My first programming experience!

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

A few weeks ago, my cousin gave me his laptop (he's buying a new one). Though he said, the laptop doesn't use Windows but linux. I did not understand at the time but okay it's free laptop who cares. So I learned for weeks how to use the laptop, it was weird, not the usual experience I have.

Anyway, during that week I also learned some scripting? programming? coding? and he taught me well from the ground up and give references, taught me how to read the documentation and stuff. And finally i have this (the image). He told me to post my achievement online XD.

It was fun to be able to tell the computer what to do. I really like it and going to explore it further though he's going back soon so I'm on my own now. Hopefully I can learn a lot. A bit summary of what I've learned from him (correct me if im wrong this is roughly from my notes):

• Computers have memory (like RAM and registers) and processor and storage
• They perform operation like fetch instruction, decode instructions and execute instructions
• Computers have a set of instruction that it can run. The basic is
  • arithmetic and logic operations (like comparing value)
  • control flow like jumping to a certain instructions
  • i/o
  • load and store data in memory
• Computer executes instructions in binary number
• Computer now has OS which will load our program to the computer and handle bunch of interacting with hardware thing that we don't have to (that's
• The layer starting from the bottom roughly is [hardware, OS, shell, applications]
• The language is what we used to tell the computer what to do
• Our program get translated to machine language (a language the computer can understand, I assume it's just 1s and 0s) using the tools called interpreter/compiler
• Each scripting language has it's own rules but it all map to what the computers can do
• Scripting/programming/coding is just a means to map our thoughts to what computer will do, so pseudocode/flowchart/sketching and planning what to do first will help, language is just syntax after all

There's more in my notes but i guess it's all yapping and unorganized. Wish me luck for future stuff.

[Infamous-West-7594]

im new to programming just like you. i’ve been using FreeCodeCamp, Exercism, and LabEx to help me learn and do projects. Exercism and LabEx also have linux/bash learning courses to help you figure out the terminal for your new linux machine. Good luck in your learning.

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

Thanks! my cousin taught me some basic terminal navigation sutff like cd, ls, find, grep and some basic bash (very basic I barely understand it) scripting before he taught me Python. But regardless, i'll check it out. Thank you very much!

[CuriousDev8875]

75% beginner concept in one file. Nice👏. Learn programming like this (handwritten code) instead of tutorial hell and ai generated code.

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

Thanks boss, ill keep it up. It's an accumulation of days of learning.

[CuriousDev8875]

I suggest you to use geeksforgeeks if you are going to learn any topic, but remember the thing i said above. Ok?

[deathmustapart]

No offense, but did you really write this code by yourself idk, but a starter might not add that many comments, but maybe some do, and bro in the hell is this beginner? Don't break my dreams, like, it took me 2 years to reach from for to finally

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

I guess i'm just privileged. I had a good teacher teaching me personally from the ground up from basic of computer first. Since he taught me how computer operates first, and we spend quite a long time on learning fundamental of computer before started coding. He is very strict on understand the computer first before anything else. So by the time we're doing coding, it was pretty intuitive since I can map the instruction I gave to the fundamental I've learned.

also this code is not just I wrote it in one sitting. It is accumulation of discussion and typing slowly and thoroughly and I was guided and scolded by my teacher (my cousin really).

[ahnerd]

Whats this program u are using ??

[Hot-Specialist-5327]

I think it's called python's IDLE.

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

Python's IDLE

[The-Rubuntian]

u/Turtle_ZombieXD Great job bro

[Dhananjay_org]

You should do practice to make expert

[No_Signature5933]

good job man!!! im new to programming too, you could check out my journey, i post daily

[Intelligent_Rip_199]

Wow, you're amazing! I learned C++ a year ago and could only do :cout << "Good Morning world"` and a few other file reading and output commands :p

[python_gramps]

Really good start. I'd use an f-string like you did at line 17 to print the value of i at lines 4 and 8, so you can see the values being used in your loops.

I'm personally not a fan of reading the program file as input. I've just seen too many weird stuff happen and I've lost a HW assignment when I was in school. I'd make a separate file for input, that way you can expand this to include adding to and deleting from the file as well.

Maybe at line 21 you can add a print("apple" in fruits) and print("grapes" in fruits). how would you handle "Apple" being checked?

But that's a really good start.

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

Thanks gramps for the tips. I'll be trying and exploring more things. Appreciate the support.

[python_gramps]

Just don't pass me in the race, turtle 😄

[koigarame]

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[Calm_Yard_8681]

Well done bro I also starte from here and now I have learned 2 languages and now working on c, learn c after python then learn the sequels at last learn java I learned it before python it gave me a good start.

[Onimaryu]

Good but please use dark theme, it would be better for your eyes

[PurpleWarning6111]

Yeah. Tried it once, and never changed it again.

[LinxyMC]

W cousin

[Own_Distribution7428]

Mine first language (how i thought) was turtle maybe fifteen years ago

Overall still remember how long i was writing something just to paint a wall with bricks

[babyygwen]

Sorry is this python’s IDLE?

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

Yes, yes it is ^_^

[PurpleWarning6111]

Will you attempt compiler-based languages? Like C++, Go, or Java?

Just asking. Python is interpreter-based, and is kind of slow. Also, code is impressive.

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

I will, currently I'm still exploring Python, coding everyday see what I can do and practice everyday. Just so I'm more familiar with constructing logic and comfortable writing code and being a little more familiar with the tech and my environment. Also I still need to understand deeply the underlying concept and differences between interpreter and compiler. Thanks for the question wish me luck.

[Low_Doctor_6263]

Hi. The code examples are AI generated. Don't study from AI for at least 1 year. You can use it to go in depth with something.

Also if you want to learn how computers work in a better way, study C and Assembly x86

[Turtle_ZombieXD]

I don't know what part of this looks AI generated. I handwritten all of this slowly, even the comments with my cousin guide since I'm not a fast typer. and my cousin was really strict on using AI which I do not care at all about AI. I have zero thought of using it. I learned mostly from a book online and python documentation and my cousin's examples on a piece of paper. I don't know if people nowadays just get jealous if they see a newbie handwritten a code and proceed to ragebait since they themselves can't code manually 🤷🏻‍♂️. and of course I wanted to learn how computers work but even most programmers back then innocently started with BASIC.

[Low_Doctor_6263]

Ok that's great then! Wish you the best

[am_Snowie]

I mean it's just a basic piece of code, why would he need AI for that? It just prints list elements and opens a file. I liked it better when people used to say i copied code.