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Python is my first computer language, a while back I tried using scratch to make a game, but never really learned much from it. I'm not sure if scratch can even be counted as a language.
My Mom found out about some free courses provided by Cisco for Cybercecurity and Python. I took the Cybersecurity indroduction, which wasn't very hard. The Python course was much harder. That course took all the fun away from learning. It had a terible index, and if you stop halfway through and leave it takes a long time of clicking through lessons to find where you left off! When you forget some syntax its a pain to find the right section.
I ordered a book called Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes. I think it is easier to learn python from a book than an online course. One of the benifets of a book is that it can also be used as a quick reference. It has a Space invaders project inside made using Pygame. It also has a WebApp project.
Right now I'm still in the basics. Today I learned more about lists and managing them.
This is a something I made:
#Axeflayer April 30th 2021
dogs = ['husky', 'lab', 'poodle']#The first dog list
message = f"My dog is a {dogs[2].title()}"#A messgge about dog 2
print(message)#Prints The message
print(f"{dogs}\n")#Prints the list
dogs[2] = 'doodle'#Changes poodle to doodle in the list
message = f"My dog is now a {dogs[2].title()}"#prints our message again, but with doodle instaed of poodle
print(message)#Prints the changed message
print(f"{dogs}\n")#Prints the list
dogs.append('wolf')#adds wolf to the dogs list
print("Oh No! a rabid Wolf!")
print(f"{dogs}\n")#Prints the list
rabid = 'wolf'
dogs.remove(rabid)#Actually removing it
print("I shot the rabid wolf! See? this is the proof:")# Removed wolf message
print(dogs)#print dogs list
print('\nThe dogs are everywhere! I need to sort them alphabetically')
dogs.sort()
message = f"That's better, {dogs}\n"
print(message)
print(f"There are {len(dogs)} dogs!\n") # prints the number of dogs in my list
for dog in dogs:#loop thing that specifies a variable to A loop
print(f"{dog.title()}, What a good dog!")
print(f"Now go to bed {dog.title()}\n")
print("GoodNight Dogs")
This is the output:
My dog is a Poodle ['husky', 'lab', 'poodle'] My dog is now a Doodle ['husky', 'lab', 'doodle'] Oh No! a rabid Wolf! ['husky', 'lab', 'doodle', 'wolf'] I shot the rabid wolf! See? this is the proof: ['husky', 'lab', 'doodle'] The dogs are everywhere! I need to sort them alphabetically That's better, ['doodle', 'husky', 'lab'] There are 3 dogs! Doodle, What a good dog! Now go to bed Doodle Husky, What a good dog! Now go to bed Husky Lab, What a good dog! Now go to bed Lab GoodNight Dogs
I think after I learn the syntax from the book it will be easy to finish the python course. Learning the syntax is the hard part.
The project in the book that I'm looking foraward to is the Space Invaders clone, I'm going to theme mine after WWII. I'll call it Foreign Invasion (Maybe that's already used though). It might be fun to make a pet themed version of astrobotany eventually too. Are you suposed to leave white space between lines of code?