Learning Code

[TheNinjaNextDor]

My school started having a class do Code.org, which is block coding if you didn't know, I finished the whole thing in a couple hours, but I want to learn actual, non block based coding and I think Java might be good to start with, I don't know. I'm just wondering what I should learn and where. I'll likely be taking a course at UC Irvine for C (and robotics ). Thanks.

[Jeroen1322]

My school started having a class do Code.org, which is block coding if you didn't know, I finished the whole thing in a couple hours, but I want to learn actual, non block based coding and I think Java might be good to start with, I don't know. I'm just wondering what I should learn and where. I'll likely be taking a course at UC Irvine for C (and robotics ). Thanks.

What do you want to make?

[TheNinjaNextDor]

What do you want to make?

I don't really know, maybe a mod fot a game or something. I mostly just want to know how to do it.

[CtW]

Java is a good place to start. I'm currently learning it using Greenfoot. I find it pretty easy and very quick to pick up.

[AddonCustoms]

I don't really know, maybe a mod fot a game or something. I mostly just want to know how to do it.

 

If you are thinking about doing Java and want to make a mod, then get Minecraft and try and mod that a bit, I know loads of people that started learning code and playing around with it by making mods for minecraft.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Java is a good place to start. I'm currently learning it using Greenfoot. I find it pretty easy and very quick to pick up.

I'll definitely try that.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I found Khan Academy too, thoughts on that?

[squirrl]

I found Khan Academy too, thoughts on that?

That's good for maths, which is in turn a must for proper games programming.

Pathfinding, movement, physics all require maths

[AustinKZombie]

Try this http://www.codecademy.com/ I'm learning java though it. They also do python its really good ground work for learning they dont just pass you though you actually have to apply your skills you learned to keep going. Or finish you can skip forward but it will want you to go back.

[werto165]

Lua maybe?

[NInety]

If you want the EASIEST LANGUAGE TO LEARN, learn Lua or Python. If you want to learn coding for Unity games, I learned C# here:

 

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Content/ViewContent.aspx?et=7684&m=7659&ct=27100

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Try this http://www.codecademy.com/ I'm learning java though it. They also do python its really good ground work for learning they dont just pass you though you actually have to apply your skills you learned to keep going. Or finish you can skip forward but it will want you to go back.

Oh yeah! My mom found that while looking through the UCI website. I completely forgot, thanks.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Lua maybe?

If you want the EASIEST LANGUAGE TO LEARN, learn Lua or Python. If you want to learn coding for Unity games, I learned C# here:

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Content/ViewContent.aspx?et=7684&m=7659&ct=27100

What can I do with Lua?

[NInety]

What can I do with Lua?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)

[Guest]

Code Academy 

[Heisenbleurgh]

C, C++ and Java are still some of the most used programming languages today so there's that as benefit of learning those, you might end up using them in real life applications.

Recently I had to learn Ruby for my job, I thought it was a pretty interesting one, pretty simple and if you get the chance you could do it within a virtual machine running Ubuntu. That way you get exposure with different operating systems and technologies used

Here's a free and very good book not just for Ruby but basic programming concepts which I feel covers a lot of what beginners need: https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/

[NerdNinja]

If you wan't to practice what you learned as far as java you could make a MC mod. 

[Avratz]

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

[Builder]

Haskell. It's the future of programming.

 

High-level syntax with garbage collection, functional purity, and beautifully organized code.

 

And on top of all of this, it compiles to NATIVE CODE thanks to the brilliant GHC compiler. 

 

It makes reusable parts *up to* 10x as often as OOP languages do, it's incredibly pure, makes code easier to maintain, and only runs slightly slower than C. The best resources for it are also free, http://learnyouahaskell.com/  http://book.realworldhaskell.org/ , the latter of which is a legit O'Reilly coding textbook for free online released by the authors.

 

If you're not ready to jump straight into pure hardcore functional Haskell like I was, then you could start off with Racket which is an educational version of Scheme which is an educational version of Common LISP.