I want to learn programming

I only learnt the basics of BASIC a while back in high school, and I want to learn the basics of programming and hopefully something that will be useful in the future ( app building or web pages design). Can you recommend courses that'll help me learn basic programming and isn't obsolete

 

I learn programming here: codecademy.com

It depend on what's your purpose for learning but you can learn c or html for starter.

 

I've used https://www.codecademy.com/ and ChodeHs in school, I believe codeacademy is free too.

 

If you have android, go to playstore -> learn java

You can learn other programming there too.
P.s: codeacademy have not complete course. Its good in the beginning. But not good because its not complete

 

Reddit.com/r/learnprogramming. You can read the faq there for a good intro.

 

University, maybe?

 

wrong place to ask. go ask google-sensei

 

W3schools is prob the best place to get started on web languages and solo learning would be a good place to start learning java, c# and c++ as it gives you quizzs to help understand the theory you just learnt learn.

 

If you want something that will be useful and has lots of job openings. Learn both front-end and back-end. C# and Full Stack has a lot of job openings (I am looking for a job right now). I took game and software development at my college so I have little web experience and that has cut down on the jobs I can get.
Udemy has some courses if you are willing to pay. There are sales where almost every single course is $10.
Youtube has some good tutorials too but sometimes those people have bad coding practices.

 

Agreed I used codeacademy and it really helped. There's also a lot of free courses on google. I also suggest Youtube. There's incredible tutorials.
If you just want to learn for fun i recommend to learn game programming. Its similar stuff but more fun. FYi: most people learned these stuff online then at school

 

youtube is your mentor in learning things , google too

 

Brackeys ytube channel have very good basic about c#

 

C is out of date. Go c++ or c#

 

Nothing in this world can move you forward further than the incentives of making your own personal projects...

You have no idea how many hours I spent programming for a game back in junior high that I've never finished...(this is an era before google sensei and open codes mind you) But it got me started on programming that by the time i was in college, i could debug almost any program under any language.

My suggestion? Ask people around what they need, try to make programs for free.

 

College is a great start

 

What i do is maybe a little weird. I want to code but i didnt know about it and too lazy to start. So, i look for a client, discussing for some kind of apps (web app and android app combination), then i said i can build it.

After that, he gave me part of money, and i use the money and the drive, to learn programming and start a team. Not a smooth start at the beginning but my first project is in about 50% progress right now.

 

What kind of game were you making? I tried making a web game to play with friends during college (the kind that you program and run from a java IDE) but couldn't figure out how to access the web. My drive died when I appropriated it for a college project and the crappy language killed my AI.

 

edX and coursera provide some good online classes for programming

 

Based on my personal experience for "web pages design", most companies are still working with older technologies like JSP/Servlet. There are some that are slowly migrating to JSF Framework like IceFaces or Primefaces. Regarding on general application development and so on; it mostly depends on which company you are working for. For example, if you decide to go for game development, then you would benefit more by studying C# and C++ which is most common in this field.

I am not sure what you are studying program for so it is difficult to give advice on this. However, regardless of learning programming as a hobby or as a career, it is important to least gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals behind programming in general. All programs, from high level languages to low level languages have four common points. These are syntax, variables, control structure, and data structure. Once you fully understand these four things, then you can practically learn any programming language.

Basically, instead of focusing on languages that "isn't obsolete", it is better study up on the foundation for programming in general. Personally, I don't recommend using online sources as a method to learn programming but it is great for catching up on all the languages you might have forgotten. If you don't desire to purchase any soft/hard copy of a book, then I recommend you to search for topics that are similar to this list:

1. Computer networking - Not required to study to learn how to program but it is an interesting topic.
2. Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals - Also not required, however, it does help you understand how the computer "logic" works.
3. Object Oriented Approach to Programming and Design - Recommended because it will help you gain an understanding of how programming languages like Java, Python, C++, etc. works. Most commonly used languages for both hobbyist and the industry uses Object Oriented Programming Languages.
4. UNIX - Recommended because this is the most commonly used environment for programmers.
5. SQL and PL/SQL - Recommended because SQL and/or PL/SQL is used everywhere.

 

I don't think much of you ethically for promising something you have no clue how to do. That's called a scam btw.