# Conversation starters for Python-related channels. # python-general 267624335836053506: - What's your favorite PEP? - What parts of your life has Python automated, if any? - Which Python project are you the most proud of making? - What made you want to learn Python? - When did you start learning Python? - What reasons are you learning Python for? - Where's the strangest place you've seen Python? - How has learning Python changed your life? - Is there a package you wish existed but doesn't? What is it? - What feature do you think should be added to Python? - Has Python helped you in school? If so, how? - What was the first thing you created with Python? - What is your favorite Python package? - What standard library module is really underrated? - Have you published any packages on PyPI? If so, what are they? - What are you currently working on in Python? - What's your favorite script and how has it helped you in day to day activities? - When you were first learning, what is something that stumped you? - When you were first learning, what is a resource you wish you had? - What is something you know now, that you wish you knew when starting out? - What is something simple that you still error on today? - What do you plan on eventually achieving with Python? - Is Python your first programming language? If not, what is it? - What's your favourite aspect of Python development? (Backend, frontend, game dev, machine learning, ai, etc.) - In what ways has Python Discord helped you with Python? - Are you currently using Python professionally, for education, or as a hobby? - What is your process when you decide to start a project in Python? - Have you ever been unable to finish a Python project? What is it and why? - How often do you program in Python? - How would you learn a new library if needed to do so? - Have you ever worked with a microcontroller or anything physical with Python before? - Have you ever tried making your own programming language? - Has a recently discovered Python module changed your general use of Python? - What is your motivation for programming? - What's your favorite Python related book? - What's your favorite use of recursion in Python? - If you could change one thing in Python, what would it be? - Which package do you use the most and why? - Which Python feature do you love the most? - Do you have any plans for future projects? - What modules/libraries do you want to see more projects using? - What's the most ambitious thing you've done with Python so far? # programming-pedagogy 934931964509691966: - What is the best way to teach/learn OOP? - What benefits are there to teaching programming to students who aren't training to become developers? - What are some basic concepts that we need to know before teaching programming to others? - What are the most common difficulties/misconceptions students encounter while learning to program? - What makes a project a good learning experience for beginners? - What can make difficult concepts more fun for students to learn? # algos-and-data-structs 650401909852864553: - # async-and-concurrency 630504881542791169: - Are there any frameworks you wish were async? - How have coroutines changed the way you write Python? - What is your favorite async library? # c-extensions 728390945384431688: - # databases 342318764227821568: - Where do you get your best data? - What is your preferred database and for what use? - What is the least safe use of databases you've seen? # data-science-and-ai 366673247892275221: - # discord-bots 343944376055103488: - What unique features does your bot contain, if any? - What commands/features are you proud of making? - What feature would you be the most interested in making? - What feature would you like to see added to the library? What feature in the library do you think is redundant? - Do you think there's a way in which Discord could handle bots better? - What's one feature you wish more developers had in their bots? # editors-ides 813178633006350366: - What's your current text editor/IDE, and what functionality do you like about it the most when programming in Python? - What functionality is your text editor/IDE missing for programming Python? # esoteric-python 470884583684964352: - What's a common part of programming we can make harder? - What are the pros and cons of messing with __magic__()? - What's your favorite Python hack? - What's the weirdest language feature that Python doesn't have, and how can we change that? - What is the most esoteric code you've written? # game-development 660625198390837248: - What is your favorite game mechanic? - What is your favorite framework and why? - What games do you know that were written in Python? - What books or tutorials would you recommend for game-development beginners? - What made you start developing games? # media-processing 971142229462777926: - Where do you start with media processing? What is a good beginner project for first-timers in media processing? - What are some ways you could manipulate media using Python? - What is your favorite algorithm for manipulating media with Python? - What is the most surprising result you have gotten after manipulating media with Python? - What is the worst outcome you have gotten after manipulating media with Python? - What is your most advanced media processing related achievement? - Do you know any cool tricks or optimizations for manipulating media with Python? - Can a computer truly generate and/or understand art? # microcontrollers 545603026732318730: - What is your favorite version of the Raspberry Pi? # networking 716325106619777044: - If you could wish for a library involving networking, what would it be? # security 366674035876167691: - If you could wish for a library involving net-sec, what would it be? # software-design 782713858615017503: - # tools-and-devops 463035462760792066: - What editor would you recommend to a beginner? Why? - What editor would you recommend to be the most efficient? Why? - How often do you use GitHub Actions and workflows to automate your repositories? - What's your favorite app on GitHub? # type-hinting 891788761371906108: - # unit-testing 463035728335732738: - # unix 491523972836360192: - What's your favorite Bash command? - What's your most used Bash command? - How often do you update your Unix machine? - How often do you upgrade on production? - What is your least favorite thing about interoperability amongst *NIX operating systems and/or platforms? # user-interfaces 338993628049571840: - What's the most impressive Desktop Application you've made with Python so far? - Have you ever made your own GUI? If so, how? - Do you perfer Command Line Interfaces (CLI) or Graphic User Interfaces (GUI)? - What's your favorite CLI (Command Line Interface) or TUI (Terminal Line Interface)? - What's your best GUI project? - What the best-looking app you've used? # web-development 366673702533988363: - How has Python helped you in web development? - What tools do you use for web development? - What is your favorite API library? - What do you use for your frontend? - What does your stack look like? - What's the best-looking website you've visited?