Got a question for Devs, How did you learn to code? Please be as detailed as possible, trying to learn but not sure where to start. Appreciate the help #AskNostr

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

My mom taught me BASIC. 🤷🏻‍♂️

MySpace html… thank you Tom for fucking off and being normal

Pick one language, i.e python and start with the basics: data and control structures. Use a book or udemy.

Commodore BASIC, then TurboPascal on CP/M, then C and Assembly on MS-DOS 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻

then all the rest of my life never stopping studying and doing.

I'd suggest to make a mix of:

* formal CS studying (algorithms and data structures)

* studying a programming language (according to what you want to actually do)

* DOING

don't fall into the trap of infinte studying without doing. It might give you the idea of making progress but until you dirty your hands you're not really advancing.

I forgot to mention: once you learned the basics try to look at the code of small open source projects you use. It will feel overwhelming (it's absolutely normal) but if you spend enough time on a project code you'll get the sense sooner or later

Makes sense, thanks