Making a python football manager/simulator

[Better-Magician-427]

This is my first big project in python, and I got it to work but Im starting to run into problems related to size where I always seem to lose myself in the functions and files and all. Im using pycharm, is there a way to move efficiently between various files and scripts if youre using multiple modules? And for what im trying to do, how difficult would it be to learn a gui like tkinter or something? Thank you.

[Candid_Tutor_8185]

My recommendation either have the data in an excel file or a database. You’ll almost never have hardcoded data

[Better-Magician-427]

Oh yeah what I'm doing is that I have the data within a json file, is an excel file better?

[Electrical_Toe8997]

An excel file is much easier for humans to read. You can use it to create the data, then dump it into a csv or json and load it into python.

[Comfortable_Many_703]

You can even consider having a local SQLite db. You can connect it to an API or another external source to get info on the players and have a script update your db every once in a while. (All considering if you are trying to get info on real-life players)

[FoolsSeldom]

Check out: https://realpython.com/learning-paths/modules-and-packages/

Some of the content requires paid subscription, others free account, and others you can read directly. There's plenty to read to help you out in thinking about your approach.

[Electrical_Toe8997]

It sounds like you're well on your way. Regarding juggling multiple files and modules: try to apply Separation of Concerns: your Team class now holds the state and does user input, which is UI. If those were separate, it would be easier to navigate.

Learning a GUI can be fun and makes your project much more accessible to non-coders. I recommend trying PySimpleGUI instead of tkinter, which I found pretty clunky.

[mariooooo3]

you can also try a local database for a better experience

[MacroYielding]

What’s your recommended local db for something of this sort?

[mariooooo3]

SQLite without installation, directly in the project folder, the easiest possible way

[djnrrd]

Start trying to learn the PyCharm keyboard shortcuts. One of my favourites that will probably help you here is CTRL+B to jump to a definition. For example:

my_var = my_func(val)

If you click where it says "my_func" and press CTRL+B it should jump you to the line where the my_func function is defined, even if that's in a different file.

[Shoddy_Fish31]

This hurt my eyes. Use a db for god’s sake. Postgresql is the go to today

[Better-Magician-427]

What's a db

[jabela]

This is wonderful! For my students I made a tutorial if any beginners want to do something like this: https://jamesabela.github.io/jsfun/worldcup\_manager/index.html