Programming.

[Father Heathen]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

 

[LuisDantas]

Python is great. May I recommend that you try your hand at using SPyder? I find its layout helpful and instructive.

 

[LuisDantas]

Also, I like to consult this site fairly often.

W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

 

[nPeace]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

Don't worry. You are never too old to learn.
I find the fastest way to learn is to go ahead and make a basic application.
Once you get the hang of things, start over, and see if you can make it without any help.
Do so as many times as you want, until you can do it with yours eyes closed.
Then move on, to making a complete app.
Are you learning as a hobbyist, or a serious developer?

 

[Father Heathen]

Don't worry. You are never too old to learn.
I find the fastest way to learn is to go ahead and make a basic application.
Once you get the hang of things, start over, and see if you can make it without any help.
Do so as many times as you want, until you can do it with yours eyes closed.
Then move on, to making a complete app.
Are you learning as a hobbyist, or a serious developer?

As a hobbyist but we'll see where it goes from there. I already have some projects in mind.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

Yep, I'm a computer science graduate. I'm in the process of job hunting right now, coincidentally.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Also, I like to consult this site fairly often.

W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

I second this. W3schools is a great resource for multiple programming topics.

 

[Heyo]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

I used to. But that was long ago.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Assembly language --> PLM --> C --> C++ --> retirement

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

Never worked in python.

Learned Java and Visual Basic in school and then moved on to .NET
I mostly write SQL now. I kinda grew into functional / business analysis and db design / maintenance.


I don't really like the programming world anymore. It feels a bit too "wild west" for me. It's like everyone and their mothers invented their own language / library / what-have-you and it feels a bit like a spaghetti.

The "new" normal of html + javascript and a bazillion libraries essentially all doing the same thing, was a serious turn down for me.
This is also a big reason why I prefer native development in WPF or alike. I loath web development.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

I do not code, however I have learned to code in several languages including Python3. My best language is Bash, because I use it most frequently. I've also done a tiny amount of Pascal, C, Cobol, 8086 Assembler, LUA. I'm also getting my toes wet in the Rust language. I do recommend Rust, by the way, in case you are wondering. It comes with an excellent free book that teaches in a very logical fashion, and it is a compiled language. I like Python3, too. Python3 is very fun, and in particular its fun for people who like Math programs and want to learn AI or Statistics.

I have not tried GO, or C++ or Lisp or Algol or Ada or Ruby or many of the other languages out there. I'm sure they are great, too.

 

[idea]

VB, C, C++, Fortran - ChatGPT is getting better at it.

For python, check out

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raspberry pi's are fun

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en

Not just for kids

 

[nPeace]

As a hobbyist but we'll see where it goes from there. I already have some projects in mind.

Can I suggest you start a project, at least.
I guarantee you will learn twice as fast.
I did a project in Python decades ago. I didn't take lessons, but just started coding, and asking questions where I didn't know how to write a particular code.
In no time, I was coding without asking questions.
I was smooth sailing, before my computer crashed and my project files got corrupted.

Learning to code is easier than you may think.
I learned Python, C#, and C++, without using a single book.
...and don't let anyone fool you into thinking it's all there in your head, and you don't need a reminder now and again.
Even the experts look at references at times, because you forget some things, especially when you go from one language to another.
The principles are the same, but programming languages are so different.

If you are lost on how to start the project, just think about what you want to do first, and then find a tutorial on how to do it.
Then, do it.

 

[Shaul]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

I have a degree in Computer Science and taught Python classes in high/middle school before I retired last year. Python has an IDE as does QBasic. But Python uses Object Oriented structures. So you will need to learn about those if you haven't already.

 

[nPeace]

I have a degree in Computer Science and taught Python classes in high/middle school before I retired last year. Python has an IDE as does QBasic. But Python uses Object Oriented structures. So you will need to learn about those if you haven't already.

I knew nothing about classes until recently.
You might say, I learned OOP after the fact. It didn't hurt, since not everyone uses it, and even after learning it, you might optionally not use it... depending on your project.

 

[Yerda]

I just started lessions in Python.

Anyone here code? I've coded in Qbasic way back in highschool. I enjoyed coding but stupidly didn't pursue it.

I can do a bit of python. Mostly data analysis type stuff. Used R for stats/regression.

I find I enjoy it more than I expected I would.

 

[Heyo]

I find I enjoy it more than I expected I would.

Programming is the not guilty pleasure of anarchists. You can make the computer follow your commands. You wouldn't like to do that to a person or even an animal, but a machine ...