I have been thinking for a long time about my love for coding but the fear of failure and lack of an Engineering degree kept me away from coding till now.
I want to learn coding just for fun because I like the idea of how apps and websites are created to help make this world a better place… Hence decided to learn coding in my free time.
I am starting off with the basic C language… Any advice or tips would mean a lot to me.
Look into udemy, coursera, edx, udacity etc. I’m a college dropout and I’m learning coding too. I don’t think you need to be an engineer to code. A computer science degree is probably the most useful and relevant. But if you just want to code or do websites it might be overkill…
I was studying it before getting sick and dropping out of high school, you don’t need engineering, only logic.
Thanks for the advice will certainly look into it. I wish you all the best.
@zeno thanks for the encouraging words my lord.
i’m older so i couldn’t be bothered but i have a 10 year old niece who codes. lol and speaks two languages. these kids are so smart anymore.
C is a nice language and will give you a good understanding of programming. It is also pretty portable so you can compile it for different systems if you stay within the confines of the language.
Good for you. Computing student here. I totally recommend Java. Personally find it makes sense and is easy enough to get into.
I study coding. Web development in particular. If I was to give advice is to expect it to get really difficult but keep pressing on. There is only a select few that have a particularly easy time learning to code. So good luck and enjoy the ride 
I personally love coding
www.kahnacademy.com has some good stuff on coding.
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I do basic stuff in python and java. My best record was 8 hours of coding non-stop, when the time was up I was surprised it had flown so fast.
I love coding is an understatement, but I would like to do programming, which is hard to do as an older person and with no degree in IT, but (I hope) not impossible. For now, I am playing around with notions from data science and the way they are applied using scikit in python.
I didn’t dare start with C, it’s a very good language but a bit dry for someone like me, I am too often “motivated” by mania rather than proper research, so java and python keep my need for fast results satisfied while manic, so during the plateau phase I can read the drier stuff like data sciency concepts.
So I won’t be able to give you too good advice other than “find a project you would like to complete and work your way through the documentation (the dry, official documentation, yes, if you can) keeping that project in mind” and “always comment your code, no matter how simple it is, it’s very good practice and then you won’t be one of the people who create spagetti code, later”
I would like to learn more about Java or Kotlin but haven’t had the time to sit down and learn things lately with my family’s problems. I did however make about 40 simple apps using a rapid prototyping system called rfo-basic. Some of those I would like to redo in a faster language someday. I don’t think I would like to program professionally for a company anymore. It would be really hard on my body and back to sit for a long time at a desk for hours at a time.
I confess that I do tend to write some spaghetti code right now mainly because I write most of my code on my phone and often focus on speed optimizations. I think the best thing is to plan out mock ups of the user interface and some flowcharts and objects before you even start coding otherwise things can start getting very messy as you add more features later on. Feature creep seems to be a problem for a lot of companies today and it can make software too overwhelming to learn for an average user.
I find rfo-basic syntax to be highly readable and usually don’t have too much trouble fixing my old programs. Here is a simple multitouch piano I wrote using oliBasic which is a fork of RFO:
REM Start of oliBASIC! Program
REM color piano
REM Multitouch piano
REM oliPiano by mookiebearapps@2018
samp$="c.mp3"
FN.DEF hsv2rgb(hue,saturation,value,r,g,b)
LET r=0:g=0:b=0
LET chroma=value*saturation
LET hue1=hue/60
LET x=chroma*(1-ABS(MOD(hue1, 2)-1))
IF (hue1 >= 0 & hue1 <= 1)
r1=chroma:g1=x:b1=0
ELSE if (hue1 >= 1 & hue1 <=2)
r1=x: g1=chroma:b1=0
ELSE if (hue1 >= 2 & hue1 <=3)
r1=0:g1=chroma:b1=x
ELSE if (hue1 >= 3 & hue1 <=4)
r1=0: g1=x:b1=chroma
ELSE if (hue1 >= 4 & hue1 <=5)
r1=x:g1=0:b1=chroma
ELSE if (hue1 >= 5 & hue1 <=6)
r1=chroma:g1=0:b1=x
ENDIF
LET m=value-chroma
r=r1+m:g=g1+m:b=b1+m
r=255*r
g=255*g
b=255*b
FN.END
FN.DEF rndcolor()
hsv2rgb(360.*RND(),1.0,0.5+rnd()*0.4,&r,&g,&b)
GR.COLOR 200,r,g,b
FN.END
FN.DEF DrawStrings(Strings[],StringsGR[],n$[])
! draw strings/keys
! pre:n$[] is key label
! post:
! strings[] is lower y coordinate
! stringsgr[] is graphics object
!
