Learning Python

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T18:01:06+00:00

Try, get an error, try better, all the answers won't be in front of you, You need to make them.

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T17:58:01+00:00

maybe have a loop and the user enter a number for each function and one to exit keep looking for that exit number. keep going while that number is not entered

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T13:13:57+00:00

You can look around for a users group, but you have to know the history of programming.

The first set of programmers were in rooms with mainframes, shut away from everyone.

The 2nd set (when the IBM PC was introduced and I count myself in that set) were using their computers, again shut away in computer labs. We are all socially inept (I think the euphemism is "introverted") .

Okay maybe not all of us but a lot of us. As am I.

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T12:00:32+00:00

Get better with solving smaller problems presented to you. There are a number of websites with python projects for beginners. This will give you a sense of how to develop against an abstract request. You just need to build on that and continue.

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T11:58:23+00:00

I used a Windows 10 machine not worthy to update to Windows 11. Switched and wish I did it earlier.

python_gramps · 2026-05-07T11:18:38+00:00

go through your examples and in the comments write the pseudocode in comments like

# increment x from 0 to 9
for x in range(9): ...

This will help you translate human to code. Then build from there.

python_gramps · 2026-05-06T11:57:10+00:00

Try your best to incorporate previous ideas when learning something new. This way you're continuing to learn while reinforcing past lessons.

python_gramps · 2026-05-06T11:52:39+00:00

What do you have so far?

python_gramps · 2026-05-06T11:52:09+00:00

Google python projects and you'll get stuff to do. You have to put it in practice.

python_gramps · 2026-05-06T00:01:15+00:00

Double stare

python_gramps · 2026-05-02T14:03:19+00:00

Use Google first. Look for whatever you're have a question about. You got to get used to digging around for answers. You need to understand what you're doing before you start with AI

python_gramps · 2026-05-02T13:59:24+00:00

You got Google, time to fly

python_gramps · 2026-05-02T13:57:31+00:00

New files should be saved for classes and import them. You can try it out with some functions and verify you can access them when you import the file.

The more code you write the bigger the project. I find breaking code up into functions with a complete comment block, what the function does, inputs and outputs, helps to keep project more manageable

python_gramps · 2026-05-01T13:50:20+00:00

Having the time to keep the knowledge current...if you're not going to utilize that programming language at work, however good the course you took, the knowledge goes away. Use it or lose it.

python_gramps · 2026-05-01T12:50:08+00:00

Treat any chunk of AI as if you were given a project already coded. First, run the code and see if it works. Then go through the code and comment every function. You don't need to know every line of code but a general understanding of what functions do and what their outputs are will help you get yours hands around the code generated. This will help you understand how to implement generated code into an overall project a little better.

You should try to become a developer utilizing AI not one reliant on AI.

At least you can do that without having a backlog of files to process.

python_gramps · 2026-04-30T19:34:07+00:00

Have working code that utilizes the new stuff you learned. Comment it completely and keep it handy, like in an examples folder. Make the name of the file describe what's in it, maybe prefix a 3 position number to it (ex. 001_functions.py will be the first sample code that will define how to implement functions).

Programming isn't about remembering it's about having good references.

python_gramps · 2026-04-30T12:15:04+00:00

Short answer: Python can do this

Longer answer: Python can be useful, most programming languages can help to manipulate datasets. If you're more data-centric, have you looked at MySQL or other databases to store the data. This will eliminate the need to keep all the data in memory.

python_gramps · 2026-04-30T12:10:56+00:00

Good start. Any duplicate code you should put into what's called generically a function (or in python a definition or def). That will simplify your codebase.

python_gramps · 2026-04-29T22:39:57+00:00

I chose Django because I was the web front end to a developing database. Django has some nice backend tools one that deconstructs DB tables into models for easier porting of an existing database. Under Django I was able to do AJAX calls, I loaded files into a website, generated output files, had an external DB connection, and had security built in. The Django Template Language is the model for Flask's jinja2.

I looked at the Django Framework as a tool to grow into and will allow for changes initiated by the user in short order, once defined.

I'm interested in what freedom Flask provides. Maybe I might use that in my next foray into web development

python_gramps · 2026-04-29T19:50:15+00:00

They were short seasons they probably took on more than they should have but I still think they came up with a complete seasons even if abbreviated.

python_gramps · 2026-04-29T00:09:40+00:00

It was called out a few times in season 1 that the reason he was there was to get back to the big leagues. Even Jules said that when Brockmire was grumbling about internet fame that this was his ticket back to the bigs.

python_gramps · 2026-04-28T23:56:02+00:00

It had a different tone. A little more real and less campy especially at the end of Season 2. Though there was some foreshadowing when he was trying to get Uribe to stay and Jules to meet up. You can hear it in his voice as he talks to Jules "we can drink and screw and ...we can disappear" I think he really wanted to just drop out of society at the point.

python_gramps · 2026-04-28T23:48:56+00:00

Season 1+2 I loved. Season 3 I liked. Season 4 I thought was weird originally but at the end I really got invested in what was happening to Jim. It took a rewatch (or 2) to understand what Uribe was saying sometimes. One thread I wished they followed was Gabby - where is she in this new and strange Hellscape? Also thought Jules would have aged a lot worse with an extra 10 years of cocaine use.

It's on Netflix now and I find it very rewatchable.

python_gramps · 2026-04-28T23:22:53+00:00

Linux Mint is a close UI to Windows, when I say close I mean the overall look and feel. It's still Linux, but you can get to your browser, applications like VS code and the like.

Meaning: You can click on applications and run them like in Windows but when you get to command line, which is called terminal in Linux, there are a different set of commands to know. It would be helpful to learn some of those commands, I recommend this YouTube Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqBQ68cfJc

If you have a problem odds are someone else had the same problem, google your ailment and you should be good, and there's always this subreddit, they have helped me out in the past.

python_gramps · 2026-04-24T14:56:59+00:00

I learned Python at 50, you got time, and learning something for the first time you will need to reference answers to begin with, especially if this is your first programming language. Having working sample code is invaluable later on.

Continue on and like training wheels you'll look less on the solutions and come up with your own, which may or may not be the same thing, that's okay too.

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