[Tutor] Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Brandon Dorsey
Hello All, Programming has always been a passion of mine, however, I'm frequently frustrated at simple fact that I've been learning python for 8 months, and I have yet to start, and finish, a simple project. I find difficult to not only visualize the execution, but to figure out when and where

Re: [Tutor] lottery problem (Was Re: (no subject))

2014-12-19 Thread Peter Otten
Adam Jensen wrote: > Side note: if one were to only import specific functions from a module, > would the load time and memory consumption be smaller? Example, is: > > from random import randint, seed > > smaller and faster than: > > import random Basically from random import randint, seed is

[Tutor] FW: Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Joseph Lee
Oops, sent it to the original poster only. -Original Message- From: Joseph Lee [mailto:joseph.lee22...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 1:43 AM To: 'Brandon Dorsey' Subject: RE: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code. Hi Brandon, Answers are below. -Original Message- Fr

Re: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Sarika Shrivastava
Hello All I am also facing write a code in python please help me for this i read all concepts of python but whem i will started this i am facing lot of problems . -- Forwarded message -- From: Brandon Dorsey Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:39 AM Subject: [Tutor] Learn

Re: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Alan Gauld
On 19/12/14 02:09, Brandon Dorsey wrote: simple fact that I've been learning python for 8 months, and I have yet to start, and finish, a simple project. That's a pity because the detail involved in completing a project is often where you learn most. Maybe you should take time out from "learni

Re: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Alan Gauld
On 19/12/14 09:38, Sarika Shrivastava wrote: I am also facing write a code in python please help me for this i read all concepts of python but whem i will started this i am facing lot of problems . Feel free to ask questions here. But please be specific. We need to know what kind

Re: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code.

2014-12-19 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/18/2014 09:09 PM, Brandon Dorsey wrote: Hello All, Programming has always been a passion of mine, A great start. Can you tell us a little more about yourself? Is Python the first language you've tried, or are you successful at other languages? Are you in school, at what level, do yo

Re: [Tutor] lottery problem (Was Re: (no subject))

2014-12-19 Thread Adam Jensen
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:32:15 +0100 Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Basically > > from random import randint, seed > > is equivalent to > > import random > randint = random.randint > seed = random.seed > del random > > From that you can deduce that the whole random module is loaded int

Re: [Tutor] Learning to program, not code. [LONG RESPONSE!]

2014-12-19 Thread boB Stepp
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Brandon Dorsey wrote: > > Hello All, > > Programming has always been a passion of mine, however, I'm frequently > frustrated at > > simple fact that I've been learning python for 8 months, and I have yet to > start, and finish, a simple > > project. I find difficu