I want to learn how to code

[steverockdood]

I want to learn how to code because im sick of being a leecher in the threads, and i want to be one of the people who is able to help out when something gets asked, so i ask ; how did you get into coding, what made you get into it, how could i get into it, how did you learn, and every other question about it you can think of.


I have absolutely no experience in coding, so id need like durrrrrr basics lol

please and thanks

[infodump]

I would suggest Google Usually a great spot for learning new things.

[xPreatorianx]

I would suggest Google Usually a great spot for learning new things.

No offense but I have to agree with info op. But I'll answer the questions anyway.

I want to learn how to code because im sick of being a leecher in the threads, and i want to be one of the people who is able to help out when something gets asked, so i ask ; how did you get into coding, what made you get into it, how could i get into it, how did you learn, and every other question about it you can think of.


I have absolutely no experience in coding, so id need like durrrrrr basics lol

please and thanks

How did you get into coding?

I got into coding by way of my clan mates and personal dreams. My clan mate is a linux guru + software programmer and I would listen to him for hours on end literally reciting his code on TS while he designed applications. So I started using Linux and I started getting into coding myself. I have always wanted to be a software programmer and I'm on my way to going to college for it as well. I am almost done with my associates and I will be starting my BA for Software programming this fall. I code on linux and Windows. I also switch between coding regular applications and game programming as well using free engines like Unity, UDK, and others.

what made you get into it?
Friends, curiosity, and personal dreams as well as aspirations.

how could i get into it?

There's plenty of ways to get into it. Search through google for books relating to the programming language you want go for and just dive right in. You can simply open up a text editor, download a free version of Visual studio (if your on windows.) or simply use Linux and just dive head first into programming. You can also take classes in college, or a technical school as well.

how did you learn?

I'm still learning, but I have learned what I have so far from google, books, as well as trial and error. There's a huge line of books that can get you started on the road to programming. Hell there is a long line of Dummy guide to X programming language as well. Like I said simply use google and find whatever language you are interested in and just research it.

Hope that answers your questions. There really isn't any "right" answer to these questions. Each person is gonna have their own variation. Just like every person is gonna have their own opinion on what is the best programming language and what is the easiest programming language. Likewise there will be debates on what programming language you should go for first starting out. It really all depends on your own personal needs, wants, and desires in respects to what you want to accomplish and what languages could help you accomplish it.

[Slynk]

I want to learn how to code because im sick of being a leecher in the threads, and i want to be one of the people who is able to help out when something gets asked, so i ask ; how did you get into coding, what made you get into it, how could i get into it, how did you learn, and every other question about it you can think of.


I have absolutely no experience in coding, so id need like durrrrrr basics lol

please and thanks

"How did you get into coding"

I was walking through a book store when I was 13 and saw a book on Dark Basic. I saw that it was for making video games so I begged my mom to buy it for me. She secretly bought it for me for Christmas. I spent all Christmas day reading it front to back because I was at a house without a computer to use it on. I read all 1000+ pages and when I got home, started to immerse myself in programming. ^^

My recommendation is find some sort of well documented "niche" to teach yourself programming with. I chose game development. With that in mind, you can easily learn to both make games and program at the same time. You start with the basics, a number guessing game, move on to more advanced games, tic tac toe, and go for some big project in the end, a text based rpg. The beauty here is it requires no learning of gui or graphics programming. Pure text. You print stuff to the console and receive from it. Choose a niche where you can start small like that (text based game programming) and not be bogged down with more advanced concepts (like what seems to be your eventual goal of hacking).

