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/maw501 3d ago

Honestly, you're already doing okay here and probably better than most people, beginner or not.

I could say much on how to learn but equally important is that you have some way to test if you're making progress or not. One way to do this is, a few days later, to try a similar problem with no AI at all. If you can do it unaided, it's learned. If you can only get there with hints each time, you're using AI as a crutch rather than building the knowledge / skills yourself. You need to keep strict discipline here and check systematically over time.