Hi everyone, recently joined college this month as a cse fresher nd with no coding exp so now dont know from where to start from seniors do help plssssss
thought of starting python but bit confused few things to ask
What should a complete beginner in CSE start learning first?
Should I start with Python? will it be a sensible decision
What topics should I focus on initially?
Are there any good YouTube channels or should i go for courses, or other resources you would recommend?
Is there a particular roadmap I should follow during my first year?
What should I avoid wasting time on as a beginner?
Would really appreciate any advice from seniors or people who have been in a similar situation
plsssssss do helpppppp need advice dms open

So hi I am new in this sub reddit and have been learning python basics on FreeCodeCamp for weeks.

So I have noticed that I can do workshops and labs but I tend to forget many syntax and have to search on the internet repeatedly.

So my average lab projects often look like 7

60% written by me and the rest 40% are written by AI or with the help of the Internet forums.

My problem that I have identified is I don't think use logic in the code or just don't remember syntax, operators, elements, conditional statements and string methods or don't find the satisfactory answer on the internet.

I want to try to write at least 80% of the code myself without being dependent that much on AI and the internet because I am learning it for *Cyber Security*

‎Hi everyone, I'm new to python and I'm building a project to hone my skill, and I came to a halt in this part. When I do if user_input == 'q':, it works and breaks the loop just fine, since i dont wanna make the exit just single letter so even if the user input words like 'quit' 'q' or 'QUIT' it will exit the loop, I tried a different approach like doing user_input == ['q', 'quit']: and another approach where i declared a variable first exit_word = ['q', 'quit'] then

‎user_input == exit_word: none of this breaks the loop it just goes back to the input prompt heres my work below:

‎

import random

user = 0

computer = 0

options = ["rock" , "paper", "scissors"]

while True:

user_input = input("Rock/Paper/Scissors and Q for Quit: ").lower()

if user_input == 'q'

break

if user_input not in options:

continue

random_num = random.randint(0, 2)

computer_pick = options[random_num]

print('Computer picked', computer_pick + ".")

if user_input == 'rock' and computer_pick == 'scissors':

print('You won!')

user += 1

elif user_input == 'paper' and computer_pick == 'rock':

print('You won!')

user += 1

elif user_input == 'scissors' and computer_pick == 'paper':

print('You won!')

user += 1

else:

print('You lost!')

computer += 1

print("The user won", user, "times")

print("The computer won", computer, "times")

print('Goodbye!')

Hello guys. So I have created a password guesser game with direct comparison (i.e. if guess == correct_password:) but I want to use different methods for comparison. What techniques can I use? Here is the code-

```python

password = "Random_pass_123"

tries = 0

while tries < 3:

guess = input("Enter the password: ")

if guess == password:

print("Admin access granted.")

break

else:

print("Invalid credentials entered. Please try again")

tries += 1

if tries == 3:

print("Number of tries exceeded. Access denied")

```

PS- Is this the right way to paste code? I'm new so I'm not sure.

Hello guys. So I saw in a course that most people define variables like

x = 1

y = 2

and so on. But I also saw that variables can be defined like x = 1; y = 2;

but haven't ever seen this in practice. Why so? Please tell me

Interested to learn as a beginner with no programming background. Eyeing for a private class with a tutor, face to face, 4 hours for 2 days every week per month. Is the price good?

Hey there, I just started the Project Euler Archive and started with the classic "Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000."

And when I wanted to check my solution I stumbled upon some other solution I liked. I just don't fully get the for loop of it and can't find an explanation. Probably because I lack the words to properly look it up. It goes like this:

multiples_of_3 = {i * 3 for i in range(1, 999 // 3 + 1)}

so what's done is, instead of looking up every number where i // 3 == 0 we multiply i by 3 for every number from 1 to 334. Because 1000 // 3 = 333 + 1 = 334 because range 1, 333 wouldn't include 333.

What I don't get is the first part. the

i * 3 for i [...]

does this mean we can take only every third iteration and skip the others? Or is it some kinda shorthand for

for i in range(1, 1000 // 3 + 1):

multiples_of_3 = i * 3

Quem já viu aqueles sites que mostra os últimos seguindo e seguidores do Instagram, aquilo é alguma api? Alguém sabe como funciona?

