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How to start learning code for non-coder?

by lienhoangduy on 3/18/22, 3:54 AM with 7 comments

I'm a digital marketer who want to learn more about code, especially front-end that can support my career. Can anyone give me a suggestion that what I should first start with? Which book or which resource I can learn from for a newbie like me. I also work with website, GTM and database so I think I need to learn more about PHP, mySQL... Any recommend what I should learn or focus?

by sn9 on 3/19/22, 12:13 AM
The best introduction to programming and CS online is probably CS50x on edx [0]. You can follow it up with their web programming course CS50w [1].
[0] https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-har...
[1] https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-web-programming-with-python...
by livinglist on 3/18/22, 3:59 AM
start by learning basics of programming, learn terminologies and so on, I did this by watching tutorial on YouTube, plenty of free resources out there. then start building projects, do whatever you want, you can start with basic stuff like a calculator, journal, blogs, little game etc, then try something challenging, like a really beautiful and complex UI/UX if you want to focus on front end.
by DougMellon on 3/18/22, 5:17 AM
This is a fantastic resource: https://fullstackopen.com/en/