Starting programming ?

cj maxx

Hi all
Does anyone know of a starter programming couse ( a prpgramming for dummies ! ) course i could undertake .
Something that will show me the basics and not overwhelm me.
Thanks for any opinions

djerk

you havent specified whether or not youd like accreditation, to work from home or enroll in university etc. if all you want is to learn some basic programming skills you can easily find many books on the subject and DIY, or practice many of the tutorials available online.

something like this might be of use?

edx.org/course/iitbombayx/iitbombayx-cs101-1x-introduction-1447
edx.org/how-it-works

Morpork

https://buckysroom.org/videos.php

Great tutorial videos on many programming languages.

joe_chicken

A lot of top American universities are offering free introductory courses to programming.

Here's MIT's

PrzemoF

google for "scratch for beginners" and do be scared away by the cartoon look of the examples. Once you get basic ideas like loops or conditions you can move to something with less graphic. I'd suggest python.

cj maxx

I have looked into those non-accredited courses but i kinda am afraid that i would get overwhelmed if they are too difficult .
Accreditation isnt important as yet, just want to test the water before i untake a course(s) as i really am a novice
I have only a lap top so would i need a pc
Thanksfor the replied

Buford T Justice

A Laptop should be fine. I'm using an 8 year old macbook and I study and write in Java php and mySql. Using a big IDE like eclipse can slow it down sometimes, but other than that its fine.

PrzemoF

Stay away from big IDEs [1] at the beginning - you have to get some basic ideas first.


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Development_Environment

Manach

+1 for EDX.
As well, I'd recommend investing in one or two programming books to obtain good habits from the beginning. For instance - Code Complete by Connell.

cj maxx

Thanks for all the replies/links
Will try them to get a taste before diving in. Cheers lads/ lassies

Jim2007

cjmc wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies/links
Will try them to get a taste before diving in. Cheers lads/ lassies

Actually if you have never done any programming I'd suggest you have a play around with Scratch... It is easy to learn, very visual and a lot of fun right from the start. You will get all the basic of programming from it: branching, looping, repetition etc...

My daughter is always tell me how she does not like programming and yet when I pop my head into here bed room about 30% of the time she has Scratch fired up and is working on some kind of program or other.

off.the.walls

codeacademy.com

ChoiChoi

Try "Learn Python the hard way", its supposed to be very good, its an online course.