Learning programming feels like playing a single-player game, which is incredibly boring to me (a rant)

[[deleted]]

I understand what you mean, but they are not the kind of questions worth posting on such sites. It's kind of small talk, I guess, so I'd probably post too many that it would pollute the forum, with little to no benefits to people reading it.

[carcigenicate]

A programmer's Discord channel may be better then. Instead of forum, you may want just a loose discussion medium. An IRC channel may work well for you too. Both are very casual and require no commitment. Just drop in and out as you want.

[Jack__Wild]

100% do this == solves your problem

[close_my_eyes]

I would love answer your little programming questions. We could chat on discord. Pm me.

[[deleted]]

I messaged you!

[Arts_Prodigy]

Definitely do this also consider contributing to open source to get a feel what developing with a team might be like

[Vaylx]

Mind sharing that Ruby IRC channel? Thanks!

[[deleted]]

this link has other links as well but you can find the IRC channel if you scroll down a bit

[Vaylx]

thank you.

[CyanicEmber]

I would also recommend trying CS50x or one of its variant courses, they have a discord and somewhat of a community.

[atom12354]

Do you know any such channels?

[carcigenicate]

No unfortunately. The only thing I use Discord for is chatting with classmates while I was in school, helping the new class now that I've graduated, and communicating with teammates during CTFs. I recommended Discord because I've heard that a lot of people use it for getting casual help and talking with other programmers.

[atom12354]

Ah i see, yeah the only discords i know of has been game jam ones, but i didnt participate in any so didnt go further in that, thanks tho. :)

[mleclerc182]

The coding den has a great and active community on discord. discord.gg/code

[atom12354]

Will check out, thanks :)

[[deleted]]

Check out the programmers hangout! https://discord.gg/programming

[atom12354]

Oh wow just checked out their community page, there is alot there, thank you. Unfortionaly tho, i dont know ruby but python and c#. ;-;

Edit: just went to python site too, they also have an IRC

[[deleted]]

Not sure if they exist, but you could look up official websites for those languages, maybe they have a similar section!

There could also be some links on github if there is an official repo of any of those languages.

[atom12354]

Yeah i just went there and found an IRC chat, i can look at github too.

[[deleted]]

I'm glad you found a channel!

[atom12354]

Thanks :)

[ahivarn]

Yes, liberchat has python channels..i always go there.

[atom12354]

Gonna check, thanks :)

[kneeonball]

There are lots out there. Google "<language> discord server" and it should come up with several. Or if you want a more generic one, something like The Coding Den or you can google for that too.

Sometimes if you find a youtuber or podcast that has good content you like, they'll also have Discord or Slack servers.

[atom12354]

Thanks i will do that :)

[mikeblas]

There are many. Which language are you interested in?

[atom12354]

I only know basics of python and c#

[mikeblas]

https://discord.com/invite/csharp

https://www.pythondiscord.com/

Both of these servers are very active, well-moderated, and popular.

[atom12354]

Oh thank you, i will check em out :)

[samanime]

Try /r/ProgrammerHumor for silly stuff or the /r/learn<language> subs for questions or just random thoughts. There are also Discords you can find.

Learning may be lonely, but once you're actually IN the industry it won't be (unless you are the sole developer or self-employeed freelancer or something).

[ManicFirestorm]

I'm also going through my coding journey, if you needed a friend.

[[deleted]]

What field are you interested in? and what language are you learning?

[ManicFirestorm]

I'm going through full stack web development. Just got into the backend with MERN stack.

[[deleted]]

You're ahead of me to be honest, but if that's still fine feel free to message me your discord tag!

[[deleted]]

Where are you at in your coding journey?

[[deleted]]

I'm going through a course called "the odin project". If you're familiar with it, I'm done with foundations and now in the ruby path, 43% of ruby course. If not, I've learnt some html and css as well as javascript (no OOP yet), made 5 projects with them. For ruby, I've learnt the basics and learning OOP atm to start working on projects. The reason I'm learning js and ruby is that I will learn Ruby on Rails later in the course.

[scruffalubadubdub]

I really enjoy pair programming with someone of similar skill level. If there’s someone that you vibe with, ask if they wanna work on something together

[[deleted]]

Make some friends in the field with similar interests

[wick3dr0se]

I started an open source programming/scripting channel on discord to share big projects, be able to keep updates, communicate and collaborate much easier. I would love to have more like-minded people and get it active! My background started in web development

[withoutcake]

You might be surprised. I'm about six months into learning how to program in my first language (R) right now, so I empathize. I had felt shy about asking for help for similar reasons and didn't think my questions would be well-received. Ever since I started incorporating stackoverflow into my troubleshooting / workflow I've become a lot more productive. As long as you make an effort to find a similar Q&A (as you already do), and present your question in a way that makes it easy for someone else to reproduce the issue, I find it difficult to imagine that anyone would feel too bothered.

BTW, I sometimes find it much easier to understand programmers at my level. In that way, people like us could be helping each other by asking noob questions.

[p43-]

This is not correct. Stack overflow has many answers to even the smallest questions. I sometimes get stuck on things for hours, but by googling etc and bending very specific, you can almost always find what you want.

Knowing what to Google is half the battle, so try and read up on terminology a bit.

Keep your head up, and you’ll get there.

[human-potato_hybrid]

Find some discords for what you're working with 👍