Ask HN: What ressources would you recommend to start coding?

Posted by nextsteps18 on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:52AM
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I am 50 years old and I want to start coding. What ressources would you recommend so I can learn how to code and which platform/language would you think I should learn?

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Re:Ask HN: What ressources would you recommend to start coding? by bufferoverflow on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:54AM (#17764586)

I'd either choose the web or one of the mobile platforms - iOS or Android.

Once you pick, there's not much of a choice: JavaScript for the web, Swift for iOS, Java for Android.

Besides the language you will also need to learn the basics of programming. YouTube and Khan Academy have tons of tutorials on both. You can also download a free book, if that's easier.

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Re:Ask HN: What ressources would you recommend to start coding? by babarchohan on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:20AM (#17765202)

Use Kotlin for Android not Java

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Re:Ask HN: What ressources would you recommend to start coding? by brudgers on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @08:59AM (#17765659)

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

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Re:Ask HN: What ressources would you recommend to start coding? by tribesman on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:05AM (#17764622)

You can try web with JavaScript, vuejs, express or use Golang for serverside, cli tools.

Go will introduce you to more theory than JavaScript.

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