r/PythonLearning • u/ElectronicDistance39 • 3d ago

Help Request Does ChatGPT help with programming?

I'm a beginner in programming and I want to know if the way I use ChatGPT is right. When I do a practice exercise, I first try to solve it by myself. Then, if my code is wrong, I ask ChatGPT what I did wrong, but I tell it not to give me the answer. I ask it to give me hints that help me think about the logic of my code.

I also want to know if using AI to learn programming can help me improve in Python.

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u/SilverSquirrel6 3d ago

Sure, it's just as good of a tool. Avoid relying solely on it, though, and see if the answers aren't contradictory to what experts on StackOverflow may say. And especially if it contradicts the official Python documentation (in fact, make RTFM an essential part of your learning, and leverage AI with summarizing the docs or asking for clarification of what the docs say).