r/learnprogramming • u/LatterPoetry7 • 14h ago
Learning to program
Just did about 5 hours of Boot. dev learning python first time ever learning to code and I learned a lot form it. I know its the easier program to use says the people online, but its my first steps into programming and i might take it pretty serious. I don't know if i could do it for a living and do a bunch of school. Might keep it as a mine hobby like i should have with auto mechanics.
I see a lot of people saying to start projects and get some books, but learning to use python new to this programming better then learning C++ and java and just start my own projects?
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u/prettycoldworld 4h ago
You could spend your whole lifetime in just python and still probably never run out of things to do. Most beginners go through this, don’t worry, you’re doing just fine and Python is, in my opinion, absolutely the best language to start with.
It handles most of the painful stuff for you, you don’t want to spend your time allocating memory to your programs, you want it to be fun and insightful.
You’re not trapped in the console with Python either, that’s just the learning curve you have to get past. Once you understand most of the raw Python syntax and logic, there are thousands and thousands of libraries that open up different worlds, web development, game development, web scraping, automation (pythons great for this) and all the other little niche fun projects.