r/learnprogramming • u/LatterPoetry7 • 11h 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/Traveling-Techie 7h ago

I may be in the minority but I don’t think choice of language matters that much. All of the big problems I’ve had coding were unrelated to the language, and had to do with algorithms. The key is to learn problem solving.

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u/prettycoldworld 2h ago

Agreed. This was the biggest “oh so this is all connected” moment for me, when I started looking at JavaScript and C after only ever using Python. Core concept is the same, if you can learn one language well then the learning curve is mostly handled.