My first piece of advice is to give it a try no matter how much of a beginner you are. In the worst case, you won't solve anything, but you will learn something!
Some pieces of advice: - Stick with Python. It's a great choice for beginners. - Be fearless with copy/pasting code! For example, if you don't know how to read input or write output, copy the code at Code Jam's tutorial <https://code.google.com/codejam/tutorials.html> (at the very bottom) and edit it until it does what you want. - The simplest way to learn is by solving problems. Start with the easiest problems, because those are the ones where you can feel confident that you're *trying* to tell Python to do the right thing, even if you don't know how to express it properly yet. You can find a list of problems for new competitors at the top of this page <https://code.google.com/codejam/contests.html>. - If you're confused about how to use the Code Jam interface, read the quick-start guide <https://code.google.com/codejam/quickstart.html>. - If you're having trouble making a program that solves the problem, find the code of someone who did solve it! To find solutions in Python, visit https://www.go-hero.net/jam and choose the year, then the problem you want a solution for. For example, Minimum Scalar Product <https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/32016/dashboard#s=p0> has a number of Python solutions here <https://www.go-hero.net/jam/08/solutions/1/1/Python>. Sometimes the first solution you read isn't the most clear; try another. - Once you start solving problems where you aren't confident about your algorithm, click the "Contest Analysis" button on the dashboard to see how Googlers approached the problems. Good luck! Bartholomew On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:33 PM Opetunde Adepoju <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am a beginner and I am learning python language. I would like to apply > for code jam I/O for women this year but I am not so confident. I'd > appreciate it if I can get any help or guide before the contest to help me > get a better chance of being among the top 150 contestants. I lok forward > to your response. Thank you > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/a2ceca6a-4a3b-421d-8494-7fe04404fd8b%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAHaiWHPKch0ePop%2BNhsz5-NhKMuCN6semm_-KTzM8fbMTZtHnA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
