Python Help

#1

Post by HackR » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

I need to finish this program by tomorrow and I've spent DAYS trying to understand it, and the instructor isn't particularly helpful. I understand the things like sockets and threads but I don't know how to put these together to make such a program. I've gotten some progress but I don't even know if it's right.

Please help me out, I don't know who else to turn to!

here is the program description:

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/julian/index.php?page=Networked%20Connect4

it's pretty vague too :(

Re: Python Help

#2

Post by pingswept » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

This isn't really the place for this. Try stackoverflow.com, or one of their Python sites. (python.stackexchange.com, if it exists)

Re: Python Help

#3

Post by DanBC » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:38 PM UTC

Wouldn't this be better on Stack Exchange?

Also, there's a dive into python mirrored somewhere. try .ep.io

Re: Python Help

#4

Post by zupeanut » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 7:58 PM UTC

No offense. But what YOU are looking for is pretty vague. To me, this looks like you're looking for someone to do your homework. What were you doing for the other 2-weeks allocated to this project?

"You get one week to do each of projects 1, 2, and 4, but you get 2 weeks to do each of projects 3 and 5 as they represent more work and are worth double credit."

If you're looking for _assistance_ in understanding core concepts, I would recommend:

Stackoverflow -- for VERY specific questions OR #python on irc.freenode.net

Re: Python Help

#5

Post by HackR » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

zupeanut wrote: post #4

No offense. But what YOU are looking for is pretty vague. To me, this looks like you're looking for someone to do your homework. What were you doing for the other 2-weeks allocated to this project? "You get one week to do each of projects 1, 2, and 4, but you get 2 weeks to do each of projects 3 and 5 as they represent more work and are worth double credit." If you're looking for _assistance_ in understanding core co…

This is an intro to Python course and he's making us do all these complex progrms when we're still python noobs

the prof is also very vague with his instruction

Re: Python Help

#6

Post by HackR » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

pingswept wrote: post #2

This isn't really the place for this. Try stackoverflow.com, or one of their Python sites. (python.stackexchange.com, if it exists)

thanks, i will!

Re: Python Help

#7

Post by pookiesbutt » Tue, Oct 18, 2011, 9:38 PM UTC

"This is an intro to Python course and he's making us do all these complex progrms when we're still python noobs"

I suppose you would need to learn everything between 0 and completion in order to produce the products he is demanding of you.

Perhaps there's a point to all this learning...

Re: Python Help

#8

Post by drallison » Wed, Oct 19, 2011, 12:45 AM UTC

HN is probably not the right place to ask for help.

When you do ask for help, it's always best to explain what you have figured out and what still confuses you. Explain how you think the program ought to work. Pointing us to a programming class assignment page is not an effective way to help you figure things out. Trying to figure it out on your own and asking specific questions will be much more effective.

You might find it useful to begin by writing the various modules of the assignment in outline form with some documentation of interfaces and functionality. Writing a coherent description of what's needed can be very helpful.

Be sure that you understand about how clients and servers work. Take a look at the python library, which has a number of different servers, for examples.