small program, your mind goes blank and your hands won’t cooperate.
3.Being a ‘hand-out’ person and not searching for answers yourself
Many people, when faced with a small problem, immediately ask others: “This is so simple, can you just tell me?” But think about it—if it’s such a simple question, you could find the answer on Baidu in just a few minutes. Why wait for someone else to respond? Programming is inherently a process of exploration; learning to use search engines effectively can be much faster than relying solely on others.
4.Learning time is too fragmented
Programming is not suitable for fragmented learning time; it leads to picking up small bits of information while forgetting the bigger picture. You need to dedicate focused time to learning, even if it’s just half an hour at a time. The granularity of your time cannot be smaller than that.
5.Being overly enthusiastic about joining study groups and downloading various learning materials
Most study groups are just casual chats and do not provide any valuable information, so don’t waste your time. The materials you download will never be fully read; in reality, you only need one decent tutorial along with the right learning methods to be sufficient.
6.Aiming too high and skimming the surface
This pitfall is also quite deep. Clearly, you are still at a beginner level, yet you are eager to usePython to create a tank battle game, and you even found the source code and started learning it in a seemingly impressive way.
Please, can we avoid such a leap in development? Can we respect the objective laws of learning? If you can’t walk, how can you run?