Where should a newbie begin?
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I’m a non programmer, non developer who, many many years ago, used html as a child to create a couple silly and basic websites but have forgotten most all html since then. I have interest in dipping my toe in the programmer waters once again, but don’t know where to begin. Are there any suggested free services or devices which I could educate myself and practice some code to both learn coding and also find out if it would be of interest to me to dive in deeper. Would anyone be able to offer a newbie some direction please?
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I’m a non programmer, non developer who, many many years ago, used html as a child to create a couple silly and basic websites but have forgotten most all html since then. I have interest in dipping my toe in the programmer waters once again, but don’t know where to begin. Are there any suggested free services or devices which I could educate myself and practice some code to both learn coding and also find out if it would be of interest to me to dive in deeper. Would anyone be able to offer a newbie some direction please?
The first question you need to address is "what sort of programming do I want to do?". If it's web development then W3Schools Online Web Tutorials[^] is a good place to start. If it's desktop then probably C# is a good choice of language, see .NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold[^]. Also, the Articles section (on the menu above) here on CodeProject has a wealth of great tutorials, although it is not always easy to find those aimed at beginners.
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The first question you need to address is "what sort of programming do I want to do?". If it's web development then W3Schools Online Web Tutorials[^] is a good place to start. If it's desktop then probably C# is a good choice of language, see .NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold[^]. Also, the Articles section (on the menu above) here on CodeProject has a wealth of great tutorials, although it is not always easy to find those aimed at beginners.
I will start with C# as I have more interest in programming than web design. Once I begin learning C#, is there a place where I can begin practicing my new knowledge for free? Thank you for helping.
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I will start with C# as I have more interest in programming than web design. Once I begin learning C#, is there a place where I can begin practicing my new knowledge for free? Thank you for helping.
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Yes, you can practice on your own PC. Download the free Community edition of Visual Studio from Visual Studio 2019[^], and you can write, build and test as many examples as you wish.
Thank you for your help
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Thank you for your help
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I’m a non programmer, non developer who, many many years ago, used html as a child to create a couple silly and basic websites but have forgotten most all html since then. I have interest in dipping my toe in the programmer waters once again, but don’t know where to begin. Are there any suggested free services or devices which I could educate myself and practice some code to both learn coding and also find out if it would be of interest to me to dive in deeper. Would anyone be able to offer a newbie some direction please?
Hi, I'm assuming that you wanted to become a web developer. In my opinion, a good start would be at https://www.freecodecamp.org/[^].It basically guides you from HTML, CSS, JavaScript/ES6, Jquery, React, BootStrap a whole lot more. Moreover; after learning the front end, you can choose which backend solution you want to focus on. Backend devs use languages like PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, and .Net. Good luck. Cheers, Jin :)