Hi,
New here and new to coding in general. So I have some algorithm ideas that I'd like to try out but no programming skills - how much python knowledge would you say I should have before I'd be capable to writing some decently complete/complex algorithms? Are we talking many months/years of learning or would a basic understanding of the language from a good beginner's book and some online tutorials be enough?
Thanks!
From my experience, I did not know python before Quantopian and am still very weak. But I manage to write algorithms in Python. My suggestion to you is to start writing algorithms and learning Python at the same time instead of waiting to master the language and then implementing algorithms. You can always look at stackoverflow or quantopian community forums for advice if you are stuck. Good luck.
You can also take some online free Python lessons at coursera to begin with.
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