[Tutor] louis renton

[paulf at quillandmouse.com]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 14:43:27 +1300
dn via Tutor <tutor at python.org> wrote:

[snip]

> > 
> > A good and simple reference is important. Matter of fact, I've found
> > Google to be invaluable. If you can't find it in your reference
> > easily, Google it, and you'll find explanations and simple code
> > examples. I'm relatively new to Python, and that's how I've done
> > it. Also, there is a good reference for Python and its libraries on
> > line. Look for it.
> 
> Google is NOT a reference. What you will find listed is a collection
> of web-pages. Whether they are accurate or otherwise good or bad is
> open to question! See also: copying code from StackOverflow.
> 

Opinions apparently vary. I've found tons of useful explanations and
working code from Google and Stackoverflow. "How to fetch a string from
the user in Python" on Google yields useful help. Obviously, you have
to copy or mimic and test to make sure stuff works.

> 
> A formal curriculum such as an on-line course or even a text-book has 
> been designed to introduce topics in manageable chunks, to build upon 
> existing knowledge, and thus to show how 'it all' hangs-together.

Doubtless a formal course of study is useful. However, my experience
with academic texts (including those from my college years) has been
less than stellar. My college calculus text was nearly unreadable, and
I did well in high school math up through analytic geometry. This is
partly why Amazon allows you a look into the book before you buy it,
because a lot of them are just garbage. I've known plenty of academics
who couldn't think their way out of a crossword puzzle.

Paul

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