Hi all,

I'm currently in a ACCESS course which gets me into Computing Science at uni next year. I'm IT literate, can solve any IT issue (aka know how to google), I'm familar with web based programming languages (enough to edit themes as a web developer)

In my first year on Uni - we will be focusing heavily on Python, I believe Java is dotted throughout the course too.

What is the best way to learn? I'm doing the Python codecademy.com tutorial, and have watched youtube introduction to Python videos.

But I'm still failing to grasp it, I think it's because all the work I've done/any examples I've seen have focused on basic tasks (making lists, etc) and have no real-world application? Is there any examples of someone making a script from scratch and walking a newbie through each bit?

Thanks for any help!