r/learnpython • u/PuzzledFunction2358 • 2d ago

I finished Python Crash Course

I finished Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes. What should I do next?

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u/kutac56 2d ago

Actually write code

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u/PuzzledFunction2358 2d ago

would you suggest Big Book of Small Python Projects for it?

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u/rustajb AutomaticKafka 2d ago

I picked some very simple games to make after that course; Pong, Pac-Man, and a vector Asteroids. The design documents are easily found online, which for Pac-Man was essential. Pong is super simple and onece you get familiar with it you can code a full game in a few hours in many languages.

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u/PuzzledFunction2358 1d ago

Thankyou, I will definitely look into this!

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u/kutac56 2d ago

I recommend looking at stuff you find interesting and trying to make it. You can look at a book to find some examples of you want

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u/Altruistic-Boat-4507 2d ago

First write small. Code lie different shape and pattern using stars in terminal if you able to write that codes easily then. Move towards projects

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u/Altruistic-Boat-4507 2d ago

Write code and try to understand others xode

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u/PuzzledFunction2358 2d ago

would you suggest Big Book of Small Python Projects for it?

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u/cyrixlord 2d ago

No. Write your own code. Why learn Python but not have a reason why you wanted to use it with ideas in mind

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u/Agawell 2d ago

Build stuff

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u/UsernameTaken1701 2d ago

If book-learnin' works for you, I'd suggest you follow up Crash Course with Automate the Boring Stuff with Python or Impractical Python Projects.

Ideally you'll eventually get ideas for your own problems you want to solve because eventually just copying other peoples projects out of a book will get a little dull.

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u/bctorres 1d ago

100 days of python code on udemy. Working through python crash course myself cause I wasn’t ready for Angela Yu’s course.

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u/Lucky-11 2d ago

Oh, I thought this was r/dadjokes. The punchline was confusing.

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u/growthmarketingryan 2d ago

u looking for more courses or trying to figure out what to start with as far as projects go?

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u/PuzzledFunction2358 2d ago

the latter

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u/growthmarketingryan 2d ago

Start coding anything you repeat every day so you can script your way to freedom and once you have enough micro scripts you can package workflows as apps that solve the same problem you fix for yourself for other people.

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u/mikedropspeaks 2d ago

I ask Claude to explain the code it produces. Use the tools everyone is using and make it work for your learning style.

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u/turbo_jalg 3h ago

I would rather think of things you might find useful or correlate with the future career you want to pursue than just build stuff.

Become good at regular expressions, subscribe to content creators who are programmers but also have some critical sense for bias, find an idea that is exciting. Write messy code with the purpose of getting stuff to work. Then refactor for readability.

Lookup tsoding from youtube, think of life choices and what kind of a person you want to be.
Then write more code with deliberate intent.

You do not have to be good at everything. Few things that matter to you are important. Master them well.

Share what you have learned, problems you are facing. There will be people who help out.

Best of luck!