An interactive tutorial that teaches HTML and JS!
https://gun.eco/docs/Learn-Code
I've had complete non-coders and kids take it, and learn to build their first Todo App in less than 45min!
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#42I took a whack at trying to teach programming to complete beginners in the same way that I learned years ago. I give people a listing of type-in JavaScript code that creates a generative art project. You can get all the electronic issues free.
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#43why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby: https://poignant.guide/
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#44This is the one that completely changed my mindset about designing and writing programs: What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory - Ulrich Drepper https://people.freebsd.org/~lstewart/articles/cpumemory.pdf
It is good for sure, but a white paper isn’t exactly approachable for total beginners.
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#45https://frontendmasters.com/courses/javascript-hard-parts/
Will has a way to explain things is such a concise and clear yet entertaining way he's who I aspire to teach like
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#46To teenagers or adults who would like to get started with coding, I always recommend Khan Academy’s “Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation“ as it is an excellent suite of lessons that introduces beginners to the most important fundamentals of coding, like variables and loops. Everything runs in a browser, with immediate feedback via Processing.js.
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/p...
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#47The later tutorials are behind a paywall but the free stuff is more than enough to get you going with low level 3D.
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#48I would really love one for containers/docker if anyone has a suggestion
I've struggled with the same so i wrote my own - https://smalldata.tech/blog/2019/06/08/docker-in-10-minutes
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#49Not technology but science:
Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter. You can have zero physics background (like me) and still understand a bit about quantum electrodynamics. If ever I had to distill a complex subject, I'd try to first dissect how Feynman is able to do so.
Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?
#50Easy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY0lrdXar8
Absolute mastery. Thanks for this.