[NFBCS] Seeking mentor

[John J. Boyer]

The best place to start learning Python is http://www.doc.python.org

John

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 02:25:36PM -0500, Reece O'Bryan via NFBCS wrote:
> I am also looking to learn python and C++. In no way am I trying to hijack your thread, but just throwing this out there as an idea. What if a small group of students and teachers, volunteer of course, joined together to learn these different skills?
> 
> Two people have already replied saying they would be interested in helping and, including myself, there are now also two people interested in learning. If everyone were comfortable with it, we could even record these training sessions for others to use as reference in the future. What does everyone think of this idea?
> 
> I was or will be creating this exact same email to ask the list shortly anyway. I have just been working to get the different flavors of Linux I want up and running first to have a nice environment to learn to code in. I could definitely get started with visual studio until I get things fixed with Linux though. Just as the original person that emailed, I am also interested if anyone has any accessible resources for these programming languages. :)
> 
> Thank you everyone and Happy New Year,
> 
> -Reece 
> 
> > On Dec 31, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Kevin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > 
> > I would be willing to help you in c++
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
> > http://kclive.buzzsprout.com
> > 
> > 
> >> On 12/31/2020 12:50 PM, Rayn Darren via NFBCS wrote:
> >> Good morning all,
> >> 
> >>  
> >> I'm seeking a mentor for C/C++ and/or Python. I've tried to learn both on my
> >> own and have gotten nowhere fast. I know there are online learning platforms
> >> like codecademy and coursera but they're either inaccessible or are cost
> >> prohibitive. I'm looking to expand my skillset from font-end coding and web
> >> development and thought that C/C++ and/or Python would be a good place to
> >> start. If I'm walking down an improper path as well, I'd appreciate a bit of
> >> guidance as well.
> >> 
> >>  
> >> Thank you,
> >> 
> >> Sarah Hale
> >> 
> >> Work: 714.852.3238
> >> 
> >> Email:  <mailto:sarah.hale at siteweaver.org> sarah.hale at siteweaver.org
> >> 
> >>  
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