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Learn programming in ten steps

This causes some people to consider changing careers. But you would not think it is so easy. You should then get an education and ensure that you receive a lot of experience. Or you learn it yourself if you're handy enough. All you need is a computer and a lot of free time. If you have these two requirements and you want to program we can help you. These ten steps can help you well to find your way in the complex world of programming.

1. Ask yourself why you want to learn coding

If you want to learn coding you must first ensure that you have a goal in mind. Indeed, there are lots of ways to encode many different purposes. If you know you will simply collapsed into the deep you will never for the trees to see the forest. Choose in advance something you want to create, such as a website or an app. Then you need to figure out what you need to learn to make and therefore you also know approximately how much time it takes to get the hang of it. If you want to get serious you can go to sites like Google in Education or if you have more time to switch . Also good contact BlocWhere you can compare different courses together in time, cost and relevance (for the specialization chosen).

2. Choose a language to start with

When choosing a programming language you can not make mistakes quickly. The large amount of programming languages out there, there is not one best . And if you have one learned it is fairly easy to learn another addition. The two things that you really should take into consideration the difficulty of the programming language and the target you defined in the previous step. Incidentally, the degree of difficulty is not in any programming language of interest. Thus Python example, difficult to learn, but it's even harder when it tries to learn from other programming. This infographic you may well decide which programming language you have to learn to achieve your goal.

3. Start small and have patience

It is always best to start at the beginning. Immerse yourself not just in the deep in programming, because you'll outline completely lost. The best you can divide a project into simple steps. So to keep the table and you know whether you have completed the previous step. For this you will have a lot of patience because you have not soon get to see the end result. Incidentally, you should not stay too long stick to a learning method that is not working for you. If you constantly have to look at the terms encode then shoot it because not to. In that case, try to find another method that works better for you (such as video tutorials instead of a book).

4. Use the help of an app for kids

Today there are more children who learn coding. This is useful for the kids because they are so in a few years more than we can. But in addition, it is also useful for adults who want to program. The advantage of the children's programs is that they are very simplistic. This may sometimes feel you have something too simple, but it is an ideal way to learn the basics. A program which is very suitable for both children and adults is Scratch.

5. Use free websites to practice

There are lots of useful websites where you can learn coding tutorials or through other methods. We have already ten treated, but of course there are many more. If you do not know which website to use best for your purpose you can Bento check. This website provides a good overview of the various websites that offer tutorials and what you should use for your purpose.

6. Follow coding courses

If you find tutorials too simple thing you can also professional address by an online course. There are a number of good online programming courses that you can follow and most are free as well. We have previously also some mentioned in this list of two hundred useful websites. If you want to get really professionally you can free Harvard CS50 course to follow. But if you've just started coding this is not really recommended.

7. Read free books program

If you are really stuck and you can not find so fast online response than an old book can be useful. Really old, these books not ending, because you can read them because of your computer, tablet or smartphone. On GitHub, you'll find a collection of five hundred books you can read for free. These books deal with much in the way of programming. If this were not enough, you can here still Ebooks are about 24 different programming languages.

8. Play games for programmers

One of the best ways to learn is by playing. You can then choose to make the game itself, but it will probably be too difficult. Fortunately, you have a few games you explain while playing how to encode. Good examples are Code Combat and CodinGame.

9. Make sure you have a mentor or try to teach someone else

A major advantage of programmers is that most always willing to help anyone who wants to learn. You can get online at a lot of places in contact with these programmers, but if you're really looking for a mentor you must Hack.pledge () check. Here you are as a user linked to a mentor or you can choose to be someone's mentor. It definitely helps to do the things you have just learned again to explain to someone else. So you remember yourself because of a lot better what you have learned.

10. Hack the code of someone else

Once you're a little familiar with the world of coding can be very useful to look at code written by someone else. If you look at these codes and checks you can see what they are doing, so you get a better view of the total picture. There are many open-source codes, so you almost can learn anything by looking at the work of someone else. If your code is complete then you may also sharing network. So others can learn again if they can give suggestions for better codes