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title: "🐍 Practice Python Online"
description: "When learning a new skill it's important to practice along the way. In order for me to show up to practice I need to make it easy to show up. An easy way to..."
date: 2020-07-25
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tags:
  - python
template: blog-post
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When learning a new skill it's important to practice along the way. In order
for me to show up to practice I need to make it easy to show up. An easy way to
show up to practice with python is to use an online repl.  With these you can
try out something quick. Sometimes I see snippets from blogs or tweets and I
need to try the out for myself to really understand.

When learning a new skill it's important to practice along the way. In order
for me to show up to practice I need to make it easy to show up. An easy way to
show up to practice with python is to use an online repl. With these, you can
try out something quick. Sometimes I see snippets from blogs or tweets and I
need to try them out for myself to really understand.

## Three online REPLS

Here are three different options that I have used in the past to try out
something at some various levels. I am sure there are plenty more, but these
are three that I have tried. I am not covering all of them, because It's been a
while since I have used one other than [replit.com](https://replit.com)

- [python.org/shell/](https://python.org/shell/)
- [replit.com](https://replit.com)
- [pythonanywhere.com](https://pythonanywhere.com)

## replit

[replit.com](https://replit.com) has been my go-to place to practice python
away from my local machine. It's super quick to spin up a new "project" add
files, install libraries, and run a script. It's not quite as nice as having
all of my personal keyboard shortcuts and extensions, but its the closest thing
I have found.

## Show up for Practice

The best way to learn something new in tech is to get your own fingers on the
keyboard and start trying new things. Reading and watching videos is great to
start, but to get a deep understanding for yourself you need to get your
fingers on the keyboard. Make it easy for yourself and find several options
that work well for you. [replit.com](https://replit.com) is one tool that works
well for me.