Pybites Developer Mindset
Posted on Tue 07 February 2023 in learning • Tagged with pybites, PDM
Hit Restart
Posted on Tue 22 November 2022 in learning • Tagged with tutorial-hell
Post #20 Restart blogging (again...)
It has been more than a year since I updated this blog and it seems to me that I have not practiced persistance like I should have. I re-read blog post #17 Persistence and felt bad about myself since I did absolutely nothing of what …
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Persistence
Posted on Sun 22 August 2021 in learning
Post #17 Persistence
The last entry was in February of 2021, 6 months ago. A lot has happened in the world, but I personally feel like not much has happened to me and I unfortunately stopped updating this blog. I returned to my workplace back in the beginning or middle …
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February update
Posted on Thu 11 February 2021 in learning • Tagged with matplotlib, pyplot, data and algorithms, django, leetcode, database
Post #16 Too many topics!
I've been working on a couple different topics these past couple of weeks and now I think it was a bad idea to spread myself thin. I hadn't been able to make a blogpost of a topic in depth.
Here are some of the things …
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Hackerrank for practice
Posted on Fri 18 December 2020 in learning • Tagged with python, hackerrank
Post #8 Hackerrank
I use Hackerrank as practice tool to practice python since September 2020. I am the type of learner that needs a lot of practice to be proficient in something so hackerrank had been a good website to use when there wasn't many exercises in the textbooks I …
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Self-taught programmer, the book
Posted on Thu 03 September 2020 in learning • Tagged with python, self-taught programmer
Post #6
I am 130 pages into the "Self-Taught Programmer" book by Cory Althoff and found that it is very sparse on the details. So far this book looks more like a 'crash course' compared to the the Python crash course book I previously read most of. I am a …
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Learning
Posted on Thu 27 August 2020 in learning • Tagged with python, python crash course, pybites
Post #5 Learning by oneself
Learning by yourself can be difficult. When you're stuck, google is your friend and stackoverflow helps if you understand some of the words. I've gone through most of the basic things to know in Python from the Python crash course book. So far, I think …
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Motivation problems
Posted on Thu 20 August 2020 in learning • Tagged with python, python crash course
Post #4 How to motivate oneself
Self-teaching has been a bit difficult. At least two weeks have passed since the last post. I've had problems staying motivated after looking at the chapter dealing with functions in Python Crash Course. I've also been furloughed again from the start of August, which …
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The Story so far
Posted on Fri 31 July 2020 in learning • Tagged with python, python crash course
Post #2
I've been learning how to program in python for about a month using the book (Python Crash Course: A Hands-on, Project-Based Introduction to Programming. 2nd edition)[https://www.amazon.com/Python-Crash-Course-2nd-Edition/dp/1593279280]. It's a pretty good book to start with and explains the basics pretty well (variables …
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