Real life Python.

Question

Ok hi ive been on the Python band wag of late and im learning a lot about strings, list, functions, arguments, values, boolean. Im half way threw the course and im wondering with all this why no real life situational reference in each module to help explain more and test what we know. Im not at all bashing because i believe this app is really helpful and i enjoy it a lot but cant really see how this will be put to use in a real life situation. Can anyone give an example or scenario I'd very much appreciate.

Answer 1

you can use python to automate things, like getting info off of websites and putting it in a excel sheet. there are many tasks in companies that take weeks, that could be automated in hours or minutes.

Answer 2

To add:
Python is a high level programming language. It would take more than hours or days but python can be used to write GUI (graphics user interface) which is what most users interact with in a program. I've written text based games with python and simulated different levels of computer intelligence in those games. I've also use python to automate and organize scheduling in the workplace (my boss was doing all of this by hand).
This course teaches basic concepts in python, with which layers and layers of code self-written or properly used from libraries, can be used to analyze a lot of data or create applications. If you google it, you can find some bigger games that were written with python (i.e. Disney's Pirates of the Carribean).