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  • 19-11-2013 9:23pm
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    seagull50
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Im a 17 year old looking to get into programming. Any advice on where to start? languages,books etc. Thanks.


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    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    People will try to convince you to use a certain language. This thread will no doubt descend into that. Look they are all pretty much the same, pick one, buy a nice beginner book, read, write programs, repeat.


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    Procasinator
    Registered Users Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭Procasinator


    Maybe before buying books or deciding a language you could dip the toe.

    Codecademy is a good way to start, as all you need is your browser, and you can follow along with the exercises:
    http://www.codecademy.com/

    I think JavaScript is the default track, but they have additional languages available which you will see in the footer.


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    MooShop
    Registered Users Posts: 969 ✭✭✭MooShop


    Procasinator wrote: »
    Maybe before buying books or deciding a language you could dip the toe.

    Codecademy is a good way to start, as all you need is your browser, and you can follow along with the exercises:
    http://www.codecademy.com/

    I think JavaScript is the default track, but they have additional languages available which you will see in the footer.

    I'm doing this at the moment, supplemented by http://www.thenewboston.com/. He has some great tutorials and explains things in layman's terms. I have found using both of them together to be very useful. I have learned XHTML, CSS and Javascript from these, though I'm still in the process of completing the Javascript one.

    Also, for more detailed explanations and more examples, you could use: http://www.w3schools.com/.

    Hope this helps.


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    Fussgangerzone
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭Fussgangerzone


    What would you like to make?

    If you have an answer for that, see what people are using, and try your hand at that.

    One resource you might find interesting is MIT's open content, you can watch lectures from, and use other material from, their introduction to Computer Science and Programming module.

    The exercises are done in Python, which isn't a bad language to start with, either.


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    seagull50
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭seagull50


    Thanks for all the suggestions, Ill have a go at all of them and see what happens. :)


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    ambasite
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭ambasite


    nice article here might be worth a read -

    "Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code"

    https://medium.com/learning-to-code/565fc9dcb329


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    IS_a_Class
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭IS_a_Class


    try Udacity's CS101 course in Python which is a fairly good beginners language, its a high quality course, free, and you could complete it in about three weeks. Don't be put off if you can't do some of the more difficult exercises


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    IS_a_Class
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭IS_a_Class


    since you are 17 and wanting to get into programming, are you considering a four year degree in the field or what? It's hard to get a job without that


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