Showerthought: I was sure I needed to memorize every Python function to start.

Then I built a simple weather app in a weekend using Google searches and the official docs, which convinced me starting is more about knowing how to find answers. Anyone else have a project that broke a mental block for them?

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ivan828d ago

My first real project was a dumb little script to rename a folder of photos, and I must have googled the same os.listdir() thing ten times. I mean, you really do just need to know how to look stuff up, not hold it all in your head. That weather app story is exactly how it goes, idk why we put that pressure on ourselves to know everything first. It's like you have to build one messy thing to prove to your brain that you can.

noah9178d ago

Oh man, my browser history is just the same three Stack Overflow pages on repeat!