[Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email
Hi! I have never before learned a programming language, and I started learning Python a couple of days ago. I am wondering: How does a person make the leap from reading about Python to doing Python? There seems to be many fabulous online tutorials. I have read all the info at tutorialspoint.com, but I am still sort of stuck. I am reading another wonderful online tutorial. But... I would like to talk to someone. I don't have any close friends who are computer programmers. Does anyone want to briefly chat, and share their experiences about how they did it? I hope to hear from you. THANKS! From Your Friend: Tamar Osher Skype Name: tamarosher Email: emeraldoff...@hotmail.com Message Phone Number: 011- 1- 513-252-2936 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email
On the python site there is a tutorial called, something like, a non-programers guide to python. That is how I started to learn. I then bought somw beginer books. I then thought of some problems I wanted to solve and like eighteen months later I'm still working on those problems, but along the way I've learned a lot Sorry, I won't skype with you as fun as that sounds =) Also I'm replying on my bb so I can't scroll to the bottom. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Tamar Osher emeraldoff...@hotmail.com Sender: tutor-bounces+eire1130=gmail@python.org Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:20:23 To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email
On Jan 2, 2012 12:22 PM, Tamar Osher emeraldoff...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi! I have never before learned a programming language, and I started learning Python a couple of days ago. I am wondering: How does a person make the leap from reading about Python to doing Python? Not directly responding to the petition for chat opportunities, but to making the leap. What has helped me (started with python at the end of november) was to find problems and apply python to them. From a simple password generator,to massage text files and databases. Just last week my colleagues asked me to give them some more info on python as one after another problem gets solved. If you don't have an immediate problem make one. One final idea would be to google python challenge. One problem after another to complete a sort of scavenger hunt. Mark ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email
Tamar Osher wrote: Hi! I have never before learned a programming language, and I started learning Python a couple of days ago. I am wondering: How does a person make the leap from reading about Python to doing Python? Open a terminal window, or an IDE, and start typing code. That's it. There's no magic. You can read all the books you like, but eventually you need to type code. And then you are doing Python. You say you have read the tutorials. But have you *done* the tutorials, actually typing code at a prompt and looking at the result? If not, then do so. Reading is great, but there is absolutely no substitute for *doing*. -- Steven ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] want to chat with someone - phone, skype, or email
On 02/01/12 20:20, Tamar Osher wrote: Hi! I have never before learned a programming language, and I started learning Python a couple of days ago. I am wondering: *How does a person make the leap from reading about Python to doing Python?* You install Python and start typing in code rather than just reading it. Then you modify the code and see if it does what you expected. Then modify it again. Add some new features to the examples in your tutor. Also try following a mailing list (this one might be a good start!) or web forum. There are also a few good video tutorials for a change in style. But mostly you just start writing code. As your confidence builds try a project of your own - keep it simple to start with. No, I mean really simple! No, even simpler than that! When things don't work as you expect - and they won't - read the documentation and experiment. If that doesn't help ask questions here. FWIW you are not alone. I'm just in the process of (re-)learning Smalltalk using the Squeak environment and I'm doing exactly what I describe above. Typing in my book examples then modifying them. When I get stuck I ask on the squeak-beginners list - and so far get very few responses! (one up for Python!) I would like to talk to someone. I don't have any close friends who are computer programmers. Does anyone want to briefly chat, and share their experiences about how they did it? This mailing list is full of people on the same journey. Feel free to share your questions and concerns. Even your frustrations. We might not resolve all of them but we will try to be helpful! :-) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
