i always recommend books on specific field they want to learn, if they do it then they really want it, if not.. well..
What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"?
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Re: What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"?
#52Tell them to get a good book. The value of having a single source from complete beginner to intermediate programmer written in the same voice with full knowledge of what you have completed so far at each point should not be undervalued just because web resources are free.
I disagree.
I learn better from short exercises and crash courses.
From my experience, short exercises are can be usually found in web resources rather than a book.
Re: What to tell noobs who want to "learn coding"?
#53It used to be so easy: a) Buy a C-64, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, etc. b) Turn it on c) start programming.
Now it's:
a) Buy a Raspberry Pi ($25 vs $hundreds (converted to today) when those were released)
b) Turn it on
c) Start programming (since it starts up into a programming environment of some kind, IIRC)
If anything it's easier now, and much much much more available to people who don't have $1400 to drop on the new C64 hotness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64