Saw a kid at the library get stuck on a simple Python loop for an hour

He was trying to print numbers 1 to 10 but kept getting an error because his variable was spelled wrong in one place. I remembered my first time with a for loop and how one small typo can stop everything. It made me think beginners really need a slower pace to catch those details. What's the best free tool you've found for spotting simple mistakes like that?

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grantb9218d ago

Feel that pain. My first loops looked like abstract art with all the typos.

richard_mason18d ago

Honestly, just use a basic linter in your code editor. Tbh, VS Code with the Python extension catches those spelling mistakes right away for me.