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Title: How do i get started coding?
Post by: Sintpinty on Mon, 25 February 2019, 10:25:55: I'm just wondering how a 14 year old can code with a busy schedule, and at least learn coding. I don't want to become a prodigy software developer or anything, i'm just wondering how i can get better with practice.
I am currently learning c from "The ANSI C programming language 2" and i am stuck on the operators section with the % symbol. I've seen it in all kinds of code and i don't know what it means.
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 25 February 2019, 19:55:08: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43302709/how-to-make-sense-of-modulo-in-c/43302848#43302848
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: Sintpinty on Fri, 01 March 2019, 10:41:54: thank you for the help
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: postanthony3000 on Mon, 04 March 2019, 00:06:02: One way is to start with building an interactive website using JavaScript. Not every one thinks this is the best way but the barrier for entry is almost non-existent as you don't need to install anything to start writing code. You already have a text editor and a browser. Just keep in mind that JavaScript can be strange... and it's quirks are not something you will have to deal with in other languages. Though you can still learn some good programming fundamentals with it.
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: xtrafrood on Mon, 04 March 2019, 12:26:07: Most people start by finding a decent IDE. My first 'IDE' was Arachnophilia (https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.php) (1999) but from what I can tell by current trends such an 'IDE' would dominated by most basic markdown editors.
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:00:12: IDE.

lol

Kids today.

We didn't have the luxury of an IDE. Or code completion. Or online library reference.

:p
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:15:20: Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:00:12
IDE.

lol

Kids today.

We didn't have the luxury of an IDE. Or code completion. Or online library reference.

:p

But if you had the choice of some fancy IDE instead of using Ed, would your past self continue to use Ed?
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:29:25: Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:00:12
IDE.

lol

Kids today.

We didn't have the luxury of an IDE. Or code completion. Or online library reference.

:p

wow, that guy h8s microsoft.
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: yuppie on Tue, 05 March 2019, 21:05:48: https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/language/python
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: xtrafrood on Tue, 05 March 2019, 21:33:52: Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:29:25
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:00:12
IDE.

lol

Kids today.

We didn't have the luxury of an IDE. Or code completion. Or online library reference.

:p

wow, that guy h8s microsoft.

u wot m8?
Title: Re: How do i get started coding?
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 18 March 2019, 20:48:51: Quote from: tp4tissue on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:29:25
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 05 March 2019, 20:00:12
IDE.

lol

Kids today.

We didn't have the luxury of an IDE. Or code completion. Or online library reference.

:p

wow, that guy h8s microsoft.

Is it that obvious?