Recomended beginner languages: C# if you're on windows, Python, Java, or C++. Any of those (try them in that order though XD)

[xPreatorianx]

"How did you get into coding"

I was walking through a book store when I was 13 and saw a book on Dark Basic. I saw that it was for making video games so I begged my mom to buy it for me. She secretly bought it for me for Christmas. I spent all Christmas day reading it front to back because I was at a house without a computer to use it on. I read all 1000+ pages and when I got home, started to immerse myself in programming. ^^

My recommendation is find some sort of well documented "niche" to teach yourself programming with. I chose game development. With that in mind, you can easily learn to both make games and program at the same time. You start with the basics, a number guessing game, move on to more advanced games, tic tac toe, and go for some big project in the end, a text based rpg. The beauty here is it requires no learning of gui or graphics programming. Pure text. You print stuff to the console and receive from it. Choose a niche where you can start small like that (text based game programming) and not be bogged down with more advanced concepts (like what seems to be your eventual goal of hacking).

Recommended beginner languages: C# if you're on windows, Python, Java, or C++. Any of those (try them in that order though XD)

C# is actually a pretty damn good language. You can use XNA with Visual studio to create games, or simply use C# in VS to create applications. I believe it will also give you a decent grasp of VB. Or wouldn't be hard to get into VB either. Also C# and java can both be used for programming in the unity engine.

I personally have a project with Unity I'm working on which is coded in C#. It's based off of a Unity gaming tutorial that goes through the entire process of coding an RPG.

Here's the link to my source files on github.com : https://github.com/xPreatorianx/Hack_slash_Project

Here's the link to the gaming tutorial : Unity3d Game Development | Hack & Slash RPG - A Unity3D Game Engine Tutorial

The cool thing about that tutorial is you learn C# for gaming and you can also use that experience for regular software applications. As you will get the syntax and everything down, then you simply need to learn how to do things related to specific applications you wanna code. You can also migrate over to XNA and start developing games for the 360 using C#.

Final note : There's a free personal license available for Unity which will allow you to design games and publish them as long as you don't profit from them. If you wanna make a living simply upgrade to the paid license.

[manster]

wikibooks is a good place to learn new things

Subject:Computing - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Subject:Computer programming - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

[KICKinYaFACE]

Best thing you could do is lookin tutorials in youtube. I recommend some c++ or c# (is nearly the same). This was also the first programming language i've began to learn but there's always more learning. Even after 20 years of c++ programming you will not able to say that you can do everything with this language but surely big and impressive things!
The books about programing i've read weren't as good as the video tutorials on youtube. Here are some:

YouTube - ‪c++ programming tutorial 1‬‏
YouTube - ‪Beginning C++ Programming: Lesson 1‬‏

good luck and have fun, but remember: you can not write freakin awesome programs after 2 weeks, this needs more practice!

[xPreatorianx]

Best thing you could do is lookin tutorials in youtube. I recommend some c++ or c# (is nearly the same). This was also the first programming language i've began to learn but there's always more learning. Even after 20 years of c++ programming you will not able to say that you can do everything with this language but surely big and impressive things!
The books about programing i've read weren't as good as the video tutorials on youtube. Here are some:

YouTube - ‪c++ programming tutorial 1‬‏
YouTube - ‪Beginning C++ Programming: Lesson 1‬‏

good luck and have fun, but remember: you can not write freakin awesome programs after 2 weeks, this needs more practice!

No but with C# you can make some pretty cool games in 2 weeks if you follow tutorials. I've got three separate game engine's and 2 games in development right now. All going of tutorials and I'm slowly learning how to debug and do things on my own.

I should really put up a post in offtopic with links too tons of game tutorials for C# and XNA. I've collected about 50 of them as of today.

[Rautz]

I should really put up a post in offtopic with links too tons of game tutorials for C# and XNA. I've collected about 50 of them as of today.

Yes please

[EnTiTy]

My advice is try and work directly with machine code asm once you understand how to decontruct an application .exe
like nopping a registration routine or countdown to registration timer just being able to follow the codes where its going to jump to next or add what and where to memory and where it jumps back to etc etc


try a little rom hacking like add 100 lifes etc or infinite lifes grab an emulator and a game rom find a routine that is updated add a subroutine thats pastes your code into the memorys life counter etc etc

start basic and build it from there.

that would be my advice start with machine code and other coding will come naturally plus gives you a huge advantage on reverse engineering finding flaws overflows etc in code
EnTiTy