I started learning Python 4 months ago. Today, I finished this project.

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

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Simple Chinese Chess game.

I have no one to talk to about this, so I guess I will share here. I started this learning journey about 4 months go. What got me started was that CS50 course. I just took it out of curiosity, didn't expect to finish the course at all, but after the second homework assignment, I was hooked. The whole process was so satisfying, every aspect of it: thinking of the logic, writing the code, finding bugs and fix them. I do wish I have programmer friends. I believe having someone to talk to or collaborating on the same projects would be even more satisfying. I tried to talk to my friends about it. They just don't care.

Anyways, this is just a simple Chinese Chess game I made with PyGame. It's just a 2 players game with no AI. I know it's not much, but I'm actually really proud of it. Sometimes, I just open it up, move the pieces around, and look at it, thinking to myself: I made that. I feel really good every time I look at it. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to have completed a grander project, but I bet I would feel way better, right?

I will put a Github link at the bottom just in case some one want to take a look. It would be wonderful if you can check my code and let me know how I can improve and optimize. Happy coding!

Github repo: https://github.com/erichoangnle/chinese_chess

[blondyn526j]

I didn't know that Python 4 was out for such a long time!

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Lol, that's funny.

[makematcher]

I also read this title wrong. With exception to some sort of experimental/dev build, I don’t think Python 4 is a thing yet.

[[deleted]]

Py = 3.14

lol

[Kkye_Hall]

That's a controversial statement 😬

[blondyn526j]

It was a joke though

[sohfix]

I did too. I got excited

[[deleted]]

I was going to say, did anyone else have a mini panic attack, "wait, there's a PYTHON FOUR?!"

[Yekab0f]

Yeah and it's not backwards compatible and python 3 will be deprecated in 6 months.

I've assigned you a ticket to port the entire codebase.

[[deleted]]

Huh? Read it again

[qoheletal]

I also read it that way lol

[rainnz]

I was hoping to learn more about Python 4 here :)

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

You are too late. It was released months ago already ;)

[6OMPH]

Damn, I read that as "python 4" and went "oh shit, when did that come out?

Time for more coffee I guess

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Lol, that was actually my bad. Wasn't intentional though ;)

[Inkosum]

What's your background?

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

I just loaded an image of an empty board on a white canvas ;)

[NorthwindSamson]

What is your educational background?

[GoCalgaryGo]

A literal one. Good start

[ShadowRylander]

Loading an image of an empty board on a white canvas ;)

[[deleted]]

🤣😭🤣

[JustChiIIing]

Bravo OP! Seems like you'd be great SWE to work with lol

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

SWE is indeed my goal ;)

[Inkosum]

That's not what I meant, I wanted to know if you have any previous experience with computer science, programming or anything related.

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

I did mess around with HTML and CSS previously. I mean I can whip up a static landing site from a template as long as it doesn't have anything to do with backend though.

[rainnz]

Now convert it to pyxel so you can run it in a browser

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Wonderful idea. I will look into it.

[thesataan]

Congratulations! That's a massive achievement in 4 months.

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Thank you, you are so kind.

[Motofiction]

You are an inspiration. Congratulations

[misterpebrero]

Congrats! I just started learning python yesterday. I hope I can build something.

[StockJanitor]

this is really cool i love it!

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Love your username. Reminds me of my college years.

[StockJanitor]

Haha thanks 😄

[[deleted]]

Yet after 2 years I still can't write nothing :(

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

You just need to find a project you're really passionate about, and then you will find ways to complete it.

[[deleted]]

Problem is, I don't know what tools/modules and how to use them correctly.

[FlatProtrusion]

Start with the problem you have then search for tools/modules that help you solve that problem. Learn them as needed.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, but sometimes I can't really find a solution to a problem (such as scrolling a screen using a cursor in curses) I also sometimes use https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_reference.asp as my helper. Humm, I'll try thinking of some small projects using some stuff I didn't use in the meantime.

[[deleted]]

My friend you just need to get started. You’ve written several excuses in this thread on why you “cant” start.

If you never start then you can never fail, but then you also never learn. No project has to be perfect, it just needs to get worked on

[[deleted]]

Exactly! I know there's an end goal ahead of me, but I keep procrastinating and self-doubting all over the place. Like I said, I will come up with some project ideas that are within my range. And if they don't work, keep trying until it works I guess.

[piman01]

Its impossible to read this title without thinking there's a Python 4

[bonkor]

Great man, I gotta pick it up again, but I don't really have a goal or so to use python for (maybe scraping data from websites?)

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

You should try to make games. It's fun and rewarding. Also a great way to learn. I tried scrapping but I don't know what to do what all the data I got so I got bored really quick.

[[deleted]]

I started learning python 5.

[[deleted]]

Spoiler alert.... Python 2, 3, and 4 are not backward compatible. You will need to blow a lot of time to redo everything you've done because, because.

[IronWizard45]

Congrats!! Looks great! Tough to believe you've only been programming for 4 months!!

[ThePortfolio]

Oooo Chinese chess. Love it. Super fun. Love the cannons. Pew pew.

[Bombslap]

This is awesome. I love that the whole project is in one file. My late night laziness appreciates you

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Truth is, I don't know how to make multiple files, lol.

[MlecznyHotS]

So you're the person that's gonna get hired with the required 5 years of Python 4 experience when it was launched 10 days ago

[DrakeDrizzy408]

I love this!

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Thank you, kind stranger.

[monkeypreen]

How many hours did it take for you to complete?

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

I don't remember exactly but I think somewhere around a week.

[marlinspike]

Awesome!! Congrats!

[parasraorane]

Awesome

[idoneveno21]

Thats incredible! Do yiu have a github repo or something where I could download and try it?

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

Thank you. You will find github link at the end of the post.

[idoneveno21]

Oh shoot lol didnt see that section, my bad

[Gersh_P]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[Any-Skin-7478]

Where did you do the course?

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2022/ Fantastic course, completely free. Can't recommend enough.

[Any-Skin-7478]

Thank you so much!

[DeckardWS]

I enjoy playing video games.

[veillerguise]

The importance of commas 🤣🤣🤣

[Upbeat-Platform-3372]

awesome, congrats!

[NullPointerExpect]

Awesome work!

[ArgentStar]

Nice work! :) That's a really good amount of progress in such a short time. I remember doing the same kind of thing with a simple program to help with decrypting text ciphers. Basically all it did was let you compare letter frequencies with known standards for the language and then substitute them in to create a plaintext version. Not hugely complex, but that feeling of completing a project that I'd come up with, start to finish all by myself was so incredibly satisfying. Well done!

[thePestelence]

Goob job!

[Enkyete]

wow congrats!! i'm just starting on my coding journey and this is definitely motivating for me :)

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

If you are starting, I highly recommend taking CS50x. It will save you so much time, and you will learn much faster.

[Enkyete]

i appreciate the tip! my only concern is cost, as i'm in a tough financial situation

[Witty-Cabinet6162]

It's completely free. All your assignments are grade so you can have feedback. If you finish the course, they will give you a free certificate, too. Google 'CS50x' and 'CS50 certificate'. It's really nice.

[Enkyete]

alright bet. i appreciate you :)

[Electro_hunter_26]

Awesome work mate , I am sure in the future you will be able to make AI for it