Replit's 100 Days of Code (Day 1)

I'm going to post these just to get my journal up to date. This is from November 19th. I didn't plan for this to be shared publicly so I may not to come back and review them for typos, etc.

I’ve finally started a serious venture into learning how to code. I’m going to learn Python so that can eventually work with OpenAI APIs and build some apps in the near future. First, I’m going to complete Replit’s 100 days of code. I will code for 2 focused hours per day at a minimum. I’ll take notes of what I’ve learned and what I’m struggling on, daily, weekends included.

I started earlier this week so I’ll discuss my day 2 progress today. I completed the section yesterday, but I didn’t feel comfortable with my level of understanding.

We’re learning about variables, inputs, printing a variable and then bug-fixing our code. After completing this, I'll make sure I grasp everything and I'll explain what these terms are. Later in the day, I'll read some supplementary information just to solidify my understanding.

I just finished the lesson. I let replit AI write some of my code. I got good outputs but not the same as the instructions requested. I’m going to take a break (30 minutes) and come back and redo the session. I want to make sure I fully understand these lessons from a foundational level before moving on to the next one. I’m seeking true understanding. This will be my third time redoing day 2 but that’s fine.

Input is when the user gives information to the computer. It will display in the console and then weigh for the user to input something

Input takes something but it has nowhere to go. You change that by giving it a variable name. A variable is the value and name we can use to store data.

Doing this for the third time was helpful.

Now I’m going to read a couple of articles on inputs and variables and also watch a couple of short YouTube videos.

Starting the Day 3 lesson on Concatenate.

It just means connecting things.

I just finished the lesson. Generally, I understood it but I’m not even sure if I did the final exercise correctly which means that I didn’t understand it well enough. I’ll go back and do this lesson again.

I’m not so much confused as I am just in need of repetition. I just have to get the reps in. Will redo this lesson later. I’m going to watch a couple of videos on concatenation first. Then, I’ll come back in an hour or so and finish this lesson.