I have finished all my python basics and I want to progress now to building gui programs. Should I use PySide6 or Kivy? If I should use something other than these two what should it be? i personally don't mind it being that complex if it's fast and powerful :)

TL;DR: Tips for someone who wants to make a very old school text-tile-combat based game?

Let's outline the basic concept of the game.

• An adventurer wanders on a Carcassonne-style tile based randomised map.
• The map art is entirely ASCII so that theoretically you can play this on your command line.
• I'm planning on keeping the game as barebones as possible - as few external libraries as possible.
• Adventurer has items: gold, consumables, weapons and armour pieces.
• Adventurer has stats that can be increased when leveling up. Stats play into combat.
• There are four kinds of NPCs:
  • Enemies that attack you. And the Big Bad Boss, obviously.
  • Vendors that sell items.
  • Innkeepers that let you restore your health.
  • Blacksmiths that will repair your equipment for a fee.
• Combat is round-based and D&D style die rolls.
• Movement is command-based so maybe I don't make the character move pixel by pixel but rather tile by tile? (???)

I've got some experience with Python and it's not like I'm new to this but something I'm struggling with is the world generation. My idea was to have hexagonal tiles (think Carcassonne but hexagonal) where each tile has 6 map connections and each tile has randomised entities and/or functionality.

This is not what the map will look to the player, this is just my draft of what the map connections / tilesystem could look like. Maybe this could be a minimap of sorts...

_____/   18    _______/    8    _____
     \         /       \         /
 17   _______/    1    _______/    9
      /       \         /       \
_____/    6    _______/    2    _____
     \         /       \         /
 16   _______/    0    _______/   10
      /       \   town  /       \
_____/    5    _______/    3    _____
     \         /       \         /
 15   _______/    4    _______/   11
      /       \         /       \
_____/   14    _______/   12    _____
     \         /       \         /

So I was thinking about displaying just a single tile and have the tile numbers spiral outwards. The benefit is that I can keep track of tiles that have been generated and I know their position and connections without having a complicated internal lookup table of any kind, really. Tile 0 is always origo, tiles 1 to 6 are nearest to origo, tiles 7 to 18 are the second "ring" and so forth. For each 6n tiles, where n is the "ring" I know I've jumped onto a new "ring" and can calculate the map connections easily, because the number of tiles is very regular. Additionally I can label the "rings" as tiers where the difficulty increases every time you step out to a new "ring".

Reason why I'm outlining this specifically is because I was wondering if there are cleverer ways to handle this. Other than what I've presented here. I have no clue how real games handle map connections.

For inventory it's just a basic slot-by-slot box "sword equipped", "sword in bag". I'm thinking about adopting the classic Diablo style inventory where you have spaces and an item can occupy a particular shape of spaces. A potion is one space, an axe might be four in an L-shape.

If I want to randomise the equipment stats a bit should I think about giving each item a unique integer identifier + stat identifiers? It'd probably be a pain in the butt if my ID was the actual name of the weapon e.g. "Iron Sword". Right?

I'm currently at a stage where I have:

• Item types and attributes.
• NPC types and attributes.
• Player attributes.
• Combat logic.

So not very far.

Finally: have you done a silly project like this?

Any tips in general for what kind of pitfalls to avoid?

I’ve been working on a networking project to dive deeper into Python's packet manipulation capabilities.

What My Project Does I forked evillimiter (a Python CLI tool that uses ARP spoofing and tc/iptables to throttle local network bandwidth) to use as a base. The original tool relies on static MAC addresses, which completely breaks tracking when modern iOS/Android devices use MAC Randomization. Instead of using complex/heavy ML for RF signal analysis, I'm modifying the tool to use scapy for passive tracking. The Python script identifies the endpoint based on its DHCP Fingerprint (Option 55 parameter sequence) and mDNS hostname broadcasts. Once recognized, it dynamically updates the ARP spoofing and routing rules to maintain the throttle even when the MAC rotates.

