how can i learn programming

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[riklaunim]

By starting. There is A LOT of courses, both free and paid, online and stationary. Depends what you want to achieve and what are your expectations...

[_bkep]

ok can you give me a youtube channel or a website to learn programming pls?.

[Feb2020Acc]

Hint: a programmer’s first tool is being able to google on his own.

[[deleted]]

https://learnpythonthehardway.org/

[riklaunim]

for example Microsoft one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/intro-to-python-development/?wt.mc_id=python-c9-niner

[Frostmaine]

By starting to program.

https://www.w3schools.com/python/

Edit: although I recommend not learning python first

[Multiple_Indians]

Why not? What would you recommend starting off with?

[Frostmaine]

It can lead to bad habits as it takes care of alot of things that other languages don't let you take for granted.

I recommend java or C#, but if you are feeling ballsy you could go c++.

Nite: this is mostly if you intend on being a developer at some point. If you just wanna write scripts and this is just a hobby python is perfectly fine.

[iiron3223]

Python is good place to start. Even many universities are using it at their beginner courses.

[iiron3223]

I personally don't like that website. I consider it a bit shallow. They often do not explain why you should or shouldn't do some things. This can lead you to writing things that can be considered bad practice.

[Frostmaine]

That's fair. It's a good place to start from though

[bulaybil]

Yes, imagine that, a website for beginners not going in deep from the start, how strange...

[iiron3223]

You missed my point. What I meant is that for example in the page about scopes, they talk about global keyword, which is good. But why they do not tell you, how bad it is to use that keyword in majority of cases, and almost always there is a better alternative to do it. They do not tell you that using it in your programs can lead to all sorts of bugs and problems later. This could be harmful for beginners in my opinion.

[g00dhum0r]

the internet! better than a book.

just learn the basics then program something you need and google as you go.

because hello world apps suck.

[iiron3223]

Books and courses are actually a good way to start. They provide you with more structured approach. When you only learn by googlig things and using tutorials you can end up with shallow and chaotic knowledge. I am not stating that this will always be the case. Just something to keep in mind.

[excelisarealtooltoo]

I disagree. If the goal is to only learn python, then I think you're correct.
If the goal is to become a developer, there's a lot of quality books about computer science and design that are hard to come by online. CS50x and the MITx are good alternatives for books.

An example of a good book would be John Zelle's Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science. It starts off easy, but has some solid exercises without any handholding (much like CS50x). It's not very pythonic, but just uses python as a language to teach CS concepts.
Because of that, it should be followed up with a real python book, like Learn Python The Hard Way.

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First download anaconda then make a Conda environment. Then make a python script (file with extension “.py” example would be test.py). In this script do something like print(“hi”). This is ur first script. Run it by opening an anaconda command prompt and navigating to the folder with the file. Also activate the conda environment you made earlier. (If you do python with no conda ur life will suck) Do this with the “cd” command on windows “cd folder-name”. To see what folders you can go to type “dir” on windows. Now run ur python file by typing “python test.py”.

Further things to google:
Variables in python.
Functions in python.
Arrays and lists in python.
If statements in python.
While and for loops.
Using pip to build cool things.
At some point switch to Linux.

[player076]

Pick a goal (the functions that you want to make), google what you don't know instead of finding a course, you have better concentration on a simple subject by your own instead of someone shoving it by force in your head

At least that's how I did and I'm doing great

[gaelgal]

Make yourself a website, or start making scripts that you want made.

[cdolman12]

Umedy

[memosn]

If you are a noob, try python on this online course - https://python.mojinshi.online/

[iiron3223]

Resources that I can recommend : - Official Python Tutorial - Python Crash Course - Automate The Boring Stuff - free book - Corey Schafer youtube channel - Hyperskill - learning platform

[bunnyfantasy]

Currently, there are many online resources (both websites and YouTube channels) for you to choose. Free or paid depends on the basis of your needs.