Foreign and programming languages.

Question

After a while of learning English by myself i realized that i wasted lots of time being focused on apps for learning. I was a huge fan of Duolingo app. It is as amazing as Sololearn and i have a feeling that sololearn-developers were inspired of the app and decided to create something similar but about programming. So i came to a conclusion that if i would started the learning of the language from some structured texbook with audio, speaking exercises and so on, i would became a fluent already. The same i feel here, on solo. Going to find some author that has textbooks from beginner to profi, step by step. This app magically involving to the programming world but not gives necessarily skills to become professional i am sure. And there is also one wonderful thing as it seems to me - you can try many basic courses and choose what suits to you and some structured learning materials that i mentioned.
What do you think of all of that and what author you would recommended me in this case?

Answer 1

The tutorials here give you an overview, not more.

You can use the app in other ways, though, for example talk with other people about your code and get hints about what to improve.

For learning, I also prefer books. You would have to tell us what exactly you want to do, otherwise people can't recommend fitting books.

Anyway, more important than tutorials, books, videos, lessons and what not, is that you *write code with your own hands*! This is the way to become better.

Answer 2

HonFu Thanks for the answer!
I think i don't know what exactly i want because i don't have imagination of other professions except for web-designer. At first i wanted to create sites but now i know that everyone makes sites and you will have to sell yourself to someone who is going to create a site or even don't want to do it but your goal is make him does that:)) So now i am a bit disappointed about the profession even though it's interesting for me. Just it seems i have to read more about professions and what programming skills they demands.

Answer 3

I think you're overthinking this.

No matter what job you do, you will sell yourself (your work), and there's also competition in every area. It's just how it is.

Freelancing is also no solution, because you'll just have to butter up your customers instead of your boss, and that's not easier. There'll always be parts you don't enjoy as much as others.

But why even ponder these things so much now? Don't put the cart before the horse!

You're just starting out, right? First choose something that you *enjoy* doing - and then immerse yourself. Write your first hundred thousand lines of code.

You can think about the job business again when you've actually acquired some tangible skill.

Answer 4

HonFu Ok. I'll come back to the thoughts in a few thousands of codes then:)

Answer 5

Good luck!

And have fun on the way too!

And show us what you've got. 😉

Answer 6

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