anyone know the best place to get some guidence.

Question

HI
I had 0 computer knowledge until I randomly read a book on python my son had. It was pretty interesting but I couldn't get how to use it in real life. I've received multiple certificates through solo learn and one through code academy and I didn't skip or cheat to learn what I have, but I just can't seem to relate all of these lessons into anything real world. I have a new computer and don't want to download anything because I worried I'll mess it up. I thought I'd learn to build web pages or at least make small video games to start but I'm overwhelmed. I need like a mentor to help me bridge that gap. I've learned a lot from solo learn. It's great for a starters, breaking everything down really helps when learning something so new, but I just can't make that jump to how to do anything on my actual computer. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Jeff Weed ,

what is also worth to have a look on it is *stackabuse*, a website that has many articles/ tutorials (703 about python currently) with sample codes.

https://stackabuse.com/tag/python/

Answer 2

These free ebooks will give you some ideas about real world use cases for Python.

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

https://inventwithpython.com/

Building a web page is really the lowest barrier you can get. All you need is a simple text editor and a web browser, and you can write, test and run your code easily. But for more productive development experience, I recommend to install an IDE, integrated development environment which has many built in tools and utilities. There are some dedicated to specific languages, or you can go with a universal editor such as Visual Studio Code, which supports several languages through plugins. I use VSCode on Windows, combined with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). It gives you a risk free virtual environment to work with.

Answer 3

There are numerous virtual environments and sandboxed platforms available for safe experimentation to prevent damage to your computer.

You can access Sololearn's virtual environments to experiment with code through the following link:
[Compiler Playground - Sololearn]https://www.sololearn.com/en/compiler-playground

However, if you are serious about development, you will definitely need to download an IDE. Many developers recommend Visual Studio Code.

You can download it from Microsoft without risking harm to your computer here:
[Download Visual Studio Code - Microsoft]https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

Answer 4

It is very common that you learned a new programming language, but have no idea what program to write.
From your profile, I see you haven't tried the code coach yet.
If you are using Android, go to the community section and tap on the code coach.
There are 72 coding quizzes ranging from easy to hard.
Unlike the lesson where most of the code already provided to you, you have to write the code from scratch.
After solving a few of them, you might come up with ideas for your future coding project.

For the resources, if you want to learn like attending class, you can visit this link from Loyola University Chicago.
http://anh.cs.luc.edu/handsonPythonTutorial/
In the beginner of the first chapter, it provides a link to download the videos.
It is best to accompany by the text book.
https://anh.cs.luc.edu/JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK/hands-on/3.1/Hands-onPythonTutorial.pdf