You don't have to buy expensive courses to learn how to program. In fact, you don't have to buy anything at all, except for a computer.
I'll show you how you can go from zero to the first useful program in 3 hours. This may take you more or less time. But still, you can do everything yourself.
What will happen
I'll show you a quick and easy way to get the first useful results that will inspire you to move forward. But we'll still have to work. Some things may seem obvious, others may contradict my claims. Read to the end and everything will fall into place.
What we'll need
In order to learn programming, we will need to:
- Computer and development software
- Motivation and perseverance
- Lots of practice
- Training materials
- Teacher
A little bit more.
- I need a computer. It won't work on the phone! Any computer will do, even an old one. I have a MacBook, but everything I'm going to show will work on Windows as well. It is important that it can run a modern browser. Therefore, a new one is still preferable. But don't let it stop you if you have an old one. You can still learn from it! You have no idea what crap the best people in the industry used to work with!
- Motivation and perseverance. These aren't just words. Based on personal experience and the experience of many famous people, you can be 100% sure that simple perseverance will take you much further than you could imagine. Just keep going. If it really gets tough, take a break and come back. However, I'm going to try to make the first few projects fun and keep the complexity away so you can build your brain muscles before doing more ambitious things.
- Lots of practice. In order to learn to program, you need to program. For starters, something simple to get the computer to do what you want it to do. Over time, complicate tasks, understanding increasingly complex concepts and solving more complex problems.
- Training materials. Books are a great way to get started. There are a lot of free materials on the Internet; they come in different quality and volume. Choose what you're interested in and get started
- Someone who can help in difficult cases. This is probably why people buy courses. A teacher is a very important part of any training. But a warm-blooded teacher isn't always the best choice today. I will show you how to achieve the best possible result using soulless robots.
Some more philosophy
The most advanced programmers are strong in that they can find answers to complex questions on their own. Of course not everyone can do this. But I'm sure it's a learned skill. If you used to give up when faced with a difficult situation, don't stop looking for answers and you will find them.
I'll show you how to find answers to questions. Often the easiest way is to rephrase the question, but that's not the only way.
