by nitin_flanker on 9/14/17, 10:24 AM with 7 comments
I don't have too big career goals with programming as I'm already in another field of work. I just always wanted to learn programming and hence decided to start now.
As I will be learning this from home in my free time, please suggest few resources to get started. Books, communities, or anything a beginner should know of.
by davelnewton on 9/14/17, 11:51 AM
Personally I'd go for https://learnpythonthehardway.org/ but there are a ton of options and it's not necessarily a big deal when you're just starting out.
That said: if you decide to keep programming I'd recommend learning something about C (not C++) because it's good to know what's actually happening in Python, and how much it does for you.
by hacker_9 on 9/14/17, 10:32 AM
by MichalSternik on 9/14/17, 10:37 AM
Python and C/Java share a lot syntax-wise, but python is higher-level, more beginner friendly language - it's got REPL, big community, lots of intro books and libraries.
And even if you decide not to start with Python, avoid C. As a beginner, you don't want to deal with manual memory management on top of everything else that you have to learn to be a coder.
Most importantly, have fun! :)
by ssl_loop_a on 9/14/17, 10:41 AM
It will be much easier for beginner to install a good text editor(like sublime text or atom) and python itself. After that you can just sit in the front of your computer and start code, experiment as much as you want. Without any worries about memory leaks, that can show up in C/C++.
Good luck!