I hope to audit a Python class, or at least some type of introductory programming class, in the evenings and weekends. Do you know any you can recommend?
How about flashcards? Do those help for learning the vocabulary and rules of a computer language?
For years, I have gone back and forth on the issue of learning a programming language. At first, I
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I've been considering giving myself some practice by transforming this decision tree that I wrote into Python using this page.
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When I attempt to read a piece of code, or want to figure out what punctuation error is causing my code to not run, it makes sense to look something up on the web. But that doesn't help if, during the interval since the last time I studied, I have forgotten the meaning of the words used in the help file.
I have a concept clearly in my mind, which is the thing between the parenthesis. I remember more or less what it is for. I just can't remember if the word for it is "parameter" or "argument". So I'm not sure what the help file is referring to by those words.
My solution is to create flashcard sets in Quizlet.com for Python programming using the glossaries of the chapters in "How To Think Like A Python Programmer". I've also made a set of most of the keywords and punctuation. Once the difference between the word "parameter" and the word "argument", the word "method" and the word "function ( ... )
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I won't be the best, but I don't need to be. When others are taking a break, I just need to keep a project moving under my own power, no matter how slowly.
Realize that most of the time, if you take on a project to keep it moving.. you now own the project. Most programmers that I know would be loathe to allow a beginner programmer to poke at their code for a while, then take it back over.
More importantly, it takes more skill than most beginners have to be part of a multi-person coding project. You have to not only be able to code, but to code in varying styles, following varying conventions... and that's all pretty tough for a newcomer.
A more realistic goal would be to learn to program so that you could write your own stuff if you wanted something done... top to bottom... or to maintain that which has already been written.
Further, knowing how to code will certainly help when trying to describe to another programmer what it is you need done.
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One of my best friends in college was a comp sci major. We used to work on game ideas together. I described my ideas to him in terms of conditionals, variables, and loops, he said I was a natural. He never did program any of my games, though.
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One day I may get back into it myself. Used to enjoy it quite a bit.
Ta for now
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