Hot take: That moment when your first if-else statement actually makes sense

I was messing around with some basic Python tutorials today. For the longest time, conditional logic just seemed like gibberish to me. But something clicked, and I finally wrote a little script that worked how I wanted. It's a small thing, but it made learning feel worth it. Anyone else have a basic concept that suddenly just 'worked' for them?

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emma_lee2214h ago

Python 3.9 was where loops finally made sense to me. Your if-else moment sounds familiar. What kind of script did you write? Was it something practical, like checking if a number was even or odd, or more for fun? I remember struggling with nested conditionals until I tried building a simple text-based game. How did you practice after it clicked?

xenabutler14h ago

Skip the games, JUST code real projects from the start.

torres.nathan8h ago

Xenabutler is right about diving into real projects. When I started coding, I wasted time on tutorials that didn't stick until I built a tool to track my work hours. Emma_lee22, that text-based game idea is solid for practicing conditionals. Pick a boring task you do often and try to automate it, even if it's simple. You'll learn more from fixing your own broken code than any perfect example.