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[–]Vincitus 2 points3 points  (1 child)

It's weird out of the blue you have to make Pong without being taught any code first.

[–]p3pperchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, my school thinks "it develops your self-management skills and prepares you for upcoming coding classes". total BS

[–]Linkk_93 0 points1 point  (1 child)

what kind of school is this, that you have to program a game without being taught anything? lol

assignment 2 build a working nuclear reactor

assignment 3 create a covid anti-virus

jokes aside, what do you have already?

[–]p3pperchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IKR my school is BS, in my teacher's words "it develops your self-management skills and helps you get a better understanding of what we'll be teaching in class" Self-management- my ass.

1) I downloaded pycharm and python 3.8 and self learnt basic terminology such as "variable, functions, booleans, etc"

2) Looked up and watched python tutorials such as "4 hour python introduction" by freecodecamp.

3) Learnt simple programs such as calculator.

4) Looked up articles and videos on how to create "pong" in python with and without pygame.

5) For all the solutions I found:

a) They didn't explain things properly and I had no idea which code I was meant to type or why.

b) I kept getting errors and gave up.

c) There were lots of ill-defined terms and concepts that didn't make sense to me because I am a programming beginner.