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Date Published
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Jesse Brink
Word count
409
Language
English
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Summary

After six to seven months of learning Python, the author has begun integrating their programming knowledge into daily activities, such as assisting their daughter with a homework assignment on Magic Squares. The task, which involved composing a grid where all rows, columns, and diagonals equaled the same sum, provided a practical application for the author to employ Python, Git, and terminal commands. Despite the challenge of working with a poorly prepared Google Slide in Google Classroom, the author successfully created and emailed a file with the completed Magic Square using Python's string manipulation capabilities. This experience, along with other tasks like parsing a Rich Text File for a baby shower, highlights the practicality of Python in everyday situations and underscores the author's ongoing enthusiasm for learning programming, crediting PyBites for enhancing their knowledge and skills.