Take a Break or Power Through

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I'm working through the Python PCEP Cert and to be honest, Im struggling. Ive never done any programming before and despite finishing the A Cloud Guru course and the Edube Course, Im still not getting the marks I need for the exam.

Im thinking of letting the PCEP take a back seat for now and get my Linux Essentials done first. Maybe have a break from Python and then coming back to it will help?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

If you want to be a fulltime Python programmer maybe finish it, or if you enjoy programming or learning the stuff for PCEP.

If its just an annoying test with little payoff, then yeah skip it.

Programming is not about exams, its about writing programs. The more you write the better you will get in general. I'd be writing lots of programs either as coding kata or as part of a course. The real learning comes when you start real projects, so you write a program to achieve a set object you or someone else has.

Anything in particular you are struggling with?

 

Thanks Chaps. That's great.
Its not that I'm not enjoying it, its that nothing seems to be sticking.
Im still stumped by 2 ** 3 ** 2 for example.

I'm going to power through the course one more time and see if I am making any progress. If Im still finding it really frustrating, Im putting it on the shelf for a couple of months whilst I look at Linux and AWS.

 

https://treyhunner.com/2018/10/asterisks-in-python-what-they-are-and-how-to-use-them/

** infix operator is exponent or 'x to the power y' on calculator.

2 ** 1 = 2
2 ** 2 = 2*2 = 4 = '2 Squared'
2 ** 3 = 2*2*2 = 8 = '2 Cubed'
2 ** 4 = 2*2*2*2 = 16
2 ** 5 = 2*2*2*2*2 = 32

Typically its refered to as x to the power y, where x and y are arbitary real numbers.
x ** y

etc

This is just the basic maths you get at school on a calculator.


Computers started off as powerful calculators or tabulators, and even today you can break out python and just use it as a calculator if thats what you want.