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The Best Way to Learn a Programming Language

By Peter Backx | Published: July 2, 2010
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… is to write a program. So in my quest to study Python, I was looking for something to create. Enter JayIsGames’s Casual Gameplay Design Competition, previously mentioned and much loved. Sadly they only allow games that run in a browser, but that’s not going to hold me back. I’m going to jump that hurdle when it comes to it (I’ve already seen some possibilities)

And otherwise, I can always enter the PyWeek challenge. Some great stuff was already created for this competition (check out Kite Story) so I’ve got my work cut out.

PyGame should get me started quickly, but I might first need to study a little more than data types.

More news soon!

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