Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.156 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.69; '*S*': 0.00; 'anders': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'python.': 0.11; 'do,': 0.15; 'luck!': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.21; '31,': 0.22; 'own.': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; 'programming': 0.23; 'am,': 0.23; 'tried': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'currently,': 0.29; 'guys': 0.31; 'subject:?': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'advice': 0.35; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'community': 0.38; 'doing': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'things': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'some': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; "you've": 0.61; 'show': 0.62; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'research': 0.62; 'course': 0.64; 'choose': 0.68; 'subject:Hello': 0.70; 'lack': 0.76; 'online,': 0.83; 'practicing': 0.84; 'questions;': 0.84; 'friendly,': 0.91; 'hardest': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=J4usDdfOWuZQw5mC3CarDkh4SbIlFn0+9u2tnE3qKJs=; b=qQapvovGk/NCaFciQRKNeiJTyRf1gKo1u2wxPH1jZ7pradljDycEf0NnrPuq45WM0n iMgZwJoveZTtPC1FF9E2d7iYHA4OyudmSOt2XJgcZY2OLO0n5RbR17J1a5m3EMmixuea PSWQ2oc+UCkaiWSlA7o2NdsTbCUyMjHjngecgwzW8FcTQrT8yzAt+yaZmy8a/+bvBFRa fe0Y7cfy4NHnJilI0ugXtMcdEh2B30w88rIylPNiDb+fUCNvjG4HkzVV1p4j1Fm46Bka Jaq+IrgzHJDLGeOziCjsEdLk/EejZ9PVGcms5P59TWpGWSzIc0syQ2CFDOXjDHZO/1sv xThg== X-Received: by 10.140.152.72 with SMTP id 69mr19885483qhy.85.1433082110703; Sun, 31 May 2015 07:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: Hello Group and how to practice? From: Cem Karan In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:21:49 -0400 Cc: python-list@python.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: To: Anders Johansen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1433082118 news.xs4all.nl 2878 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52581 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:91575 On May 31, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Anders Johansen wrote: > Hi my name is Anders I am from Denmark, and I am new to programming = and python. >=20 > Currently, I am doing the codecademy.com python course, but sometime I = feel that the course advances to fast and I lack repeating (practicing) = some of the concepts, however I don't feel confident enough to start = programming on my own. >=20 > Do you guys have some advice to how I can practicing programming and = get the concept in under the skin? Choose something that you think is small and easy to do, and try to do = it. When you have trouble, read the docs you find online, and ask us = questions; the python community is pretty friendly, and if you show us = what you've already tried to do, someone is likely to try to help you = out. The main thing is to not get discouraged. One of the hardest things to = do is figuring out what you CAN do with a computer; some things that = look like they should be easy, are actually major research questions. = Just keep trying, and it will get easier over time. Good luck! Cem Karan=