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Hey uuuuh, does anyone one know what’s a good place to start to learn coding? Like, I ain’t tryna learn for a job or anything. I wanna learn for fun but a) idk how to start and b) every time I tried to learn (like a class in my highschool) I’ve either not understood what was going on or it was reaaaaally boring. If anyone got any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. I’ve tried learning python but it kinda goes over my head-
Dumb question for the coders?
I have to take Intro to Programming for my degree. I have never coded in my life. The course uses Python as its language. Is Python easy to learn for beginners, or am I fucked?
Is there anyone who can tell me how to get into coding? I don't mean vague instructions, can someone give me a step by step on how to choose a language and how to practice it regularly and how to make a routine for myself. I am just so lost on how to force myself to get to it, I just keep postponing.
Coding Language Tag Game!
Hello codeblrs :D Here is a tag game for y'all
Rules: Talk about your most favourite and least favourite coding language, and tag more codeblrs to do the same!
I'll start with my least favourite: C++
I'm not sure if this is a popular opinion but C++ really doesn't sit right with me. Maybe because I hate semicolons. Or too many semantic special characters. I like my coding language to be simple and to look cute.
Speaking of simple and cute, my favourite coding language would be Python! I just love the concept of indentations and spaces having a meaning. I really struggle with making sure I close brackets here and there, and Python seems to be really comfortable for me.
Tagging: @xiacodes @vexacarnivorous @cyndaquirl @leaveblackkbrosalone
8 Great Ways to Teach Yourself to Code
“Our world is increasingly run by software and we need more diversity in the people who are building it. More importantly, writing software is about expression, creativity — and practical application,” Liukas told IBTimes UK.
In recent years, coding has exploded. To operate, every website, application, computer program, electric items, calculator, and even microwave relies on code. The number of coding jobs available- will also continue to grow so it is a good time to learn how to code for beginners. As there are plenty of free resources available, it will be helpful for you to learn new techniques and concepts related to coding. Do you want to learn how to code by yourself? If yes, let’s have a look at some points to teach yourself to code:
Over the next 10 years, it is estimated that there will be 1.4 million jobs in computer sciences and only around 400,000 graduates qualified to do them.
Have an honest conversation with yourself: Why do you want to learn to code?
Think about the main reason why you want to learn a programming language, it will just take about a few minutes. Do you want to learn to make a career? Is learning how to code simply something which interests you that you are going to be doing in your spare time? Do you want to create apps? Do you want to learn because your friends are learning? So, think about it.
It will help you determine which programming language you should learn including the time and money you require to learn a programming language. For example, if you want to make any app, you have to learn a different language like- Java, Kotlin, C#, etc.
2. Choose the right programming language
After figuring out why you want to learn a coding language. Now you have to figure out which language you want to learn. You have to figure out which language has more scope, and which interests you most. Different types of programming require different skills. As there is not any best language to learn. HTML and CSS are considered the easiest ones. These are useful for making websites. Also, for making the website more interactive, you will need to learn languages like- Javascript, PHP, SQL, Python. For app development, you need to learn- Java, Kotlin, C#.
If still, you are not able to decide from which programming language you start? Many professionals recommend learning C#, JavaScript, Python, as these languages have more career flexibility. So, just get started learning any language.
3. Watch some videos related to coding
You can find all kinds of videos related to coding. Before enrolling in any courses, watch some YouTube videos about coding. Online videos and video tutorials are great resources that can help you to solve complex concepts related to coding. So, you should prefer to learn from an online coding platform to learn different methods of coding.
4. Try out some online courses
If you want to have more command over any programming language, you can choose any available online courses, it might be a better option. However, many different online classes offer the same programming languages, and it can be hard to figure out which one is truly worth your time and money. Online coding courses are one of the best ways to learn a new programming language.
5. Find a mentor
You might be able to find some helpful online mentors through GitHub, or other developers at a local coding Meetup event or hackathon. If you will be stuck with any kind of complex concepts related to any coding, it will take just a few minutes for them to solve or explain any problems. So, it will be a good idea to find someone who can solve your coding problems.
6. Practice writing your programs
After having a basic knowledge of your chosen language, you will need to practice more and start creating programs and projects. The type of programs and which you will start practicing will depend upon your chosen language. Like- If you are learning how to code a website using HTML and CSS, you might choose to start building your website.
You will be surprised to see your progress once you start learning and practice writing more programs. You must have heard this phrase- Practice makes perfect! And practice will help you to become a successful programmer. Practice, practice, and more practice!
7. Join an Online Community
For newbies, it can be extremely difficult to learn to code on their own, and for that, you sometimes need any support. For instance, if you are learning any language, and you came across any problem related to syntax, and are not able to understand it well, joining an online chat board or coding forum will help you by giving you access to people who will be able to find a solution for your problems.
8. Keep Learning
Programming languages are like any other language, it requires regular practice if you want to become fluent in them. If you don’t practice, you will forget things. Therefore, make sure that you keep learning new things every day. Instead of using the same coding syntax and patterns for every program, start finding new ways and methods to code.
Learning how to code for beginners can be fun and super exciting. Learning how to code can provide you with valuable skills that will be helpful for your career growth. So, it will be good to learn a programming language. Are you going to learn coding from today?
99 Shiny New Bugs in the Code
Y’all have been asking for a sequel to this one, and here it is!
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“How did you do that?”
Rick looked up when Marina spoke. She was real pretty. Big green eyes and red hair. Rick hadn’t worked up the courage to really talk to her yet.
