Is Lynda a good idea for someone that knows nothing about programming?

[Vozella]

or should I stick to learning from College?

[Arty]

or should I stick to learning from College?

Im sure lynda is good, try the trial.

 

But there is also the all mighty google.

[Bloodyvalley]

go to college dude

 

you'd be fucking dumb not to

[Vozella]

go to college dude

 

you'd be fucking dumb not to

Of course I'm going to College. I'm already accepted. I'm just wondering if I should do both.

[Bloodyvalley]

Of course I'm going to College. I'm already accepted. I'm just wondering if I should do both.

what are you going into? and yes I think it's a good idea but do not think you're better than the class and end up not listening

[Vozella]

what are you going into? and yes I think it's a good idea but do not think you're better than the class and end up not listening

Oh. Of course not.

I'm going in to Computer Science, if that's what you're asking.

[Bloodyvalley]

Oh. Of course not.

I'm going in to Computer Science, if that's what you're asking.

2 year course?

[Vozella]

2 year course?

Yeah, but then I'm transfering to continue to do two more years.

[Bloodyvalley]

Yeah, but then I'm transfering to continue to do two more years.

you mean university?

[Vozella]

you mean university?

Probably a state college.

[madknight3]

If you can find out what language you'll be learning in you first semester you can get a head start on it. This could help make the semester easier for you and may get you a better grade. Python and Java are very common choices for intro courses but it could be something else.

[SteveGrabowski0]

or should I stick to learning from College?

 

Read this book, it's amazing and it's free.

 

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

 

Here is a great Scheme interpreter for writing programs from the book:

 

https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~scheme/

 

Here is a short video course given by the writers of the book to some HP employees in the mid 80s.

 

 

And here is a full semester course given at UC Berkeley to freshman CS students, taught by an incredible teacher.

 

 

Assignments can be found in the two Course Readers from this page:

http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs61a/sp11/

 

I doubt Lynda.com is going to give anywhere near the level of education UC Berkeley will if you follow their course.

[SteveGrabowski0]

This is also very good for someone who knows no programming. It's the Harvard CS intro course, it's significantly easier than the Berkeley course but still pretty challenging:

 

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

[Beskamir]

I'd recommend this http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ since it's free and it's what I'm currently using to learn programing. Although I also read through some of python's own documentation https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/index.html and used google to search for specific things like 'how do I do "x thing" in python' or 'how does "x thing" work'. Also when I was using the first resource I got fairly stuck when I was introduced to classes. Thankfully I knew someone who programs in python and they were able to explain it to me in a way which made me understand. If I didn't know any specific people that can code then I'd probably have made a tread on LTT or on Stack Overflow publicly asking for help.

 

The main thing you will need as a beginer is dedication even if it seems really dull, mundane, and boring. That's mainly the reason why I hadn't learned to code 2-3 years ago and am only learning it now. Basically what finally sparked my interest was when I read up on logic and loops a few days ago. Since that's when I finally felt like I could actually program something interesting. Also the inevitability of having to learn how to code eventually also added to my motivation to learn it sooner and ace as much as I can in university than to possibly struggle with it later.