John Salerno wrote: > Now that I've learned much of Python, I'm sort of stuck with what to do > with it. I'm not a professional programmer, so I don't really have a use > for Python now. But I really want to come up with some neat uses for it > (for fun, and so I don't just start forgetting it right after I learned it). > > I found a few exercises online, but I wonder if anyone has other ideas > (or exercise websites) that I can use to keep my Python skills going. > The projects in Dive Into Python are a little too complicated for me > right now, I think. I kind of like doing functional stuff, because OOP > still has my mind warped, and I love that Python lets you write programs > without having to mess with classes. > > Anyway, any suggestions are appreciated!
Having worked (briefly) as a teacher and tutor, I know that a good way of helping *oneself* to really understand something is thinking "Ok, how would I explain this to someone else?" It is also very rewarding to pass on knowledge, and, in particular, to see a 'furrowed brow' turn into 'Ah, I see!' (and even more satisfying if the student is not strong academically). [that's possibly a bit rose-tinted...:-1] So my suggestion would be to write some exercises yourself, something that you think would be useful to someone with less knowledge of the language than you. Gerard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
