1 Dealing with Errors and Asking for Help
Please don’t anthropomorphize computers; they find it very annoying. When a computer presents you with an error message, it’s not because you’ve offended it. Computers are the most sophisticated tools most of us will ever interact with, but still, they’re just tools.
Even so, it’s easy to blame these tools. Because much of learning to program is self-directed, it’s common to feel like a failure when you still need to consult the internet multiple times a day, even though you’ve been studying Python for months. But even professional software developers search the internet or consult documentation to ...
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