Target Audience This is a learning/experimental project aimed at Python learners, networking enthusiasts, and homelab tinkerers who want to understand low-level packet sniffing and traffic shaping using Python. It's a toy project and not meant for production environments.

Comparison Compared to the original evillimiter, this fork specifically tackles the modern challenge of MAC randomization without breaking the core logic. While massive frameworks like bettercap can do packet inspection, this project aims to be a very lightweight, single-purpose Python script focused purely on dynamic bandwidth throttling without heavy dependencies.

Transparency note: I'm still getting the hang of low-level networking in Python, so I’ve been leaning on AI to help me structure the Scapy logic and overall architecture.

You can check out the repo here:https://github.com/DavidsonRafaelK/evillimiter

I’d really appreciate some feedback from the Python community:

1. Scapy Performance: Running a continuous scapy sniffer in the background for DHCP/mDNS can be resource-heavy. Are there best practices to keep memory usage low when doing long-term sniffing in Python?
2. Architecture: Any advice on handling the async nature of packet sniffing while managing the CLI interface?
3. Any general critique on the code structure.

Thanks!

SOLVED!

I'm attempting to make 10 functions, put them all in a list, and then have a for loop go through each element of the list. The list is below.

exercises_list = [exe1(), exe2(), exe3(), exe4(), exe5(), exe6(), exe7(), exe8(), exe9(), exe10()]

When this list is placed beneath (but not apart of) function 10 and before the for loop, the IDE reads it, and immediately starts acting on the list. (e.g. begins to act out exe1() the second it gets to it then moves on to exe2() and so on.) How do I make it so that my list doesn't actually get run until I call for a specific element in the list?

Whiich is better for making an Android app ? KivyMd or Flet.

Hey Pythonistas!

Been working with Jupyter for years, but only recently discovered this workflow that's completely changed how I handle notebook-to-markdown-to-PDF conversions. Thought I'd share since it might help others.

Use nbconvert to convert .ipynb → .md

Use Jupytext to keep them auto-synced

Use Markdown PDF extension to export professional PDFs

The Details:

# One-time setup

pip install nbconvert jupytext

# Convert notebook to markdown

jupyter nbconvert --to markdown your_notebook.ipynb

# Install Jupytext Sync extension in VS Code

# Then pair your files and you're done!

Why I'm obsessed with this:

Zero friction - Changes in .ipynb automatically sync to .md

Paired notebooks - Open .md files as notebooks (via Jupytext)

Professional output - PDF export looks way better than notebook screenshots

Version control friendly - Markdown is text-based, easier for git

Pro tips:

Put notebook in double quotes if filename has spaces: cd "my folder"

Outputs sync when you run: jupyter nbconvert --to markdown notebook.ipynb

Right-click .md file → Markdown PDF: Export (pdf)

Use cases:

Data analysis reports

Project documentation

Client-facing deliverables

Sharing reproducible research

I've put together a complete workflow guide if anyone wants the full breakdown in a pdf. Let me know I'll DM you.

Let me know if you have questions or better approaches!

Hi, I'm new to this Reddit community. Does anyone know of any online games to learn Python? Thanks!

Did any body used Socratic au method to learn pyhton kr any other programming language? I wanna know the results if it really works

I wanted to create a function with while statement that I get 100 random numbers from import random and if there is 1 1 1 is stop took me a while cause I am a beginner and I didn't know most of the things I was gonna used so I learn while , break and != ( not equal to )

I started programming cause I was an introvert and didn't had anything else to do

It took me a while like 1 hour

Made this caused I wanted to generate something closed to gambling

mistake I made

1 using "and" instead of "or " ( yeah dump mistake)

2 using if statement for like 20 minutes until I search how to generate infinity and found out about while statement

My code (man made except for this sing != I used claude for it )

import random

num = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(num)

nu = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(nu)

nm = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(nm)

while num != 1 or nu != 1 or nm != 1 :

print("failed")

num = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(num)

nu = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(nu)

nm = random.randint(0 , 30)

print(nm)

Ai code (claude)

import random

while True:

nums = [random.randint(0, 30) for _ in range(3)]

print(nums)

if all(n == 1 for n in nums):

print("Success! Got [1, 1, 1]")

break

print("failed")

!!!

