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Thanks man will check that out, I started to look in to html codeing a few weeks ago ( just know the basic so far) and i needed javascripts for it but i though it was to hard/much time i had to put in to it. Going to try out scripting now and see how well that goes. Would you like to help me out later with questions and other problems?
Ah cool, i did a web programming course last semester and learned html, php and javascript :)
I don't have time to give substantial help, but i can try and answer questions and help with some problems if you run into any :)
 
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Sounds great will be back if i have any questions :)

I highly advise against using thenewboston for learning to code. I'll quote a reddit thread for this.

The teaching is poor. The videos present the language as a set of features, with some explanation about the syntax and semantics, but with very little explanation of the purpose of each feature (most notably: functions and pointers), and even less explanation of how features work together. Essential sections are missed (in the case of C++: RAII, a lot of the standard library). In short, they will not make you think like a programmer, which is the main hurdle with beginner coders.

And yes, there is definitely a correlation between the code quality of those who have learned from thenewboston, and those who learn through better sources (for C++, books).

Simply put, TheNewBoston is a terrible resource for beginning to program. I would highly recommend you check out this resource (its free): http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/
The basic idea of this guide, is that through repetition it is possible to get a foothold in how you actually go about programming, similarly to how we learned math, riding a bike, or any other major life skill.

Once you've learned Ruby (ruby has good job prospects so its good to learn), you should move onto a more complex language like Java or something similar.

A very good resource to find like minded people learning to program is this subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming
 
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I highly advise against using thenewboston for learning to code. I'll quote a reddit thread for this.



Simply put, TheNewBoston is a terrible resource for beginning to program. I would highly recommend you check out this resource (its free): http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/
The basic idea of this guide, is that through repetition it is possible to get a foothold in how you actually go about programming, similarly to how we learned math, riding a bike, or any other major life skill.

Once you've learned Ruby (ruby has good job prospects so its good to learn), you should move onto a more complex language like Java or something similar.

A very good resource to find like minded people learning to program is this subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming
Fair point.
 
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