#100DaysOfCode in Python Transcripts
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Hello, and welcome to 100 Days of Code
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in Python, written by Bob Belderbos,
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Julian Sequeira, and myself, Michael Kennedy.
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Maybe you're wondering what is this #100DaysOfCode.
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You've probably seen it all over social media.
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In fact, it's really, really taken off
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and people are finding this concept of
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100 days of code really powerful
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for getting them to focus over a long time
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to actually get over the hump,
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and become capable developers,
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or maybe learn a new language, like, say, Python.
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Here's an example of what you might see on Twitter.
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Rene Sanchez says, "Day 11. #100DaysOfCode progress.
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Today I worked some more on bite 18.
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Find the most common word from codechalleng.es/bites."
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This code challenge platform they're referring to
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is actually from your co-authors, Bob and Julian.
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We'll talk more about that later.
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Here's another Tweet: "Day Five of 100.
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Did some short exercises about modules.
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Imported modules, did a couple of my own.
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Tomorrow IO. #100DaysOfCode #Python."
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Way to go, Bricks.
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Here we have "Round one, day 101.
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Had to do an extra day due to
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one day off sick earlier in #100DaysOfCode.
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Today more Python debugging, tomorrow starts round two."
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And Jeff says, "Round one, day 19. #100DaysOfCode.
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Did three exercises in the book.
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Basically my average, been taking it slow
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these last few days. #CodeNewbiePythonIndieDevIndieGameDev"
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And finally, let's look at one more.
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Amit Kumar says, "#Day32. Another autowebcompat
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PR pull request, just got merged.
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Way to go, Python Tkinter, #100DaysOfCode."
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So he added some new feature or bug fix
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to auto Web Compat, very, very cool.
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So you've seen this stuff probably all over
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social media, Facebook, Twitter, and so on.
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What's it about?
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Well, this is actually a very structured project
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put together by this guy, Alexander Calloway.
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So Alexander, he was studying in business school
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but also wanted to learn programming.
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And he was having a hard time making progress.
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So he came up with this idea of #100DaysOfCode.
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Here's a quote from him: "The idea of
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#100DaysOfCode originally came from
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my personal frustration with my inability
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to consistently learn to code after work.
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I'd find other less involved activities to
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spend my time on, like binge watching a TV series.
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One of those days, I was sitting in a restaurant
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with my wife, and sharing my frustrations with her.
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I suggested maybe I should make the public commitment
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to learning for at least an hour every day.
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I thought it would go for three months,
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but it turned out 100 days was the right one."
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How about that?
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Well, thank you for creating this project, Alexander.
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This is really a great thing for many people
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getting started, and this is what this course is all about.
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We're going to give you lessons and exercises
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for every one of these 100 days.
