The Snake Slithers, But the Content Sucks


After getting rid of some of the annoying gnats (previous post here), my console output is working nicely (not golden just yet), meaning, the snake is slithering successfully. However, the educational content sucks. 


What am I talking about?

Time to reveal a behind the scenes blogging thread by this Old Man Who Wants to Learn to Code (in Python, HTML, CSS, JS, AHK and probably more).


You see, I'm creating some Education Reinforcing Back Pages that my Py code launches using Webbrowser. The first such launchable back page is being developed for Frame (00) of the displays generated by my Learn_Python_Lists_and_Modules dot py code. (GitHub link eventually to come once I get better at that skill). So (here) is the link to the Back Page for said  Frame (00).

The plan is to insert a bunch of id="location marker" elements into various tags in the Back Page, where those locations hyperlink to various on-topic tutorials. For example, basic and advanced concepts involving LISTS. Then I (or some other user) watch(es) the tutorial for refreshing my (their) memory about the given topic.


Problem is. First time I tried it, I realized the tutorial I had picked was a, errr (throat clearing), not so good. Not As Good As It [can] Get. I need to hunt for better quality tutorials!  (to be continued)

POST SCRIPT: I changed my starting point to Real Python's lessons for the LIST data type. The change allows me to READ their notes and/or WATCH their accompanying video and at the same time, listen to some Chill Flow music. Nice! 



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