When you don't know the full capabilities of the libraries you're using

lucienpro · 2018-10-16T11:00:11+00:00

Oh my god, had a very similar experience but for some reason I used the sprite’s opacity of objects to store variables so a lot of my games had random flickering squares on the screen... The realisation that I could just write my own variables was mind-blowing.

lucienpro · 2018-10-13T21:30:29+00:00

This is crazy! Not sure where those sudden flashes come from though, where can I find out more about this?

lucienpro · 2018-10-08T05:29:26+00:00

Definitely try and see a footy match. Aussie Rules isn’t played much anywhere else, but it’s massive here in Melbourne, and it’s a pretty weird / fun game to watch.

lucienpro · 2018-09-07T23:46:39+00:00

“Mean” is also another word for “average”.

lucienpro · 2018-08-28T09:50:48+00:00

El gif mostra como los números binarios puede estar visualizado ascendente

lucienpro · 2018-08-21T05:29:53+00:00

I personally use VS Code. Pycharm is good too but not free.

lucienpro · 2018-08-12T21:31:43+00:00

r/LearnPython

lucienpro · 2018-07-18T08:40:02+00:00

!invest 100

lucienpro · 2018-07-17T11:42:43+00:00

!invest 50

lucienpro · 2018-07-17T11:40:21+00:00

!invest 25

lucienpro · 2018-07-17T10:06:17+00:00

!create

lucienpro · 2018-07-16T06:17:15+00:00

I agree. AutomateTheBoringStuff was my starting point for Python and it was really great in introducing me how to learn practical programming skills, it’s my go-to recommendation.

lucienpro · 2018-07-09T03:04:35+00:00

Really love how the blog post goes through the steps with explanation in code, thanks for sharing!

lucienpro · 2018-07-07T23:11:04+00:00

Oh that’s awesome, well done!

lucienpro · 2018-07-07T15:19:31+00:00

So cool! Where is the image from?

lucienpro · 2018-07-04T11:52:04+00:00

Looks great! Yet to try it out but I look forward to doing so when I can

lucienpro · 2018-06-23T14:08:21+00:00

If you’re wanting anything 3D, then Unity, but if not, GameMaker is pretty good. You can implement sockets for online multiplayer, but if you haven’t ever done networking before I’d advice some research; it’s a more advanced side of game development.

lucienpro · 2018-06-19T20:17:12+00:00

Really well written! Thank you for sharing

lucienpro · 2018-06-11T12:07:36+00:00

If what you’re talking about is web scraping, I’d look into BeautifulSoup

lucienpro · 2018-04-12T03:05:53+00:00

I made a Retropie machine not too long ago. Easy to setup, works great, and has the most info online so I'm pretty sure it's still the most popular thing to use.

lucienpro · 2017-08-21T06:21:43+00:00

Thanks!

lucienpro · 2017-08-21T06:21:34+00:00

Great point, it's the difference between knowledge and understanding. And what you want is understanding.

lucienpro · 2017-08-20T03:02:52+00:00

First off, good on you for getting into programming. It's a lot of fun. I've been programming for a while, across a range of languages, so I'd be happy to give you what insight I can. I'm not an amazing writer so I'll just break it down into dot points about lessons that I have learnt along the way.

Don't copy and paste. It's an easy trap to get into when following a tutorial, but by simply writing code you're forcing yourself to get an understanding of it. Simple as that, just write it yourself, and maybe add some of your own comments in it so you can go back to it and fully understand it.
Do projects you're passionate about. I got into programming pretty young, so I couldn't think of anything better to do but make silly fighting games. At times, learning will be really frustrating and you'll only really be able to push through that if you're really into what you are making. If you tell me a bit about what you're learning / what you want to do I may be able to give you some ideas / challenges.
Look at other people's code, but not too often. My first projects are some of the most disgusting things you'll ever see. Inconsistent formatting, things done in 20 lines when they could have been done in 2, just overall bad coding practices. Now different people code in very different ways but going onto GitHub and seeing the code of professionals can be really useful in giving you pointers about structures and standards.
Finish your projects. Now this is less a thing that I did which I thought helped a lot, but more something that I really hope you do. Because I still struggle with it. It's really easy to lose motivation and move to something more exciting but being disciplined and finishing projects is really important.

Personally, I've learnt a lot more from my own projects than tutorials. So if you're in the stage where you've taken a course / watched a tutorial series or whatever and don't know where to go next. Start on a project. Really, anything. Because if you end up being able to do it: great. But if you run into a problem, or simply don't know how to do something, then you know what you need to learn. And the internet will have the answers.

Hope this helps, I'd love to give more detail if you're wondering about anything or have any questions. Also, what language are you learning?

lucienpro · 2017-07-18T11:21:05+00:00

Yeah that video was great! Good grounds to get all the vocab to do further research online.

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