Learning to Code

[5thStreetResearch]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

[bitkanu]

i have also knowledge of html and css and php but don't have perfection . but after some time lateral i will improve my knowledge

[Remember remember the 5th of November]

While these days we have many exotic ways to create applications/programs(for me the two terms are interchangeable), there are a few languages you need to know. I would always first suggest C, it's the most elegant language I've ever seen, despite the fact that it's old. Then we have C++,C#,Java and Python.

You don't necessarily need to learn them in the same order, but generally, those are the main languages you need to know. Even as a hobby it wouldn't hurt. And then after that Ruby,Node.js,Perl,PHP,Go etc.

[Dafar]

I'm also doing the code academy sessions on Ruby and Python, since they seem to be the easiest for beginners... I still feel like I'm way too late in the game, when there are programmers who have been coding since they were toddlers

[spazzdla]

Anyone here used assembler or ladder logic?

[cosmofly]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

One month rails is a scam

[5thStreetResearch]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

One month rails is a scam

Thats good to know, thanks, Ill stay away.  Like someone above mentioned I too feel a little late to the game but feel like that is not such a big deal with so many resources available to learn from.  To those on here that have learnt Ruby did you learn C first like rem rem 5th nov suggested?

[cosmofly]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

One month rails is a scam

Thats good to know, thanks, Ill stay away.  Like someone above mentioned I too feel a little late to the game but feel like that is not such a big deal with so many resources available to learn from.  To those on here that have learnt Ruby did you learn C first like rem rem 5th nov suggested?

I subbed and paid to one month rails the guy is some 19 year old douchebag who thinks he is bill gates. It really sucks and teaches u nothing u come out basically not knowing much.

Best is the hard way

I gave up on coding because I just don't have patience u need one year of practice

[5thStreetResearch]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

One month rails is a scam

Thats good to know, thanks, Ill stay away.  Like someone above mentioned I too feel a little late to the game but feel like that is not such a big deal with so many resources available to learn from.  To those on here that have learnt Ruby did you learn C first like rem rem 5th nov suggested?

I subbed and paid to one month rails the guy is some 19 year old douchebag who thinks he is bill gates. It really sucks and teaches u nothing u come out basically not knowing much.

Best is the hard way

I gave up on coding because I just don't have patience u need one year of practice

Yea I know it will take an extensive time commitment to pick it all up.  Played poker for a living for the last 7 years after dropping out my freshman year.  Got tired of poker, worked at a hedge fund for a bit as a trader.  They moved to Singapore, I moved to Macau and started playing poker again. Now that Im back in the states I feel like learning code will open up more doors than anything else career wise right now.  In a nice position where I can play poker a little bit here and there and still have plenty of time to learn.  Just gotta try not to get too frustrated along the way, think that will be where the difficulty lies.

[Radar]

http://www.codecademy.com/ is a great way to start learning code.  Most coding is trial & error and can be frustrating at times but you can always find help in the IRC rooms.

Here some links that will help you

http://jsfiddle.net/
http://validator.w3.org/
http://www.w3schools.com/

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list

[Bit_Happy]

http://www.codecademy.com/ is a great way to start learning code.  Most coding is trial & error and can be frustrating at times but you can always find help in the IRC rooms.
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codecademy.com looks great
I need to start learning again.

[maurya78]

I use codeacademy, works very well for me

[shorena]

After a couple month's of considering taking it up, I decided to to start teaching myself how to code.  Possessing enough knowledge of html/css to keep a wordpress functional and looking slick is about the extent of my knowledge of web dev.  After doing a little research on what language would be best to start with, I found out that there is no consensus, so I am going with Ruby.  Starting off working through the CodeAcademy Ruby lessons.  From there I was thinking of either working through 'Learn Ruby the Hard Way' or 'Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial'.  OneMonthRails looks interesting as well.  Any thoughts or suggestions on this journey Im about to embark on would be greatly appreciated.  For those of you here who have successfully taught themselves to code, please share any tips or ideas that you found helped your progress.

I "learned" so many languages that I can hardly remember them all, but what allways helped me was to make a new project in that specific language.
Do your tutorials and lessons and stuff. After that make up something that you want to do and code it in the new language. While tutorials are nice to show you the basics, when you want to do something usefull you usually come across problems that are not discussed in tutorials. You need to do your own research. Thats when you start to learn the (new) language. While doing so, you will something think "I better start from scratch, now that I know xyz". Dont do that. Finish with your initial approach. Thats the most important part, finish the project. Even if you "just" reach a beta stadium where you get the basics done, but you still miss out the fancy stuff. Finish it!
For some people it helps to set yourself a deadline, so you get some pressure

[Rias]

I use codeacademy, works very well for me

+1
The best resource there is. Very well designed - and for the newbies and for the middles. Much wow etc

[dx5]

I wish I was so smart that I could code in machine language. With my head down, eyes close, and my fingers on two keys, 0 and 1.

[Rias]

I wish I was so smart that I could code in machine language. With my head down, eyes close, and my fingers on two keys, 0 and 1.

I don't think that someone is capable of it

[shorena]

I wish I was so smart that I could code in machine language. With my head down, eyes close, and my fingers on two keys, 0 and 1.

I don't think that someone is capable of it

Noone would code in machine language using 1's and 0's anyway. The closest thing would be to use assembler code. It is still in use, usually within a higher language for certain code parts that need to run highly optimized.

[counter]

I've been talking myself into doing just this for far to long and I need to just do it.  Thanks for spreading the general knowledge of how to get started OP and all that added good info.

[Malin Keshar]

You can try Udacity's intro to computer science, then web development(first the first, then the second, because webdevelopment needs python).
There are also good courses on Coursera, like introduction to functional program design and others. MIT also offers a free noob's course to programming via EDX.

[superresistant]

one hour of code

Obama : Don't just play games on your phone. Program it.