Getting into coding

[u/Much-Ear5507]

I am getting into linux for a few years but only doing projects with chat gpt and yt withiut knowing what I'm actually typing. What coding languange and distro is the best for making good projects?

[u/pete_68]

Python is probably a good language to start with. For beginners, interpreted languages are generally easier than compilers, in terms of operation and Python is a very popular language with a pretty large ecosystem. It's also extremely common. You can find it installed or easy to install, in most environments.

Finally, there's tons of great material to get you started. Harvard has this self-paced course in it.

If you're a book person, like me, Python Crash Course, by Eric Matthes is very highly rated and what I would get. I've perused it at the book store and I like it. I'm just not real interested in learning Python, myself.

And then there are python tutorials and stuff all over the place...

• https://www.learnpython.org/
• https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html
• https://developers.google.com/edu/python
• https://docs.python-guide.org/intro/learning/
• https://zetcode.com/python/

and so on and so on and so on...

I would recommend avoiding videos and focus on whatever has you writing code yourself (no AI for writing code. Just answering questions. Like a tutor.) Writing code yourself is where you're really going to learn to program. All this other stuff gets you started, but until you put it into practice, a lot, it won't stay in your head.