HILL GRIFFITHS LIM 2011 "Principles of Econometrics" 4E Wiley
Advantages:
(1) Very easy to follow. Topics are well presented. Even though I did not take any econometric course in my life, I easily grasped introductory econometrics with the book.

(2) There are supplemantary books to understand HILL's book:
a. Using EViews for Principles of Econometrics
b. Using Excel for Principles of Econometrics
c. Using Gretl for Principles of Econometrics
d. Using Stata for Principles of Econometrics

Disadvantages:
(1) There is no "Using R for Principles of Econometrics"!
R is industry standard. R is better than Python. Maths in mind can be best reflected to code via R (I am saying this as a person who wrote VBA modules in Excel, wrote Gretl codes, wrote Eviews codes).

I self-started Econometrics with "GREENE 2011 Econometric Analysis - W.H. GREENE 7E PearsonPrentice Hall" This is also nice, but more theoretical; may be difficult for starters.

In summary, I strongly recommend grasping Econometrics with Hill's book, and apply that understanding via another Econometry book that is based on R.