this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
56 points (98.3% liked)

Python

6331 readers
122 users here now

Welcome to the Python community on the programming.dev Lemmy instance!

πŸ“… Events

PastNovember 2023

October 2023

July 2023

August 2023

September 2023

🐍 Python project:
πŸ’“ Python Community:
✨ Python Ecosystem:
🌌 Fediverse
Communities
Projects
Feeds

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
erlingur@programming.dev
jnovinger@programming.dev
norambna@programming.dev
56
Reading the Python Official Documentation is rugged (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by ChrisLicht@lemm.ee to c/python@programming.dev
28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I am at a high-beginner/low-intermediate level in Python, and one thing that drives me nuts is how poorly I am able to read the Python official documentation and grok how to use the described code.

What's the secret? Are there any guides/videos/books that can help my understand how to approach reading it? Or, is it just one of those things that I need to just keep coming back to while coding, and eventually I will get the hang of it?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] bucho@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate the official python documentation. I often find what I'm looking for much quicker just by asking ChatGPT. You can even ask it to pretend it's William Shatner while explaining how to use a given function. So that's fun.

[–] dozymoe@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You'd still have to read the official documentation to validate what you get from ChatGPT.

@bucho @ChrisLicht

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

You can just run the code in the debugger to see if it does what you expect.

[–] bucho@lemmy.one -3 points 1 year ago

I mean, you can. ChatGPT hasn't steered me far wrong yet, though, and I've used it quite a lot over the past 4 months or so. It's really quite good.