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May 19 2013 10:59pm
So I want to start learning about programming, mainly bots and stuff like that but I don't even know where to start

Is there a site with tutorials that starts from the very basic stuff and graduatly gets harder?
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May 19 2013 11:09pm
google:
"learn python the hard way"


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At first, you will not understand anything. It'll be weird, just like with learning any human language. You will struggle with words, and not know what symbols are what, and it'll all be very confusing. Then one day BANG your brain will snap and you will suddenly "get it". If you keep doing the exercises and keep trying to understand them, you will get it. You might not be a master coder, but you will at least understand how programming works.
If you give up, you won't ever reach this point. You will hit the first confusing thing (which is everything at first) and then stop. If you keep trying, keep typing it in, trying to understand it and reading about it, you will eventually get it.


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May 19 2013 11:20pm
Thanks i'll look into it!
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May 19 2013 11:21pm
Quote (Azrad @ May 20 2013 12:09am)
google:
"learn python the hard way"


I have heard good things about this site, and other senior members of the forum have recommended it to others as well before.

Seems like not a bad place to start!

Just a tip for you though, which people often get wrong when first starting:

Don't think that learning how to program means learning X amount of languages or something.

Logic, problem solving and a 'programming mentality' are the core of your discipline, languages are a means to an end....a tool to achieve what you want.

edit: maybe put slightly better, don't focus too much on language syntax, and don't think that learning a specific language will make you able to do something....(IE: "What programming language should I learn first" is a frequent question and is not the right way to go about learning programming methodology)

This post was edited by Eep on May 19 2013 11:23pm
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May 19 2013 11:22pm
Quote (Eep @ May 20 2013 01:21am)
I have heard good things about this site, and other senior members of the forum have recommended it to others as well before.

Seems like not a bad place to start!

Just a tip for you though, which people often get wrong when first starting:

Don't think that learning how to program means learning X amount of languages or something.

Logic, problem solving and a 'programming mentality' are the core of your discipline, languages are a means to an end....a tool to achieve what you want.


That's the way I try to think in life in general, thinking outside the box :P
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May 19 2013 11:24pm
Quote (Zartaz @ May 20 2013 12:22am)
That's the way I try to think in life in general, thinking outside the box :P


keep life spicy!
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