GR.SCREEN w,h
ARRAY.LENGTH n,n$[]
GR.TEXT.SIZE h/30
GR.TEXT.ALIGN 2
FOR i=1 TO n
IF !IS_IN("#",n$[i]) THEN n2++
NEXT
FOR i=1 TO n
IF IS_IN("#",n$[i])
sharp=1
ELSE
sharp=0
cc++
ENDIF
rndcolor()
IF !sharp
GR.RECT StringsGR[i],(cc-1)*w/n2,0,cc*w/n2,h
Strings[i]=(cc-1)*w/n2
GR.SHOW StringsGR[i]
ENDIF
NEXT
FOR i=1 TO n
IF IS_IN("#",n$[i])
sharp=1
ELSE
sharp=0
cc++
ENDIF
rndcolor()
s=0.97
IF sharp
GR.RECT StringsGR[i],s*(i-1)*w/n,0,s*(i)*w/n,h/2
Strings[i]=s*(i-1)*w/n
GR.SHOW StringsGR[i]
ENDIF
NEXT
FN.END
! main
TTS.INIT
SOUNDPOOL.OPEN 15
maxt=6
GR.OPEN 255,0,0,0,0,2
GR.SCREEN w,h
ARRAY.LOAD stringf[],261,277,293,311,330,349,370,392,415,440,466,494,261*2,277*2,293*2,311*2,330*2,349*2
ARRAY.LOAD strings$[], "C","C#","D","D#","E","F","F#","G","G#","A","A#","B","C","C#","D","D#","E","F"
SOUNDPOOL.LOAD cnote,samp$
ARRAY.LENGTH nstrings,stringf[]
DIM Strings[nstrings],StringsGR[nstrings]
DrawStrings(&Strings[],&StringsGR[],strings$[])
GR.RENDER
nbtns=nstrings
DIM btnList[nbtns],f[nbtns]
FOR i=1 TO nstrings
btnList[i]=Stringsgr[i]:f[i]=stringf[i]/261
NEXT
DIM stream[nBtns],tt[12],state[nBtns],oldstate[nBtns]
GR.COLOR 0,0,0,0
GR.CIRCLE p,0,0,2
GR.SHOW p
GR.SET.STROKE 5
w2=w/2
soff=0
sspan=w
bye=CLOCK()
hold=CLOCK()
TTS.SPEAK "piano loaded"
! main loop
DO
LET nt=0:GR.ARRAY.TOUCH tt[],nt:LET nt=nt*2-1
IF nt=-1 & CLOCK()-bye>30000
D_U.BREAK
ENDIF
ARRAY.FILL state[],0
FOR i=1 TO nt STEP 2
LET x=tt[i]:LET y=tt[i+1]
GR.MODIFY p,"x",x,"y",y:GR.RENDER
FOR j=1 TO nBtns
IF GR_COLLISION(p,btnlist[j])
LET state[j]=1
LET oldkey=key:LET key=j
F_N.BREAK
ENDIF
NEXT
LET bye=CLOCK()
NEXT
IF nt=1 & oldnt=1 & key=oldkey
IF CLOCK()-hold>3000
TTS.SPEAK REPLACE$(strings$[key],"#","sharp")
hold=CLOCK()
ENDIF
ENDIF
IF nt<>1 THEN LET hold=CLOCK()
FOR j=1 TO nBtns
IF state[j]&!oldstate[j]
SOUNDPOOL.STOP stream[j]
LET l=j/nStrings:LET r=1-l
SOUNDPOOL.PLAY stream[j], cnote,0.9*l,0.9*r,1.0,0,f[j]
GR.MODIFY btnlist[j],"alpha",255
ENDIF
IF !state[j]
! SOUNDPOOL.STOP stream[j]
GR.MODIFY btnlist[j],"alpha",200
LET oldstate[j]=0
ENDIF
NEXT
ARRAY.COPY state[],oldstate[]
IF ++cy=4 THEN GR.RENDER:LET cy=0
LET oldnt=nt
UNTIL 0
TTS.SPEAK "exiting"
EXIT
ONBACKKEY:
EXIT
ONBACKGROUND:
IF BACKGROUND() THEN GR.CLOSE:EXIT
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