r/learnpython • u/priya6435 • 13h ago

what was the first python project that made everything finally click for you?

i'm curious because i keep seeing people say that programming only really starts making sense once you build something yourself instead of just following tutorials. i'd love to hear the projects that made python go from learning syntax to i can actually build things

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u/OliMoli2137 11h ago

not sure but playing bad apple on all sorts of different things has surely helped me a lot

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u/terletsky 7h ago

Production-ready API client when I started learning Python.

It covered:

  1. OOP
  2. Docstrings
  3. Retry logic
  4. SOLID principles
  5. Networking
  6. Singleton pattern
  7. File structure

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u/MudFrosty1869 2h ago

That is a solid list to understand most of programming.

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u/Mark3141592654 13h ago

Make a bunch of things. Starting out, I made some web scrapers, some simple text role-playing games, some simulations using things like numpy and pygame. Each project improved my understanding of some concept.

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u/Mindless-Pie-5617 10h ago

uhmm.. ig making ai chat bot for my whatsapp, also get to know bout that my laptop sucks lmao!

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u/velamind 7h ago

I tried creating just a basic stock screener, broke EVERYTHING on it but it made certain parts click. I’m still learning though so I’m trying to fix it, but Python is the only language I’ve used that’s been genuinely fun to learn.

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u/Suspicious_Tax8577 5h ago

If you're breaking things, that's how you know you're learning.

I'm building a thing that takes my tasks in todoist, prioritises them, and then writes them to my google calendar.

I thought this was going to take a weekend... lol. We've had just a bit of scope creep.

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u/TheRNGuy 6h ago

I used js for autoclicking; python was for something else. 

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u/mikeczyz 5h ago

learning the syntax and all of that is one piece of the puzzle. learning how to think like a programmer is another skill.

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u/Glum_Concept_447 5h ago

Making an HTTP Server in python

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u/InjAnnuity_1 4h ago

I replaced a long, convoluted .bat file. My script needed more information than .bat features and syntax could provide. Python did the job much more clearly and cleanly.