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[random aspen]

Hey everyone!
I hope you're all doing well.

I'm trying to build a Python project on my own, but I'm not sure where to start or what steps to follow. If anyone has experience with Python projects (structure, tools, best practices, or any tips), I’d really appreciate your help or guidance.

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[real radish]

there's really no single opinionated way of structuring python projects and what tools to use

so it depends entirely on what you want and are familiar with

do you want to stick with the default tooling python ships

or are you open to third party alternatives like uv and poetry?

[random aspen]

I’m open to learning anything — I just want to become very good

[random aspen]

I’m using UV in my project; I don’t use PIP

[old summit]

I would just try and learn from failure. You'll learn what does and doesn't work over time if you reflect on what went good and what went poorly during the project.

[real radish]

if you're already using uv then there isn't really much you can do on your own because uv is opinionated

just follow the uv documentation and you're good to go

[random aspen]

Thank you for the reply

[random aspen]

Thank you for the reply

[real radish]

, but I'm not sure where to start or what steps to follow.
uv init is how you start, and the steps to follow is: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/

[random aspen]

The problem I'm experiencing is that I can't write down what's in my head

[rustic slate]

i think ruff from astral is also a good choice for tooling

[real radish]

as in, python code?

[random aspen]

yes

I watched course Angela's 100-day Python

[real radish]

then you should switch your focus on learning how to code instead of dev tools that build up your project, because you don't need the latter to learn how to code in python as python script.py is enough for you to run your code

and when it comes to learning how to code, there isn't really much good advice i can give personally maybe someone else could jump in, but that's typically something you learn over time by actually doing things, start small you know.

try writing something as simple as a guessing game, rock paper scissors, then maybe a snake game, save stats into a file and display them, learn how to declare dependencies on other libraries like a tui library to render the snake, etc...

[random aspen]

Thank you so much for your time

My studies kept me away from coding, but when I came back, I felt like I had forgotten everything

[random aspen]

Thank you very much for the advice and thank you for your time😊

[rustic slate]

@random aspen i like this site for information on the subject of tooling https://pydevtools.com/handbook/

[random aspen]

@real radish I bought some courses Golange. Do you recommend I start them now?

[random aspen]

Thanks you very much

[rustic slate]

but i agree completely with @real radish, if you don't already know python very well, you shouldn't be focusing on tooling, that comes later

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Thanks

[onyx shale]

Best advice I can give is to gather knowledge about a subject and build a project around that.

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