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pickboy87

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From: Minnesota

Registered: 2010-02-12

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Re: Need programming motivation tips. Any advice?

Any good Python3 tutorial ? That starts from almost zero ...:P ?

I started with this book:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596802387

PM me if you need any suggestions on finding it.

It's fairly simple but it walks you through learning to program and getting that mindset. It also uses quite a bit of examples and projects to help you get a feel for it. At the end of the book however, I still felt a bit "lost" as where to go next. I've been jumping around on a ton of books and websites, but another book that has been helping me learn some of the core concepts is:

Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Python- … 895&sr=8-2

Tried reading it from front to back but got stuck around chapter 10 when they just start listing various modules. The first 7-8 chapters really helped out though. Now just trying to find a grove and work from there.

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Chimera

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From: Run Level 7

Registered: 2010-03-28

Posts: 43

Re: Need programming motivation tips. Any advice?

I learned python from the pdf "A Byte of Python" (easy to find from google). It tends to be pretty good, very gentle, although you'll need to go beyond it to REALLY learn python. Like everyone else says, do a lot of programming--there are plenty of problem sites to give you ideas. When you feel confident enough and want to really test your knowledge, try making a small graphical game, or some other simple application. For instance, I wrote minesweeper and chess (no ai, just two people), and that absolutely cemented my object-oriented skills. That's for when you're really confident, of course.

As for "programming motivation", how about this: do it because it's fun, and don't stress if it gets hard?

Paingiver

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Registered: 2008-03-01

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Re: Need programming motivation tips. Any advice?

So I'm fairly new to programming and ended up deciding to go with Python. I've been trying for the last couple months to learn the language. I've been having difficulty finishing books and usually end up getting stuck part way through the book. I usually tend to get lost on the vocabulary and not so much the actual content.

So my questions are, how did you learn to program and what got you motivated to keep going?

So far I've been reading books/online tutorials and even the ones suggested by people online tend to be very advanced in terms of vocabulary (not necessarily good for a beginner).

Hey pickboy i have great suggestions for you!

First: http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/(download it from the site)

Second: How to think like a computer scientist:
http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/index.html

You failed until this day because the books you read haven't teach you the programming logic. Also they hadn't have any good basic exercises. But these two link i wrote has...

pickboy87

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From: Minnesota

Registered: 2010-02-12

Posts: 84

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Re: Need programming motivation tips. Any advice?

Hey pickboy i have great suggestions for you!

First: http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/(download it from the site)

Second: How to think like a computer scientist:
http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/index.html

You failed until this day because the books you read haven't teach you the programming logic. Also they hadn't have any good basic exercises. But these two link i wrote has...

Lol I've been on/off reading the How to Think Like a Computer Scientist book since the opencourse I've been doing has that book as suggested reading materials.

I'll have to check out the first site though. I love getting all these perspectives from people. Each person has a different feel to learning a language. Again, thanks for all the tips everyone.

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