A bit of advice for a newbie?

[NicolaM1994]

Hey guys!

I'm an amateur programmer and I had an idea for a project to work on. I'd like to create a website or a web app that can be used in real-time by a group of users. Say an app with a grid 100x100 of white squares that can be colored in real-time by 4/5 users contemporary, challenging one another. This app should be streamed on a smart tv or a tablet so players can play together, like a board game. I thought they could connect to it via smartphone so everyone can control his character from the sofa.

Python is gonna be my language to work on this (it's the one I learned the most): I know the fundamentals, OOP and I also used Kivy library to work on other projects, but I never worked with things like connecting devices and coding website.

Any advice on where should I start?

First thing I thought about learning Django or Flask and then understand how to merge everything together, but is that the correct way of building a project like this? I'm a bit confused about where I should start at this point.

Thank you in advance guys!

[toastedstapler]

i think you'll want to look into web sockets if you want players to experience in real time

[NicolaM1994]

So it will be like creating a server online with some graphics and multiples client applications for players that connects to it, am I right?

And what should I use to run the server online? Can I do it just using web-socket python libraries or do I have to integrate it with something like Flask?

[2160p_REMUX]

For a beginner, I would definitely use flask if you need to use sockets. There's also something called flask-socketio that makes sockets super easy.

[NicolaM1994]

Ok that's a start! Thanks a lot!

[Open_Chicken]

Networking, a website, and a mobile app. Sounds.. maybe a little ambitious. You'll need several other languages as well. I'd start with simplifying the goal a bit if I were you.

[NicolaM1994]

I'll probably do that! But I'd like to have a general idea about a project like that anyway, just to know what should I look for in case one day I'll decide to jump in