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How did you get into coding/programming? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always had trouble getting into coding/programming because I've never truly dedicated myself to it. Mostly, this is because I kinda always lose momentum to learn it. I'm a heavy FOSS user; I love coreboot/Libreboot and am interested in getting into firmware development. I've already helped test hardware for Libreboot and enjoy learning about firmware.

I have just started to cut out gaming from my life to focus more on this. Maybe I should start with Python? At the same time, though, I feel like I should start with C, but don't want to jump the gun too quick.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've been "learning" programming for about 10 years in a self-taught way. I don't even know why I started, but it was with C, but I quit soon after when I realized I didn't understand anything. I was jumping between C#, Javascript, and other languages until I landed on Python, mainly because I wanted to learn how to use Godot, and in the documentation of the Engine it said that its language, GDScript, was very similar to Python, and my reasoning was "Ah, ok. Then if I learn Python it will be easier for me to learn GDScript". So I started learning Python and was able to create my first programs, but after a while I lost interest and forgot why I was learning it in the first place.

When the controversy with Unity happened, I don't know what happened to me but I felt a kind of wake-up call, like that was the moment to go back to Godot, and that's what I did. And while I was making my first game suddenly everything I had learned the previous years made sense, now I really enjoy programming.