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Which programming language should a newbie start with?
It really doesn't matter how you start - I started with Fortran, which is about as ancient and unhelpful as they get, then moved on to Python, then C#, then C and C++, now JS. I feel like I only really properly understood programming when I was well versed in Python, Fortran and C++ since together tRead more
It really doesn’t matter how you start – I started with Fortran, which is about as ancient and unhelpful as they get, then moved on to Python, then C#, then C and C++, now JS. I feel like I only really properly understood programming when I was well versed in Python, Fortran and C++ since together they pretty much cover all the major styles. JS and C# are still horribly ugly to me but I’m slowly learning to love JS thanks to how easy it is to play around with incredibly helpful libraries and build fun, weird shit. My advice is to pick anything you like, learn it in a context that interests you, for me, it’s physics and game development. Do that which floats your boat and see where those interests take you and how they develop. Never stop learning!
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I learned very early on that copying and pasting somebody else's code takes longer in the long run that writing it yourself. In my opinion unless you really understand it, copy and paste code will probably have issues which will be a nightmare to resolve. Don't get me wrong, I mean finding other peoRead more
I learned very early on that copying and pasting somebody else’s code takes longer in the long run that writing it yourself. In my opinion unless you really understand it, copy and paste code will probably have issues which will be a nightmare to resolve. Don’t get me wrong, I mean finding other peoples code and learning from it is essential, but we don’t just paste it into our app. We rewrite the concepts into our app. But I’m constantly hearing about people who cut & paste, and they talk about it like it’s common practice.
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