Ask HN: Programming 101 online course recommendations?

Right now, there is a language barrier between the developers and myself because I don't know the jargon. I say something and they think its something else, I try explaining how it should work, they fix it and it's not fixed.

It's inefficient and I feel ignorant for not being educated/able to efficient communicate. Can you make any recommendations of courses or where I should start?

I think starting with computer science (anatomy of a computer, history of computing, etc) and then moving into Java is probably the way to go.

Java Programming I-II (https://java-programming.mooc.fi/),

Data Structures (https://fa20.datastructur.es/),

Software Construction (http://web.mit.edu/6.031/www/fa20/)

If you really want to learn programming, I recommend https://eloquentjavascript.net/ , this book is targeted at beginners but has enough rigor to give you a good base. JavaScript is also lingua-franca of web development. It is also a much simpler language than JavaScript with a smaller learning curve.

A mistake/mis-step clients commonly make is trying to use the correct terminology/jargon which doesn't mean what they think it means, but the developer(s) think you know what you're on about so take you at face value.

Something common I've found is clients insisting on me using the latest buzzword technology even when it's not what they need.

And I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but trust your developers to do what you've hired them to do.

It's not a sign of being ignorant, everyone has different strengths, but you don't need to learn the entire trade just to communicate effectively.