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Launched in 2012, Codewars provides practice kata, or small coding exercises, that you advance through as you build your skills. ... Code challenges are offered in Java, Python, and PHP.

Google’s Python class: Read the notes and / or watch the videos and do all of the associated exercises until you get them right—without looking at the answers.