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created my first project

Nelson_Malbone — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:48:22 +0000

Text based calculator project with is from the daily python projects that audit sulce (udemy instructor) puts out daily.

so i saw this and had a idea of how to do this with using the match case method and having the user have input of enter 2 numbers (seprate inputs) and a input for the operators.

so this morning i stop at the coffee shop to get some monster and coffee because we all need that coffee for early mornings start. i had a fire department function at 0900 hours this morning so i had taken my laptop because i went early before i had to leave for that. so i got to the station took my coffee and book bag in then sat down and work on that project.

while i was at the fucntion my phone went off for some emails so i saw he sent out another email to have the user create another calculator but have the Power (exponentiation) so i had to google that because i wasnt sure how to do that come to the realization that its just ** or pow() so i just added another case statement to take that input in it worked with out trouble.

feel good about myself in creating this it just shows that i am starting to pick up on this stuff little by little.

Day 2 tracking

Nelson_Malbone — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:40:11 +0000

So this is day two coded from 5 pm to 630 with a 10 min break

Goal to start and get a couple of pages of chapter 5 of automate the boring stuff, dealt with Dictionaries. built a few projects nd my favorite project was the tik tak toe basic command line user friendly program. i do have some ideas to build on to this project but thats for a later date.

having the ability to have the program from user a and user b was cool.

but i do have a slight problem in thats for sitting i can only sit for a few then i start to get crampy and need to stand. i did unplug my laptop from the desk and went over to the bed and sat there in work on this.

also before this i did sign up for thie website https://roadmap.sh/python. still trying to figure this out so any helpful hints would be great.

post #1 of struggling

Nelson_Malbone — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:38:40 +0000

This post is about my struggles with coding and learning so far

A. Im only able to remain focused for maybe an hour two hours max.
b. I get distracted real easily
c. I cant sit for long or I start to get irritated and rested leg problems.

Solutions that I have thought about to help solve issues

A. I need to start using my pomodoro app more often then i do
B. I start putting my phone on vibrate, and only use one monitor if I have another screen ill end up getting distracted with searching on the web.
C. Looking into getting a sit stand desk but also looking into getting a husky work bench.
D. Having water at my desk at all times beside sugar and caffeine projects.

But for todays task was from the automate the boring stuff book take the grid

grid = [['.', '.', '.', '.', '.', '.'],
['.', '0', 'O', '.', '.', '.'],
['O', 'O', 'O', 'O', '.', '.'],
['O', 'O', '0', 'O', 'O', '.'],
['.', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O'],
['O', 'O', 'O', 'O', 'O', '.'],
['O', 'O', 'O', 'O', '.', '.'],
['.', 'O', 'O', '.', '.', '.'],
['.', '.', '.', '.', '.', '.']]

and print it out to look like this
..OO.OO..
.0OOOOOO.
.OO0OOOO.
..OOOOO..
...OOO...
....O....

is my thought but i went the hard way and just really forgot to put the [1] at the first "for" statement (i believe)

this is the solution that I researched using stack overflow.
Before I go looking for Solutions I spend atleast 30 mins trying to solve the problem myself before I go looking for the issues

Coming back after a break

Nelson_Malbone — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:03:35 +0000

So i actually forgot about this website for a hot minute. In now I have a goal of keeping up with this site in post about my learning experiences. I do have a full time job and I spend roughly an hour and a half to two hours a day working on code.

I’m currently working on the book automate the boring stuff book. In working thur the problems and quizzes it has to go with it.

I have also realized that myself I tend to overthink the problem and make it more difficult. I do spend 30 mins or longer trying to figure it out on my own before I got to stackoverflow or google the solution.

So if anyone has tricks and tips to over come the overthinking.
please comment below or dm me.

Just trying to be better

Nelson_Malbone — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:38:46 +0000

I’m learning Python and then would like to learn swift(apple user)

I’m currently on section 12 of a Udemy course and I have learned more from this course then I have watching YouTube.

I’m going to do the automation course after this course also

I have a few projects in my mind that I would love to start