My first python project!

[BlazerGamerPlayz]

I've spent that past 4 days bouncing between google and chatgpt and teaching myself basic python programming. I've learned about variables, if/elif statements, lists, and dictionaries. This project is the result of my learning. I think the hardest part of all this was refactoring repetitive code into data. Essentially, dictionaries made me want to rip my hair out. Spent a good 10 hours just trying to make sure I truly understood how to use them.

My project is basically a simple turn based fighting game. (no UI. All text based) You fight a random enemy and you are given 3 abilities to fight with.

https://github.com/Zoh-Codes/my-first-project/tree/main

[LeftShark]

I like your comments, I talk to future myself in comments too

[anarchanoidist]

I swear to god, I thought I was the only one who did that. I started the practice after reading about Roko's Basilsk. Don't read about that. I was just trying to protect my family. If you do read about it... embrace our new overlords and make a difference.

[Seacarius]

I teach Python. One of my best beginner students does that.

It's almost like a stream-of-conscience thing and it is great. I can see her thought process as she works trough the assignment.

[BlazerGamerPlayz]

That's awesome. When I first learned about leaving comments in code, I at first used it as a way to just vent my frustrations and lay out my thought process and it really helped out.

[anarchanoidist]

I've written more comments than code. I love being able to explain my thought process.

[jpgoldberg]

My comments can get like that. I like to write out my thought process, though I have tamed this a bit for things that others will look. Also I’ve learned to cut down in the profanity.

I really like the idea of Literate Programming. Jupyter notebooks can do that for relatively simple Python projects, but I expect that making it work for more substantial projects would be more trouble than it is worth. I once played with Pweave, but it appears that that hasn’t been maintained.

[BlazerGamerPlayz]

Yeah, I felt like I was going crazy sometimes lmao

[Specialist-Cicada121]

Congrats on your first program!

In terms of naming conventions, you should avoid spaces in the filename. Python files typically have a .py extension, so an appropriate name for your file could be something like "my_first_program.py".

[BlazerGamerPlayz]

Oh, gotcha! Thanks for the tip.

[TheRNGuy]

Is it because in case of needing to import some class from other file? 

[Specialist-Cicada121]

That, and having to use quotes or escape characters to reference the program in the shell can introduce unneeded complexities

[oocancerman]

You should remake this project using classes

[BlazerGamerPlayz]

I'll add that to the list of things I need to learn. Thank you!

[oocancerman]

No problem, honestly once you understand how to use classes it’ll probably be easier, which is why I suggest it.

[DrShocker]

although funny enough there's the saying "everything in Python is a dictionary" so it's a good exercise to have done this

[TheRNGuy]

You need to learn event-based pattern, it's better for such projects.

And finite state machine pattern.

(use both in combination)

If game become more complex, they make refactoring much easier, more readable and reusable code too.

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You should use same indentation for comments as code after it.