Went to a coffee shop in Portland and saw a kid using a weird way to learn Python

I was at a place called Stumptown Coffee last week and saw a teenager next to me working on a laptop. He had a website open that showed Python code on one side and a simple game on the other. Every time he changed the code, the game changed right away. I asked him about it, and he said it was a site called Replit. He told me he learned more in three hours with that live view than he did in a month of just reading a book. It made me think about how important it is to see your code work as you type it, especially when you're just starting. Has anyone else found a tool that lets you see results right away like that?

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noahgreen19d ago

It's like how cooking shows let you see the dish come together step by step.

paul8719d agoMost Upvoted

Totally. I always skip to the middle of a recipe video first, to see the texture things should actually have. Reading "cook until golden brown" is useless without a visual.

troychen19d ago

Right? That's the whole point, @noahgreen. Seeing the process makes it click.