[Tutor] Study Tips

[Colby Christensen]

I completely agree with what's been said. I also have used online learning sites like Coursera, Udacity and Lynda. There's something about being able see, hear and do that clicks for me.
Good Luck
Colby

> From: david.rock at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 18:07:57 -0500
> To: tutor at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Study Tips
> 
> * Alan Gauld via Tutor  [2016-05-30 22:11]:
>> On 30/05/16 06:45, Steve Lett wrote:
>> 
>> write code., lots of it.
>> 
>> Don't just settle for the examples/exercises in your book.
>> Use them as a start but extend them. Add extra features.
>> Change the output format or the sort order.
>> Combine examples to make bigger programs.
>> 
>> Writing code means making mistakes and, in finding the solution,
>> you learn far more than from just reading code.
> 
> And a corollary to this: have a purpose for why you are writing it.
> 
> Learning code for the sake of learning it will get old quickly. You will get a
> lot further if you are trying to solve a problem that you care about. Think of
> something you would like to automate, or calculate, or process. Do you have
> data you would like to analyze? As you learn different elements and apply them
> to a practical use that does something for you, it will be more satisfying and
> more likely to stick in your brain.
> 
> -- 
> David Rock
> david at graniteweb.com
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