cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24857168
I would like to code for a living and to contribute to open source projects and things, but my coding skills are absolute shit after taking online courses and watching video tutorials. How can I learn to code for real?
What I would like to learn is algorithms, web development (“full stack”), how layouts work (both in like kotlin compose and HTML) and how to read other peoples code. Maybe thats more than I can chew, but its probably good for me to try out many things before getting settled on one.
Now I have been coding for a while already (~ 4 years), but I kind of feel like I need more guidance to be able to actually create code that works as intended intentionally, and not through trial and error / stack overflow. As for what level i am at, CS50 is probably my only qualification, I have played around with APIs (I.E. making discord bots), and made some html “apps” (horribly made, but things like the “genius” game and a calculator) and “prototype” react websites (as in, really bare bones, barely working).
I do plan on taking CS or something similar, but i’m not yet in college, and I would like to have a good head start before getting there.
Sorry for my bad English, and any help is appreciated.
you’re not yet in college and have been coding for 4 years?
You already have a head start. Most of my Comp Eng classmates hadn’t written a hello world when they started. Go through your CS, get one or more internships, and you’ll have some perspective.
Why does everyone seem to thump on ‘Hello World’ as their first program?
My first program was BEEP
At least I learned that the computer could follow commands.
as in printing
\ain c? It was one of my first ones too.I was 15 years old. QBasic + BEEP was amazing to me at the time.
That’s when I learned words could tell a computer what to do.
That was my first too! Followed by
BEEP BEEP BEEP
DO BEEP LOOP UNTIL BEEP = BOOP