That week my first real project just fell apart

Honestly, last month I tried to build a simple weather app with Python, following a tutorial I found online. I got it working in about 3 days and felt great. Then I tried to add a feature where it would email me a daily forecast, and my whole code broke for a week straight. I kept getting this 'SMTPAuthenticationError' and had no clue what it meant. I finally figured out I was using my main email password wrong and needed an app-specific one. Has anyone else hit a wall like that on what seemed like a small next step?

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nathan2895d ago

Been there with API keys... total nightmare.

david_henderson65d ago

That kind of frustration is part of the learning process though. Getting stuck for a week on a password issue is a waste of time that kills motivation. A better approach is to drop the broken feature and move to a new project. You learn more by building many small things that work than by fixing one broken thing forever. The goal should be forward momentum, not getting bogged down in errors you don't understand yet.