Coding path

Question

Before I have been told that to be serious in coding and have the capability to fully train myself, I need a laptop or computer as I cannot do many things with my IPad. I now have one and I am wondering what do I need to be able to train myself? I want to practice Java , JavaScript, html and css and I’m sure there are other languages I would like to learn in the near future.

Answer 1

First, you will need an IDE (integrated development enviroment). I recommend Visual Studio Code because it is free and it looks nice and clean. You can also install several extensions if you need more. For example Visual Studio Code does not support Java natively, but you can install openJDK and Java extension pack for Visual Studio Code. If you want to keep it simple then I recommend you Eclipse (I started with Eclipse). For web development, you will need a web browser (obviously). You can also download web server (i recommend XAMPP, because it has Apache WS, PHP, MySQL and other stuff preinstalled) and try to work with it. I recommend starting slow. Don't think about making huge projects like FPS shooter game. Start with something very easy. For example a calculator with console user interface. Then you can learn to make GUI in Java. Then for example a local network realtime chat. Just start slow. Figure how everything works and why it works like that. I wanted to make my own game engine in Java and got slapped right in the face, because I did not start slow. Right now I am learning LWJGL again, but after like 4 years. Hope I helped you. If you have any questions about anything, you can write to me, it is up to you. Happy coding!

Answer 2

Java is no serious relation of JavaScript, just in case you didn’t know. But anyway, to develop all of them you need OpenJDK (community updated Java after Oracle kinda abandoned it as i understand it), a text editor (preferrably one for development with syntax highlighting, I reccommend Kate), and a web browser.