Learning to program in Python

[Steve Holden]

jbchua wrote:
> John Henry wrote:
>> jbchua wrote:
>>> Hello everybody.
>>>
>>> I am an Electrical Engineering major and have dabbled in several
>>> languages such as Python, C, and Java in my spare time because of my
>>> interest in programming. However, I have not done any practical
>>> programming because I have no idea where to get started. I taught
>>> myself these languages basically by e-tutorials and books. This makes
>>> me feel as if I don't really know how to implement these languages.
>>> Does anybody have any advice on where to start applying my limited
>>> knowledge practically in order to advance my learning?
>> Which area of EE are you in?  Or just starting on that as well?
>>
>> If you're just starting, chanllege yourself to build a R mesh and
>> calculate the Thevenin equivalent looking out from a particular node.
>> Then you can expand that to an RLC network.
>>
>> Besure to use Objects, think in terms of objects, and code in objects.
>>  Don't hard code the data type.  You'll be able to see how magical the
>> Duck Typing is in Python.
>>
>> Have fun.
> 
> I'm a freshman-- I have yet to take any actual EE classes. I am
> actually thinking of maybe changing my focus towards Computer Science
> or at least minoring in it.
> 
> To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what you just asked me to do ;\
> 
That's an answer that indicates you are likely to learn fast.

regards
  Steve
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