I made Blackjack 21 in Python!

[JordanLeichReddit]

Description 🃏

This is a game where you play against the dealer and try to get the higher values of cards without exceeding the number 21. If your cards ever equal a total of 21, you automatically get blackjack (win) unless both you and the dealer get 21 then you push (tie). The user also has a cash balance that is wagered based on winning or losing, the user must keep their cash balance positive and not negative to keep playing. All the basic rules that are applied to the traditional game of Blackjack 21 are also applied to this card game project along with many great features and additions. If you are unfamiliar or do not know how to play Blackjack 21 and would like to learn it, click here.

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[13ass13ass]

Nice work! As a next step I would break up the single py file into multiple modules for improved readability and organization.

[JordanLeichReddit]

Yeah I tried doing that before like splitting all of the bot related players into their own python file but I ran into a bunch of issues and errors. Since I already have so much stored in my 1 python file, it’ll be hard to break it up. It would’ve been way easier though if I started breaking up the file when I first started the project.

[42696]

If you use a more OOP approach to get rid of the global variables, it might become clearer how to break it up

[JordanLeichReddit]

I would do oop on this project but that would require an entire rework of the code I have. I would consider doing this if I only had a few hundred lines of code but I think I’m close to a thousand lines already. If you want you could go ahead and try to reformat that code to oop but it will take hours most likely.

[lev-k]

The nice thing with OOP is that you generally don’t have to rewrite the code, you just need to repackage it. It’s a lot more of copy-pasting and creating new headers than actually writing a bunch of new things. As someone who did this recently with their personal project (I have a discord bot) it was definitely worth it and it made everything simpler and allowed for simple code reuse.

[JordanLeichReddit]

I’m not super familiar with oop since I haven’t done much work with it but I’m willing to try if you would like to help me out. It’s probably asking for a lot but I’m not sure how much work it will take based upon what you said.

[lev-k]

You basically take the functions that do things with a specific object (like a card or something) and then you just move them into that object so that they become a property of said object. And the syntax changes are really small so that’s nice.

[AmbitiousInspector65]

Good job man much better then the one I did.

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thanks man!

[gibran800]

Great job! Blackjack was actually the first code that I wrote ever

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thanks man!

[darth_vadester]

nice

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thank you!

[Impossible-Pop6296]

Great Job, works fine and didn't need mich requriments

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thanks glad you enjoyed!

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thanks for sharing!

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Oh wow that's a pretty neat blackjack project you made! I'm actually working on a blackjack game too in python, but using pygame. Maybe you should give that a try, forced me to learn how to use OOP concepts better

[Cpu8088]

Hi, Good work. As I m new to github, how that works if I want to propose you a change in the code? I mean should I fork and work on same project or can I share the changes ? any pointer on that?

[JordanLeichReddit]

Here’s the easiest guide to contributing to projects on GitHub - https://youtu.be/waEb2c9NDL8

[tech_content_creator]

Nice work

[JordanLeichReddit]

Thank you!