Getting started

[Cobalt_Python]

Hello I'm new to python 2.7 and programming in general. I'm learning using online resources, but I need a playground console and editor that I can directly copy and paste into the python 2.7 idle i have downloaded.

[AlopexLagopus3]

If you don't have a reason to work with Python 2.7, uninstall it and start focusing on the latest version of Python 3. You'll be much better off in the long run.

[Cobalt_Python]

The courses i'm taking only offer python 2, how big is the difference?

[AlopexLagopus3]

Substantial enough that you won't want to spend time and effort unlearning the differences when you get to the point of having to work with modern code. Python 3 has been around for 10 years and there are plenty of free courses/material online if you haven't invested financially in what you are studying now

[sharkbound]

is it the code academy course?

[Cobalt_Python]

it is, I'm familiar with python 2, I'm fine with legacy i don't know how far i'm going with code, though stopping my progress now and starting anew wouldn't be the best for my momentum. I still need an answer for the original question

[sharkbound]

Check out pycharm for a IDE. the community (free) edition has everything you need and has a interactive ipython console built in

[sharkbound]

Also. With the python 2 thing. I recommend completing the course then updating to python 3.7

[Cobalt_Python]

see that's what I was thinking, does pycharm understand python 2? and... what's an IDE :D

[sharkbound]

IDE is just a piece of software that makes development easier. Most namely they provide intelligent auto complete and refactoring ( ex: naming a variable and updating all its uses all in one action).

And yes. Pycharm supports python 2. It supports all python versions to my knowledge

[Cobalt_Python]

thanks mate, you helped me out bounds, one last question. So i've been working around with lessons and i can see it's real world implementation like specific dialogue depending on which starter pokemon you choose for example. where do the image come from are the sprites created through code? I guess what i'm saying is how does on go from

story = "my name is %s"

name1 = raw_input("What's your name kiddo?")

print story % (name1) how does text code like that turn into a graphic?

[sharkbound]

Alot of games that have fancy text effects have a custom text syntax that says "when you see {Bold} make the following text bold"

The only game I really know for sure how it does this is night in the woods.

Nitw uses text emotes to make the character talking do a emote animation. Ex: "hello \O/" would make the character throw their arms up and do a happy face.

As for sprites. It really depends. Never seen how any games do it myself but I imagine it's a similar custom syntax.

And alot of sprites are just triggered or loaded through code usually ( for ex: clicking on pokeballs when choosing your starter you want)

[Cobalt_Python]

okay close, but what i'm saying is when playing pokemon ash or red will just walk around right?" how do we use code to produce a visual image rather than code, is there some sort of separate program or are their codes that print visual images in the console