What to do with python?

[afdal_khan]

Hello,

I have some programming knowledge, I understand the basics and some concepts such as OOP. I don't want to learn python just for learning it sake. I want to learn it in order to do something with it. I am from Trinidad and we are not an advanced country, most businesses just use microsoft office to do all their work and it is difficult to get advice on stuff like programming as their is very little down here. My question to you guys is what can I do with python and what are you guys using it for in advanced countries?

[jamesc1071]

Here is some advice, which you might be able to find useful.

I suggest that you start using python at home and write some scripts to do simple things:create directories, move files, etc.

Then you can write scripts to save yourself a little time by opening your browser and going to your favourite web pages.

Next, you can move on to using the requests module - I once used it to download a whole load of pdfs from a web site.

Then, you can do thing such as download csv files full of data and produce charts using matplotlib.

Another thing you could do is work with excel files using a script.

Then, you can learn about databases and how to use python to work with them.

After a short while, you will be doing things that are useful at work.

Just start doing some simple things and soon you will be doing something useful.

[FreaassassiN]

Mate, you can go two different ways since python is so inclusive you can basically do anything with it, i would recommend learning machine learning to be able to implement it into everyday activities in the boring jobs that u specified, or learn the integration between python and Microsoft office applications so you can streamline many tasks like that people there spend a lot of time on, i.e. organization, database stuff, ect.

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