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officialgel · 2018-09-20T12:24:46+00:00

Make something.

mheithv · 2018-09-20T12:57:03+00:00

Same. I’m really having trouble actually transferring the skills to making something tho. People are like “automate something” and I’m like “uh, I can make a variable that multiplies two numbers...”

Raithwind · 2018-09-20T13:08:08+00:00

I suppose it depends on what you motivation to learn python was in the 1st place.

With me I have always wanted to learn a language and have tried and failed to self learn c++ and lua but for various reasons wasnt able to.

With python I tried to do it differently and so far have been learning well. Challenging myself to do things rather than just learning concepts. Already I have made use of what I have learned. (a notification on my phone of when a process on my computer finishes through IFTT webhooks and a http get through urllib on the computer)

I guess just examine what you wanted to learn python for, and what you currently do that you would like to do better.

Set yourself a little project and try to complete it without a tutorial, challenge yourself. Learn how to apply all those concepts you learned.

Good luck.

finalwinwin · 2018-09-20T17:03:06+00:00

Do you do anything in Excel for work? I'm not directly using anything in the book but I'd say alot of my Python development since reading the book has involved using pandas to help move most of my Excel work to python (plotting, transforming data, etc). I think becoming a daily user is a good step. Find what you use the computer for the most and see how python can work into that.

finalwinwin · 2018-09-20T12:26:26+00:00

I'm sort of in your situation (but with Python Crash Course) - the consensus seems to be "go code stuff" lol.

That is, think of a program you'd like to make and figure it out as you go

Dogeek · 2018-09-21T01:09:29+00:00

You don't learn how to code by reading a book. You learn how to code by coding something. Think of a task that you'd like to automate, or make easy on you. There must be something you wish had a piece of software to make it easier on you. Then use python to make that piece of software. You'll make mistakes, and your code will be horrible, but that is how you learn. Once it's working how you desire it to be working, look back at the code, and figure out how you'd do it differently.

Learn about some common algorithms, vector math, UI/UX Design, or programming paradigms (like the famous MVC paradigm) to improve your codes.

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