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My first Python script took me 3 days to write, but the second one only took an hour.
I spent last week building a script to rename a folder of 200 photos, and I had to look up every single command. Yesterday, I wrote a script to sort my downloads folder by file type, and I barely needed any help. Has anyone else found that the first project is the real learning wall?
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caleba647mo ago
That "first project is the real learning wall" thing is spot on. It's like you're not just learning the language, you're learning how to even think about breaking a problem into steps a computer gets. After that, the next task feels more like just looking up the right words for a thought you already know how to have.
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kellyflores7mo ago
Exactly, @caleba64. It's learning how to think, not just code.
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carr.james7mo ago
My first real project was a text based game with 50 lines of code. I spent three days just trying to figure out how to make the player move between rooms. The logic for a simple "go north" command felt like building a house out of toothpicks. Once that finally clicked, making a basic calculator felt like a vacation.
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