Learning to program in Python

[jbchua]

John Henry wrote:
> jbchua wrote:
> > Hello everybody.
> >
> > I am an Electrical Engineering major and have dabbled in several
> > languages such as Python, C, and Java in my spare time because of my
> > interest in programming. However, I have not done any practical
> > programming because I have no idea where to get started. I taught
> > myself these languages basically by e-tutorials and books. This makes
> > me feel as if I don't really know how to implement these languages.
> > Does anybody have any advice on where to start applying my limited
> > knowledge practically in order to advance my learning?
>
> Which area of EE are you in?  Or just starting on that as well?
>
> If you're just starting, chanllege yourself to build a R mesh and
> calculate the Thevenin equivalent looking out from a particular node.
> Then you can expand that to an RLC network.
>
> Besure to use Objects, think in terms of objects, and code in objects.
>  Don't hard code the data type.  You'll be able to see how magical the
> Duck Typing is in Python.
>
> Have fun.

I'm a freshman-- I have yet to take any actual EE classes. I am
actually thinking of maybe changing my focus towards Computer Science
or at least minoring in it.

To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what you just asked me to do ;\