Question about coding bootcamps, and languages in general

[Cvdasfg]

Hi there! I've always been into computer hardware but about two months ago decided that I wanted to learn how to program. I learned some basic javascript, css, and html. While this was interesting too me, I find it repetitive to be doing the same general things over and over for people. I've been looking into making "programming" a career and have looked into bootcamps. The two most interesting that stood out have been CodingDojo and devmountain. I recently applied and got excepted to dev mountain for IOS, Problem being I have zero IOS experience (I've always used windows). Do you think this would be a hard transition? Also what are your opinions on the best languages to learn for getting a job, along with developing something truly meaningful and different, not just basic websites with variances.  

[Aaronius_Leonius]

If you want to learn to code, take CS50 on edX. https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

 

I took it when I was in 6th grade and I wa an idiot back then so it really isn't hard.

[The Sloth]

code academy is also a good one 

[Cvdasfg]

5 minutes ago, AA-RonRosen said:

If you want to learn to code, take CS50 on edX. https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

 

I took it when I was in 6th grade and I wa an idiot back then so it really isn't hard.

 

3 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

code academy is also a good one 

 

 

these are just basics though aren't they? I wouldn't be able to find an actual job by just taking these?

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, Cvdasfg said:

 

 

 

these are just basics though aren't they? I wouldn't be able to find an actual job by just taking these?

 

coding is about practice and experience, you wont become a master in a day. i suggest you start from the basic.  

[reniat]

16 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

coding is about practice and experience, you wont become a master in a day. i suggest you start from the basic.  

Exactly this. Basics + practice = hirable.

[Aaronius_Leonius]

1 hour ago, Cvdasfg said:

 

 

 

these are just basics though aren't they? I wouldn't be able to find an actual job by just taking these?

I took CS50 and it teached a lot more than basics. This is a college class that not only teaches everything you need to code, you learn how to make it clean and you learn enough where you can learn any programming language by looking at a program made in that language. 

 

1 hour ago, reniat said:

Exactly this. Basics + practice = hirable.

 

1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

coding is about practice and experience, you wont become a master in a day. i suggest you start from the basic.  

 

They are 100% correct. If you don't know the basics of coding, you can't code. Most of the code I look at are from script kiddies (people who know enough about code to make something but not enough to make it well). I promise learning the basics will make you a good programmer. 

[vorticalbox]

http://bottomupcs.com/

 

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So computer science is taught from the "top down"; applications, high level programming, software design and development theory, possibly data structures. Students will probably be exposed to binary, hopefully binary logic, possibly even some low level concepts such as registers, opcodes and the like at a superficial level.
This book aims to move in completely the opposite direction, working from operating systems fundamentals through to how those applications are complied and executed.

I've just started reading this after my degree in computing science. I wish more courses took this approach.

[Aaronius_Leonius]

6 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

http://bottomupcs.com/

 

I've just started reading this after my degree in computing science. I wish more courses took this approach.

Yeah, CS50 kind of did by teaching C. Because of that, I can easily use C++ because they are pretty much the same only C++ has object orientation support although there are libraries for C that let you do that.