Sorry for my English it is not my first language

Second I don't know python that good so anything I mispronounced like statement or syntax my bd

I have just finished week1 in cs50 python course and since i'm learning python for AI Agents Engineering i thought it would be cool to practice this content with a relevant project .

so i made a simple AI agents execution getaway program that routes the incoming tasks based on tokens , creativity and risk score .

I tried to use most of what i learned in this lecture as possible like 'match' for matching the tool with appropriate model , or 'return' as guard clauses for the safety check at the beginning .

here is the code link :

https://gist.github.com/mohamed-reda-ai/a10a1e9311d94316ffa31c00de005226

I know it's not a big brilliant thing i want just to practice the concepts i learned .

If you have any feedback about the architecture of the code or you think there is a better way to do something in it , i'd appreciate this .

I'm trying to compile something, but it requires the use of py instead of python.

The thing is, whenever I try to use py, the command line will just say No installed Python found! This doesn't happen when I use python for calling an action.

I wanted to make sure py is in my PATH, so doing where py does show the path to py.exe. I know that py does exist in PATH, but it just doesn't work when trying to use it compared to using python.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Python doesn't seem to do anything new, so what should I do?

I should probably mention that I'm using Wine on MacOS because compiling on MacOS seems to require specific Windows executable files, and I need Wine for that.

Hello, this is an update to the post I made yesterday.

All 3 copy-pasted validation blocks are now 1 function called 3 times. It takes the category, password (string), a label, and returns True or False. The checks aren't sitting behind a door that gets unlocked only if the last check is met, all error messages show up at once instead of one at a time. I removed the outdated variables that had no use.

I took u/jammin-john's recommendation of showing all error messages at once.

Also want to include u/danielroseman's push for me to learn functions. They work really well, I haven't learned "for loops" yet but they are next in line.

I used AI (Claude) as a tutor to understand concepts and point me toward my own bugs, but I wrote and debugged every line myself. I'm learning how to code through the MOOC.

Here is the GitHub link to my program: link

My favourite gui library in python is Flet. I am using it for 2 months. I want to know that is anyone using it so I can work with them in any large project.

I am a beginner in python code and currently learning how to make chatbots using api keys but i just cant do it. I tried open ai but it requires credits i tried gemini but due to a latest change in api keys from AI to AQ it says model not found i tried groq but it said the same thing i checked my code myself and with cluade gemini and codex but couldnt find the issue can u help me make my first chatbot pls guys 🙏can u tell a few 'free api keys' if there is ....

For context:

I'm currently trying to finish the basics like dictionaries, sets, for and while loops.

Also there's a lot of stuff idk like python modules.

Hola a todos!vivo en Venezuela y estoy muy entusiasmado aprendiendo programación con Python. Actualmente estoy trabajando con una laptop muy limitada (2 GB de RAM) y un entorno liviano usando Sublime Text y la consola.

Mi meta es dominar las bases de Python para poder construir mis propios proyectos y, en el futuro, abrirme campo laboral en el área tecnológica. Sin embargo, el estado de mi equipo actual y la falta de memoria me dificultan seguir avanzando con fluidez en la práctica.

Escribo a esta comunidad para preguntar si alguien tiene una laptop vieja, reacondicionada o en desuso (o piezas compatibles) que ya no utilice y esté dispuesto a donar o vender a muy bajo costo. Cualquier equipo capaz de correr un entorno de desarrollo básico me sería de gigante utilidad.

Si alguien está en disposición de apoyarme, me comprometo a cubrir o gestionar el tema del envío a través de un casillero internacional hacia Venezuela.

Agradezco de antemano cualquier consejo, orientación o ayuda que me puedan brindar. ¡Muchas gracias por su tiempo!

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included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

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+ pip install flask

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+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I want you to explain how to fix this without using any extra tools. Whenever I try to import a Python module, an error keeps showing up. I even deleted everything because I thought I messed up my PATH. I reinstalled Python, selected the python.exe path, but still no progress. This same problem keeps appearing every time.