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Re: basic learning path

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:03:10 -0700, Eric Douglas wrote:

> It might help to learn coding without any IDE until you're actually
> familiar with the basic classes and can get code to compile without the
> assistance, even though the Oracle basic training path takes you into
> NetBeans.
> Still, I finished college in 1996 so Java wasn't a thing, but I have
> seen a beginner say they use BlueJ. https://www.bluej.org/
>
Same here - except that even COBOL was barely a thing then - just various 
assemblers, FORTRAN and Algol 60.

Learning C showed me a good first step to learning almost any programming 
language: the idea of writing a tiny program that outputs "Hello World" 
somewhere that the coder can see. Doing this not only lets you write 
something simple, but also teaches you the basics of using its compiler 
and/or runtime system.


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Martin    | martin at
Gregorie  | gregorie dot org

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basic learning path dale <dale@dalekelly.org> - 2019-03-14 15:46 -0400
  Re: basic learning path Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-03-14 16:21 -0400
    Re: basic learning path Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-03-16 15:07 +0100
      Re: basic learning path Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-03-18 05:03 -0700
        Re: basic learning path Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2019-03-18 12:58 +0000
    Re: basic learning path Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@example.net> - 2019-03-29 18:02 +0000
  Re: basic learning path Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-03-14 19:38 -0400
  Re: basic learning path Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-03-15 05:10 -0700

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