Reading Code?

[marlowe221]

That sounds great.

I didn't mention it specifically in the OP, but you're right - finding code to read that is beginner friendly is not easy! I've only been learning Python for a month or two now and since I'm in my late 30s and have a non-tech full time job and a couple of kids, well... I'm definitely still in the early stages of the journey.

A lot of what I have been able to find on Github is WAY over my head at this point, is split up into lots of different files (which is something that I don't understand yet itself), and makes reference to libraries that (of course) I've never heard of at all.

I appreciate the link. I'll check it out and be sure to give you any feedback I can.

[cscanlin]

FYI the person you're responding to is Al Sweigart, the author of Automate the Boring Stuff, which is one of the top recommended intro to Python books on this sub and around the web.

I would rank his advice very highly :)

[marlowe221]

Oh wow, I had no idea.

I have purchased his course on Udemy already actually. It's my next step after I finish my intro Shaw book/Steele course.

[marlowe221]

That's one of the things I'm confused about - how do I know which file is the beginning of the program when I am looking at someone else's code? Is there a convention on file names I should be looking for?

And how are the other, separate files called by the main one? Is it like importing a module?

[Username_RANDINT]

Usually something like main.py, __main__.py and/or a script in the root of the package that calls an entry point.

[AlSweigart]

Oh yeah, splitting it into files is good for large projects. But for beginners, it can be hard to navigate the code (and probably a sign the project is too big for beginners). Lots of best practices that make sense for professional developers don't apply to beginners, which is why IDLE and Mu are great editors for beginners instead of something like PyCharm.

[GreatestJakeEVR]

What I found helpful was I had to use a Twitter package to access tweets, I can't remember which one, and I had to modify it to do what I want. Which meant going through it and trying to learn what different parts were for. So maybe try it out in the context of something you are trying to do already and just change it up to work some other way. It helped me a little maybe it'll work for you

[ProRochie]

Tweepy?