Cool, I have finally summoned up enough activation energy to start on Unit 3, now going through the topic on Conditionals and Control Flows (stuff like this)
>>> boolthree = 200 == (50 * 5) >>> boolthree False Guess it would be really cool to work on AI and games. ( I have been addicted to computer games for a long time lol --- To be able to design a blockbuster like Starcraft 2, Diablo 3 or Final Fantasy 7 would be an incredible feat !) Didn't know that chess programming goes back 50+ years --- I always thought that computer programs were a recent invention. As it turns out , Ada Lovelace wrote the world's first computer program in 1842 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/02/in-1842-ada-lovelace-wrote-the-worlds-first-computer-program/) if this piece is true On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 10:13:13 AM UTC+8, Christopher Reimer wrote: > On 5/3/2016 4:20 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: > > So I have completed up to CodeAcademy's Python Unit 2 , now moving on to > > Unit3 : Conditionals and Control Flow. > > > > But I feel my motivation wavering , at times I get stuck and frustrated > > when trying to learn a new programming language ? > > > > This might not be a technical question per say, but it is a Python > > programming related one. How do you motivate a person (either yourself or > > your child) to become more interested in programming and stick with it ? Is > > determination in learning (especially in a tough field like software) > > partly genetic ? > > > > Related , This is a very well written essay on determination by Paul Graham > > ----------------------------------------http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html > > > > Gengyang > > I started out translating old BASIC games into Python. These are the > same BASIC games that I tried to program into my Commodore 64 without > much success when I was much younger. Many of these BASIC games are a > good introduction to classical programming problems like rolling dice > and playing cards. > > http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/ > > When I realized that I wasn't learning enough about the Python language > from translating BASIC games, I started coding a chess engine. If you > ever look at the academic literature for chess programming from the last > 50+ years, you can spend a lifetime solving the programming challenges > from implementing the game of kings. > > Thank you, > > Chris R. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
