Learning something new!

[skottiejay]

Off hand I'm not sure if this is where this belongs.

So, it's a week before I start back to school and I was thinking to myself, why not learn a simple thing in a programming a language each day? So this week it will be learning how to do a simple while/for loop.

This many not seem real interesting to some people, but I'm thirsty for knowledge and I think it will be great for practice.

Perhaps I'll post what I've learned so far, the hardest ones that I've seen are ones for C++ and C# because of the <iterator> method.

[MisterDD]

Off hand I'm not sure if this is where this belongs.

So, it's a week before I start back to school and I was thinking to myself, why not learn a simple thing in a programming a language each day? So this week it will be learning how to do a simple while/for loop.

This many not seem real interesting to some people, but I'm thirsty for knowledge and I think it will be great for practice.

Perhaps I'll post what I've learned so far, the hardest ones that I've seen are ones for C++ and C# because of the <iterator> method.

Cool.
If you love programming please learn a lot.
On internet and in reality people search a lot of great programmers which receive later very good salary.
I am sure that some day you will have advantage and benefits because of programming.

[Holdaaja]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

[gagalady]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

I wanted to learn It too because I know that programmers gets really good salary and It has "over stocked' customers but I don't like the fact that you have to sit at the computer a lot and It's really bad for your eyes, I just can't last long  looking at computer, my eyes gets hurt.  

I guess working as a programmer would make your vision  so much worse in just 4-6 years.. Because you would have to look at the computer for at least 8 hours a day or something I guess 

[Holdaaja]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

I wanted to learn It too because I know that programmers gets really good salary and It has "over stocked' customers but I don't like the fact that you have to sit at the computer a lot and It's really bad for your eyes, I just can't last long  looking at computer, my eyes gets hurt.  

I guess working as a programmer would make your vision  so much worse in just 4-6 years.. Because you would have to look at the computer for at least 8 hours a day or something I guess 

I am a lot on computer anyway.
And my eyes won't hurt.
Do you have too bright screen?

[lynn_402]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

Search on Youtube, a few universities like Yale and Harvard offer free online courses on programming.

[Holdaaja]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

Search on Youtube, a few universities like Yale and Harvard offer free online courses on programming.

Okay, thanks for tip.
Do you have any suggestion which channel I should look?

[Lethn]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

I wanted to learn It too because I know that programmers gets really good salary and It has "over stocked' customers but I don't like the fact that you have to sit at the computer a lot and It's really bad for your eyes, I just can't last long  looking at computer, my eyes gets hurt.  

I guess working as a programmer would make your vision  so much worse in just 4-6 years.. Because you would have to look at the computer for at least 8 hours a day or something I guess 

That used to be true, but I think that was for older monitors, nowadays all monitors are LCD and flatscreens and I think they've gotten rid of that problem now, you do need to rest your eyes once in awhile though but that's just when doing lots of work generally.

[Holdaaja]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

I wanted to learn It too because I know that programmers gets really good salary and It has "over stocked' customers but I don't like the fact that you have to sit at the computer a lot and It's really bad for your eyes, I just can't last long  looking at computer, my eyes gets hurt.  

I guess working as a programmer would make your vision  so much worse in just 4-6 years.. Because you would have to look at the computer for at least 8 hours a day or something I guess  

That used to be true, but I think that was for older monitors, nowadays all monitors are LCD and flatscreens and I think they've gotten rid of that problem now, you do need to rest your eyes once in awhile though but that's just when doing lots of work generally.

Yeah, and remember to blink
And keep breaks time to time.

And if you have that old monitor, buy new one.

[skottiejay]

I would like to learn programming too.
I'm not sure where I should start.

Search on Youtube, a few universities like Yale and Harvard offer free online courses on programming.

Yeah and there are MIT courses I think that also offer free programming classes online, I would have to find the link since I haven't used it myself in a while.

[Bitcoin Magazine]

i want to learn Pascal (it has past in it, and i like learning things_

[skottiejay]

Update 1: I started with javascript since it seems to be a language I could learn easily and it's accessible from my browser, and did a couple while/for loops

Code:

a = [1,2,3]
for (var i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
console.log(a[i])};

i also ended up doing it backwords

Code:

for (var i=a.length; i--;) { console.log(a[i]) }; 

So javascript day 1:
Complete.

[skottiejay]

Today, I will be doing the same with javascript only in my favorite programming language those far: Ruby

I learned Ruby in the summer of 2006, from _why the lucky stiffs poignant guide, and I have to say it was by far the most amusing and confusing book that I've ever read in my life. He's a great storyteller no doubt, but his imagination and writing gets in the way of actual learning in some places.

Anyways here we go:

Code:

a = [1,2,3]
a.each do |num|
puts a
end # prints out 1,2,3

and for S.A.G's

Code:

for each in a.reverse do
print a 
end # prints out 3,2,1

And that's ruby for today, complete.

[Trading]

Most people don't like to learn, they dislike the position of learner, dislike the insecurity in front of new things, dislike the risk of failing on it, etc.
Good movement, good luck.

[skottiejay]

Hey thanks!

My looking at it is like this, if I can take little pieces of things and just learn something new each day that's preventing my brain from turning into a bigger pile of mush than it already is. Plus on the downtime from school I need *something* to do.

Trust me when I get to the harder languages it's gonna be more difficult, I'm starting out on the ones people most recommend starting out with.

[skottiejay]

Today's language: Perl!

This one was a toughy for me, because I don't understand $ and @'s and what not so here we go, going with the same drill as before

Code:

@a = qw('Barney, 'betty', 'fred', 'wilma');
foreach (@a) { print $_; }

and backwards even!

Code:

@flintstones = reverse @a;
print "@flintstones\n";

and that's Perl for ya, might take a break for a day as family business and illness is starting to wear on me. Check back though, maybe I'll get into a language like C or something.

[skottiejay]

Language for June 2: C!

I had to look this one up guys, I'm sorry I let you down!

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
for(int a=0;a<10; a = a + 1)
{
printf("value of a: %d\n", a);
}

return 0;
}

This is more of just a lesson for me, this is actually reteaching me things I've lost along the way, once upon a time i was pretty proficient in a handful of languages and I lost all of that but now doing this is actually helping me more than I think anyone will ever know. If you get any help out of this, you are welcome. That's what I'm doing this for, I'm doing it for the community to, for that newbie programmer.

I might move on from loops to other types of programming lessons, or whatever in the next series.

Until then!

[b!z]

Interesting TED Talk: Try something new every 30 days.

http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days

It's a pretty neat thing to try imo. You can learn a lot and pick up new hobbies.

[skottiejay]

Interesting TED Talk: Try something new every 30 days.

http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days

It's a pretty neat thing to try imo. You can learn a lot and pick up new hobbies.

It's interesting you bring up those talks because that's part of the reason why I'm actually doing this. I'm in a downtime between school and finding work, so I figured why not learn something in the meantime. I'm doing something productive. I've also looked into learning a new language (speaking) to fill in the gap between this time and keep my mind occupied.

I've watched like a billion talks about stuff like this, I really enjoy them and it helps me feel productive!

UPDATE: I will probably be moving on to more complicated matters, like something beyond "Hello world" but I can't figure out what to do yet. Any suggestions?

[bitmaster111]

I love doing programming in c and c++ . when I was in college it was my favorite subject . I like to go for lab of c and c++ .I also want to enhance my knowledge further.