How did I learn Python with ChatGPT?
ChatGPT has many uses, and one of them is learning coding. It can generate example codes for whatever you wish and even teach you Python!
I have been learning Python with ChatGPT for a month, and here are my reflections. Firstly, I want to say that I had zero prior knowledge in computer science or programming. I had attempted to learn Python through YouTube videos and courses, but I found them too long and tedious. All I wanted was to learn basic coding for my daily research.
Then, one month ago, I stumbled upon ChatGPT. I was fascinated by its ability to imitate human language and decided to give it a try to learn Python. “Teach me how to write Python codes,” was my first sentence to it.
ChatGPT gave me some examples and teach basic print(“Hello,World”) program to me. That was a good start.
That was not enough for me of course. I asked for more advanced teaching and wrote “More advanced?”
That was a good starting point for me. ChatGPT listed Python’s specialties, which I could work on one by one to improve my skills. This guide was helpful throughout the learning process. So, I wrote “teach me Python syntax” without even knowing what syntax meant. ChatGPT provided me with a list of options along with examples that I could try and practice. Although I struggled with the “while” and “for” commands initially, with enough practice over time, I was able to write my own codes related to the Benz Formula.
As I did not understand the if-else statements correctly I asked for more clarification sometimes and ChatGPT was there to help.
I can show my command to show you how ignorant I am at python and programming 😊
After learning Python syntax, I moved on to Python functions, libraries, and modules. This is where things got interesting for me. Until then, I had thought that a scientific calculator could perform these tasks, so I couldn’t find a reason to use Python in the first place. However, with functions and modules, I realized that Python is extremely valuable when it comes to mathematical equations and graphical solutions.
Also, an ignorance 😊
While learning, I was really interested with the usage areas of Python. Which I queried ChatGPT many times.
After that, I decided to specialize in a specific area of Python. I plan to use Python for mathematical equations and science-related activities, so I decided to import and add Pandas to my Python toolkit. I did some quick research and found that Pandas would be suitable for these kinds of activities. If you have any other recommendations or suggestions for me regarding Python, please feel free to write them in the comments. As a newbie in programming, any help would be greatly appreciated 😊.
Thanks for reading 😊
