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About to dig into Python
« on: December 30, 2007, 04:47:42 am »
So I am deciding to dig into Python now, just bought a $30 Python 2.5 book, has close to 1000 pages. Pretty interesting. I can't be bothered to learn C/C++ and Python seems right in my department as I love hack, crack, web dev. Plus I think I love the fact that Python is interpretive and dynamically typed.

I am in rut as far as what project I could do....suggestions? (nothing web dev related)
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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 09:06:27 am »

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 02:09:02 pm »
Calculators and address books are easy/fun.  :)
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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2007, 02:53:49 pm »
Calculators and address books are easy/fun.  :)

I've been coding for a while, I can take something a bit harder than that :P

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2007, 02:56:03 pm »
Calculators and address books are easy/fun.  :)

I've been coding for a while, I can take something a bit harder than that :P

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2007, 04:59:02 pm »
Calculators and address books are easy/fun.  :)

I've been coding for a while, I can take something a bit harder than that :P

When I'm first starting on a language, even I start with little programs like that. Just a couple, enough to get comfortable with the syntax.

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2007, 09:38:56 pm »
Calculators and address books are easy/fun.  :)

I've been coding for a while, I can take something a bit harder than that :P

When I'm first starting on a language, even I start with little programs like that. Just a couple, enough to get comfortable with the syntax.

When I first start, I do basic stuff, see how it works command line wise or simple tests. After I get the hang of it, I code something hard on purpose.

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2007, 01:45:27 am »
How about a trivia bot for IRC/BNet? Those kind of things are liked, and probably not insanely hard to start with.
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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2007, 10:53:25 am »
True, but then I'd have to kill him.

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Re: About to dig into Python
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2008, 01:36:40 am »
I'm learning Python too! :D It wasn't necessary to buy a book, though - if you have a basic grasp of most programming concepts, then all you really need is an interpreter and a quick tutorial.

The tutorial can be found here:
http://docs.python.org/tut/