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Python

Posted by Uria Levi
Uria Levi
Courses Plus Student 1,760 Points

Feeling stuck

I don't know if it's relevant to this forum, but I feel stuck!

I haven't finished the python for beginners (yet) But, I do feel like I'm stuck somewhere. I do know how to read code when I see one (As long as it contains things I already learned or tried) and what the code should do. But when I'm trying to code and be creative, I'm getting stuck and just staring at my screen clueless.

It gets me and makes me wonder why I should continue, because even if I would finish the course, I will still get clueless and uncreative when I'll try to do things on my own (without guidance), so what is the matter?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points

When you say "when I'm trying to code and be creative", do you have well-defined specific objectives? That's an important part of the design/development process that's not specific to any programming language.

A good way to practice your development skills is to try some coding challenges with specific goals. There are a number of websites that offer these, one I've used personally is Code Wars. Don't let the "wars" fool you, it's all about individual achievement. Another one I like is the seasonal Advent of Code wich just finished on Dec 25'th, but you can always go back and do any of the previous challenges for the last 5 years.

Timothy Sawyer
Timothy Sawyer
31,052 Points
Timothy Sawyer
Timothy Sawyer
31,052 Points

Hey Uria,

I feel the same way a lot sometimes. It can be hard to really tell how much I really know as I'm learning as I'm going through all of the videos and courses.

One of the best ways I've found to gauge how much I know is to go to like codecademy or [freecodecamp](freecodecamp.org/) and see how long it takes me to get through the basics courses and see where I get caught up.

As I go through the videos, I often create another app from scratch, but just like the one in the video, and change it up a few times ...until I get bored with it. And then I go to the next video. -This helps me (at least for the moment) feel like I absorbed as much as I'm going to get from it and hopefully I remember it...

While doing this extra stuff is a bit time consuming, the reward is priceless.

Keep going Uria, you got this! Believe in you!