Got Experience With Other Programming Languages?

How to Switch Languages And
Get Up to Speed With Python
as Quickly as Possible

Take advantage of your C++/C#/JS/Java/PHP/… Experience And Start Writing Clean and Pythonic Code

The majority of software developers needs to pick up new programming languages at various points in their career.

Often we decide to do that out of a passion for programming—but sometimes we need to do it because a job or further career growth requires it.

Our industry moves quickly.

And so, being able to pick up a new language quickly and efficiently, and to write idiomatic code with it is a skill of immense value.

You’re coming from another programming language background and have decided to learn Python?

If so, I’d love to welcome you to the Python community!

Congratulations on choosing a language that’s fun to work with, is widely adopted in the market, and has a bright future ahead.

Experienced developers know that picking up the basics of a new language is easy. You can learn enough Python “to be dangerous” in a week or two—

But, that’s only the beginning of the journey.

Becoming proficient at Python means mastering the features that developers coming from other languages don’t use.

The real question is:

“How do I get from writing Python that looks like C++ or Java to code that feels ‘native’ and Pythonic?”

Or, put differently, how do you go from writing code that looks like this:

i = 0
while i < len(myItems):
    print(myItems.get(i))
    i += 1

To this:

for item in my_items:
    print(item)

If this sounds like you, I’d love to help you out. Python is my favorite programming language and I’d love to help you on your Python journey.

Have a look at my products and services below and see what’s right for you, or just get my free newsletter with articles and videos for Python developers.

— Dan Bader

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Here’s some of my most popular content aimed at developers switching to Python from another language:

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• ⭐ Watch Me Do a “live” Python Code Review for a Reader

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