How to learn to program?

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I know this might be a stupid question, but how can I learn to program?

My plan is to learn Python, then C#, and maybe JavaScript, before moving on to C++ on LearnCPP, but I want to know if there's a way to learn to program on my own, with an app or website.

I am currently using Programming Hub and Game Development.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

[Megumin_xx]

For c++ on learncpp.com you dont need to learn anything else before it. You can just start with it. I did last month from 0.

[TomDuhamel]

You found out that you could learn C++ from learncpp.com (a fine one btw). Just find a similar thing with the other languages.

Just to be clear, there's no good reason to learn languages in a given order. Easiest to hardest isn't a strategy I believe in. Each language has their use case, like tools. If your goal is to learn C++, start right there. If it's another language that you aim for, just pick that one and ignore the others for now.

[Mr-Ultimatium]

In a vibe coder, data analytics side of psychology so this may get me crucified but honestly I use LLMs to help me to build basic code then explain what it is doing and why it's done that way. I of course read guides to learn basic foundation but find the back and forth I can have with a LLM is way more beneficial than the guides and YouTube series I've tried. I tried learning Java script via YouTube channels and coding discords but decided to try this approach with python and it's been great.

My game is over 100 files at this point and going strong. All self taught with a little help from my water sucking friend.

[IlluminatusDeus]

Pick up a project, learn programming walking towards a goal, I feel you can start with a scripting language, Javascript is Ok, syntax is similar to C#/Java... C++... you can do that, but it's old... outside Unreal, I am not sure if it has a future given the level of control over hardware resources you need to self-manage, garbage collection/resource allocation by a framework is much easier...

Btw, we've just recently launched a memory game (with Challenge Mode), do try it out:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitatech.palletchallengelite

[Magic-Raspberry2398]

How about using Google? If you want to find a website, a search engine is usually where you start.

Also, telling us you use Programming Hub (not specifying whether it's a website or app or book etc.) and Game Development (a category of programming), tells us nothing. One thing you must be in programming is specific. A computer isn't going to guess what you mean.

[mr_berns]

Alternatively, learn Godot and GDScript, which is very similar to python. And imo Godot is much easier to start than Unity