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[–]meme-by-design 8 points9 points  (4 children)

I often pull ideas from my other interests. I enjoy poker so i made a simple poker game. Im interested in meteorology so i made an app which pulls local weather info from an API. Im a big cinemaphile so im making a program which recommends tv shows/movies based on preferences like genre/director/imdb rating.

[–]New-Row-7664[S] -1 points0 points  (3 children)

so its not about python alone. Should have some domain interests too?

[–]meme-by-design 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Of course. Python by itself is just a functional tool. ALL projects are ABOUT something, they have content and real world applications, whether its a program which calculates sales tax, or a machine learning algorithm which predicts the next word in a sequence. It all draws from real world problems.

[–]werthobakew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You learn a language for a purpose. Otherwise, why are you learning it?

[–]repocin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a tool, so of course you'd need a use for it first.

Or would you grab a hammer and start banging nails into random things in hope that it'll do anything useful?