Learning C# or Python for Grasshopper?

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So in case anyone needs some help with C#/Python in Rhino/GH, turns out ChatGPT is actually pretty good at writing and debugging code for Rhino/Grasshopper.

I have been playing around with it and GPT-4 is excellent at writing Python code for Rhino without any priming. After some priming it is also great at writing code for Grasshopper C# or Python components, but I had to “teach” it a bit of the syntax. Now it’s great at it.

Don’t get me wrong, learning to code is a great skill and machine learning shouldn’t and probably won’t eradicate that. But it can help greatly in debugging and getting you going. Since it usually explains in great detail why and how it does something (or you can ask it to explain code), I find that it is a great asset if you get stuck.

Here you can see an example where I got an error message and GPT-4 explained the potential cause and remedy for the problem in good detail:

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I think the purpose of the previous reply is to promote a tutorial series from @LongNguyen. For whatever reason, someone decided to signup and post this here. I’m sure that ChatGPT-4 is a great tool for getting programming assistance, but in the end its all about yourself. If you like coding, then you can’t do wrong…