The narrow-eyed expression of suspicion wasn’t really a good sign. Rick had sisters. He knew that look meant trouble.
“I told you; it’s called code,” he said and focused on the line he was trying to get work.
So far, it wasn’t working.
Well, he managed to get some spectacular sparks, and lit the curtains on fire, but Marina was decidedly calm about that. Maybe student mages did that kind of thing a lot? Rick didn’t have any way to know and Marina didn’t seem likely to tell him.
“Yes, but how did you do it?” she persisted, and finally set her book down so she could get a better look at the code he was tryingot write out on the floor in chalk.
God he missed his computer. Less than a week, and he would never take it for granted again.
Seriously. The backspace button. He would sell his soul for a backspace button that worked on chalk.
“I’m trying to figure out how to go home,” he said, and rubbed out one character to replace it with another. Days of trying and it still wasn’t working. He was starting to think it was wasted effort. “Open!”
Nothing.
“Portal magic is something only the Masters can use,” Marina told him shyly. She was still unsure what exactly she was supposed to be doing as Rick scribbled on the floor. For that matter, he really wasn’t sure what she was supposed to be doing. Until he could work the bugs out of his code, nothing was going ot happen. “It can be very difficult, and very dangerous.”
“Well, I got here one way or another,” Rickk pointed out. The code on the floor didn’t do anything, even after he rubbed out one clause and changed it by a few characters. “Crap. I was doing this in Haskell, but it’s not working. Myabe if I run it through Python…”
“What is that?” Marina asked, leaning forward to examine his code. “We use runes for some spells, especially in student magic, but this is something entirely different.”
“Python and Haskell are programming languages,” Rick sat back on his heels and sighed. At least on a computer he could try his code and maybe see what the problem was. This was nothing but ‘it works’ or ‘nope’ and it was driving him crazy. “Some languages are better than others, depending on the task you’re doing. I know a couple different ones, but this is… not exactly my wheelhouse. The magic, I mean.”
Real magic. That was trippy beyond measure and he really didn’t know what to make of it. Still, if code worked on magic, he could figure it out.
Probably.
Maybe.
He hoped, anyway.
Something occurred to him.
“Hey,” he looked up at Marina. “You know magic, right? What makes magic work?”
The question took her by surprise, but she thought for a while before relyping.
“It is energy,” she decided at last, and held out a hand. A little glittle or light ran across her fingertips. “In our world, there are rivers, unseen but present, called leylines. They are invisible, and usually under the earth. That energy is mutable, and shaped by will as guided by word, item, gesture, and rune.”
“Huh,” Rick muttered as he started to translate his line of code from one language to another. “Items?”
“Components, mostly,” Marina produced a vial fo glittering dust out of her belt pouch. Rick paused to examine it. “That is powdered mirror. I use it for communication spells. Another of my spells calls for rose petals, dried before midsummer. Often, the component speaks to the spell.”
“I didn’t write down CatDem,” Rick pointed out as he wrote, but he had a sneaking feeling that it wasn’t going to work any better in Python than it had in Haskell. “It just went off when the code flashed across my mind. But that was different. I mean, I know CatDem so well I could probably write it in my sleep.”
“What is CatDem?” Marina asked, bewildered.
“Huh? Oh, Catastrophic Demise. That spell that… kinda blew a hole in your castle.”
Blew a hole was downplaying it. Catistrophic Demise was an end-game spell that players could only get by doing a long series of complicated side quests. It was supposed to be a game-changer.
It was overkill for the whatever-it-was he nuked with it, but probably better than dying, which seemed pretty likely at the time.
He still felt kind of bad about the giant hole in the castle.
Marina was looking at his code again, and slid off her bench to get closer. “So this is a different language? Why did the first language not work?”
“Python is more object-oriented,” he told her, and held his hand over the line. “Open!”
Nothing. Not even sparks. Not even a waver in the air to suggest what had gone wrong.
God he missed his computer.
“Try with this,” Marina dug in her pocket for a minute and came up with a bottle of black liquid. When she shook it, it shimmered with powdered gold. “It’s made with powdered charcoal of holy basil, and gold.”
Rik examined it and shook the bottle to see the gold flakes float around in the thick liquid. “Does the type of ash matter?”
“Holy Basil is for moving forward, in the literal, and for seeking truth, in the metaphorical,” she told him with a shrug like it was common knowledge. “And gold conducts magic. Light magic, particularly, which I think is what you’re using.”
It was worth a shot. He eyed the floor, but was happier when she offered a slip of rag paper and a glass pen. He wasn’t accustomed to the antique tools, but they were better than chalk.
When he had the code transcribed, he handed the ink back, and looked down at his paper.
“Open!”
The paper lit on fire, and the air shimmered, before spitting out something that looked like a kitten.
Except, of course, kittens usually didn’t have feather wings to match a grey-spotted body.
“Ah,” Marina blinked, and offered her fingers for the little creature to smell. “Well, Ch’reet aren’t from this world…”
The kitten meeped and bumped its’ nose against her fingers politely, before leaping onto Rick’s shoulder, purring loudly.
Rick petted it helplessly and sighed.
“99 shiny new bugs in the code,” he sang glumly as the kitten made itself comfortable on his shoulders. “99 shiny new bugs. Take one down. Pass it around. 200 shiny new bugs in the code.”
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Counter-Code
Code for Magic
99 Shiny New Bugs
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