How exactly does one get better at programming? (lemmy.world)

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So I’m an on/off noobie but have been focusing on actually sticking with programming what I’ve been working on is Python but this question is for programming in general. For me it’s hard but I want to see how I can get better

Like are these good ways to get good:

Follow tutorials, then work on ways of adding your own twists or changes? Or trying to code it in something else?

Work on assignments from a resource you’re using like in my case Python Crash Course and attempt to redo the assignments without looking back?

Experiment with multiple libraries and library methods or built in methods?

Please share any other ways especially ones that helped you

Also when would be good to start a new language after learning one

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[-] the_strange@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

I generally agree with your statement, just one thing to keep in mind: Mypy sucks for any library larger than a few thousand lines spread over a couple of files, but pyright is developed by M$ and might be part of their usual Embrace, extend, and extinguish strategy. The other two contenders are pytype (google) and pyre (facebook), so it's not like there's a good selection of independent, good and FOSS type checkers out there at the moment.

Astral - the people behind the ruff linter - are currently developing ty, yet another static type checker for python, with a lot of promise, but it's going to be a couple of months, maybe a year before it is in any shape to be used in production code.

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah I'm watching Ty. Pytype and Pyre are not serious options. Nobody really uses them, and Pytype is discontinued. Facebook have a new project called Pyrefly that's also worth watching.

But for now, use Pyright. No argument. If you're really worried about Microsoft (and not Facebook or Google for some reason) then use BasedPyright.

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