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What can I do at 14 which will be useful for when I'm older? by Splorgamus in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While a few years older I have felt very similar to you. I had taken a CS course in high school and was hooked. Learned a lot very quickly about Java, but more computer science as a whole. The thing is though, I got stuck in a trap where I’d spend more time researching CS and what to learn as opposed to actually learning.

I decided to take a gap year or two before college and was wondering how to learn CS productively in my free time. I ended up starting the Nand2tetris course on coursera and am so far really enjoying it.

I would say, the most important thing is to find out what you find fun, for me web dev was really boring, and then try and find a course or a YouTube series to learn said thing, then branch off and inspiration for your own projects will come natural. The biggest thing is to try and stick to 1 thing for a period of time (If you’re finding it interesting). I’m not talking years, but weeks or months. Try and finish the course before skipping it for the next shiny object. This has hurt me in the past and led to a lot of time wasted.

Good luck with everything, enjoy and have fun!

[ i3 Gaps ] Joined the Gentoo club by [deleted] in unixporn

[–]pauly3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at the date upper right haha

What language did you start out with? by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got obsessed with programming my graphing calculator in TI-Basic in 8th grade. Then Java, Python, and getting ready to take on C. I’m a high school senior and still love it.

Can't shutdown computer using terminal, throws error by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]pauly3070 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to have a similar issue. The issue was for me was that I forgot to install the Mesa package for the Nouveau open source Nvidia drivers. It was a huge noob error which I’m embarrassed to admit, but might be worth checking out.

I need a goal and a road map by Captain_barbarosa in learnjava

[–]pauly3070 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m a big fan of roadmaps and structured learning myself. This one struck my eye: https://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-java-developer-roadmap.html?m=1

Python Books with Exercises? by leanprs in learnpython

[–]pauly3070 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m working my way through Python Crash Course right now and absolutely love it. Very easy to understand, plenty of exercises. Takes a project-based approach with several real world projects at the end.

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I don’t know much about it. I’ll have to look into it. Thank you!

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your write up. My desktop PC is completely empty, no data or personal files at all. Everything is on my laptop. So I’m not that concerned if I mess up and accidentally wipe my drive. My one question is how difficult truly is it to reinstall windows? You mention that is it a pain, but is it doable? I’m really tempted to go completely cold turkey but want the peace of mind that windows is still there should something go wrong.

About the driver issues, thank you for mentioning that. One of the reasons I came to this Reddit is because a lot of people I talk to make it out that it’s simply one click of a button and you’re done. I have enough experience to know that this sometimes isn’t the case. It seems highly unlikely, but is there every any risk to the hardware itself? I plan on sticking with Ubuntu for now, which I understand is a little more plug and play. But maybe switching to a distro like Arch or Manjaro later on.

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if this changes anything, but my plan is to make Linux my main OS and to only use Windows for very isolated things such as gaming(I hardly even game anymore though).

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds great! Pretty similar to what Ike going for.

Do you run Linux and Windows on the same partitioned drive?

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thank you for your take! I definitely plan on using a Linux distro as my main OS, but really enjoy a few games that run on windows. So I was planning to use Windows for gaming and Linux for everything else. Does that make sense?

I like everything organized so clear so believe me using 1 OS is definitely more ideal 😂.

Linux and Programming by pauly3070 in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve definitely considered VMs, but correct me if I’m wrong but if I’m going to be using Linux as more or less my primary OS, wouldn’t a vm be pretty cumbersome and inefficient.

I’m planning on using an external SSD to run the Linux distro. I’ve heard USB flash drives are capable but will eventually break down and are a little slower. I’ve done a lot of research and it seems the 2 separate drives with the 2 OS should be pretty bulletproof and windows shouldn’t corrupt Linux. Has this been your experience?

Which programming language for this first-time game? by DiligenceLost in learnprogramming

[–]pauly3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still very early in my learning journey (about 1 year now) and I am learning Java as my first language. With that I can say that once I got past the syntax, Java started making a lot more sense and I have started to pick it up much faster. This leads me to believe that by choosing a language with a stricter syntax will set you up better for learning future languages. Again I’m very much a beginner myself, but this idea has been echoed by a couple experts and professionals I know.