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Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
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Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#2So I’m just kinda wondering if y’all have any tips, or if y’all want to recommend any websites, apps, or books.
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#3Rule #1 of All Coding: Keep it simple. If it's not simple, simplify it.
Once you've got that rule down, pick a popular language (Python's good because you can ask questions and get answers), pick a simple program that'd be useful to you, and then figure out what you need to make it work. Then make it work, applying rule #1. Rinse and repeat.
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#4Rule #1 of All Coding: Keep it simple. If it's not simple, simplify it. Once you've got that rule down, pick a popular language (Python's good because you can ask questions and get answers), pick a simple program that'd be useful to you, and then figure out what you need to make it work. Then make it work, applying rule #1. Rinse and repeat.
Okay thanks for the tip!
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#5Write code every day. Ive been programming for decades and I still write code every day.
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#6This is hard to answer without any information on your motivation and prior knowledge.
You will sure have noticed that there are tons of free tutorials on the internet for all kinds of programming languages. If you're just curious about coding, pick one and go with it. If it doesn't suit your style of learning, pick another one.
This is the one that got me started: http://aelinik.free.fr/c/
The setup part is a bit dated. For programming basic little C programs just visit: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/compile_c99_online.php
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#7This is hard to answer without any information on your motivation and prior knowledge. You will sure have noticed that there are tons of free tutorials on the internet for all kinds of programming languages. If you're just curious about coding, pick one and go with it. If it doesn't suit your style of learning, pick another one. This is the one that got me started: http://aelinik.free.fr/c/ The setup part is a bit da…
Yeah sorry I was a little vague, but my only previous experience is from getting a couple coding apps and playing around with those for like an hour and a half...
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#8Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#9I've written an article for people who aren't developers, but are looking to pick up coding skills to apply to their domain.
It covers super practical stuff step-by-step, and links to the resources you need.
Making Coding Skills Useful as a Non-Developer: https://code.likeagirl.io/making-coding-skills-useful-as-a-n...
Re: Ask HN: Any Tips on Learning to Code?
#10I'm working on a set of basic projects with step by step walkthrough guides for beginners. I expect most people to do this alongside a more traditional course but some people do it first to get a "feel" for coding. It doesn't cover a lot of theory but you get to make a variety of things that show the potential of learning to code (and are hopefully fun).
If you take a look I'd be very interested to hear feedback.
https://codewithrepl.it/python-projects-for-beginners.html (still WIP website and not mobile resposive yet)