What was the project that made you feel skilled in Python?

[Ben Finney]

Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> writes:

> as you moved from exercises like those in Learn Python the Hard Way,
> up to your own self-guided work on small projects, what project were
> you working on that made you feel independent and skilled?  What
> program first felt like your own work rather than an exercise the
> teacher had assigned?

I wanted to simulate a particular board game, and had others in mind
with some common mechanics.

This resulted in a library for rolling dice in different combinations,
and looking up result tables <URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/alea>.

Eventually I wanted to extend it to know about custom decks of cards,
and the different ways those are handled in board games.

The unifying theme was a library of routines for simulating the random
elements (dice, cards, tables, spinners, etc.) in any board game.

A little over-engineered, I'll freely admit. But it did give me a sense
of being at home in Python and knowing that this is a good language for
getting things done the right way.

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Ben Finney