Assignment 20 Luke de Castro

How to get started coding:

Programming is the fastest growing skill in the world. It is relevant in all fields of study, but how do you get started? This blog post will include a step-by-step process on how to get started coding.

1)    Getting started: A great way to get started coding is finding an online course through Udemy, or Codecademy. These websites include tutorials on how to get your first program running. When picking a programming language to learn first, it is important to consider want kind of software you want to create. For general purpose programming, pick either Java or Python, for web based applications, it would be smart to choose JavaScript or HTML/CSS, and for other specialized languages, a good google search would point you in the right direction.

2)    Diving deeper: Once completing an online course, it’s time for next steps: books and paid classes. These are more expensive, but offer you a deeper dive into the language of your choice. A good programming textbook can be a great resource for all your programming needs, and a class could provide the individualized help that pushes you further.

3)    Going further: After you have learned all you can from books, classes, and other resources, what you need next is experience. Search for opportunities such as internships or university research. These experiences will offer you invaluable knowledge that you won’t find in a book.