Whether we’re fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don’t have enough people who can code. Teaching young people to code early on can help build skills and confidence and energise the classroom with learning-by-doing opportunities.
I learned how to fly a hot air balloon when I was 30,000 feet up and my life was in the balance: you can learn skills at any age but why wait when we can teach everyone to code now! – Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group
The above was inspiring, isn’t it? We’ve compiled few reads for you that will help you get started with coding:
Please Do Learn To Code
Quincy Larson, creator of FreeCodeCamp – an open-source community that helps you to learn code. You can work through self-paced coding challenges, build projects, and earn certificates. They also connect you with people in your city so you can code together.
He quotes, “Coding isn’t some niche skill. It really is the new literacy.”
Teach Yourself How To Code
Well, who doesn’t want to build their own software and let the world know about it? Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techniques, publish tutorials, and share code samples for others to learn from and use online. If you’re curious about how to become a programmer, you can get off to a running start using tonnes of great free web-based tutorials and resources.
Which Programming Language Should You Learn First?
Melanie Pinole on Life Hacker, a tech blogger mentions in one of her blog post, “The most important thing is to learn the fundamentals through “scratching your itch,” so to speak, with working on a problems you want to solve or something you want to build.”
She definitely wants you to build something interesting so that other users can use it and practice is the key to the whole thing.
ABC: Always Be Coding
David Byttow, an entrepreneur who previously worked at Google, Medium wrote on “How to land an engineering job?” In this blog, you’ll learn about why degrees don’t matter anymore and with passion for coding and perseverance you can crack any job interview.
OK, I learned HTML – Now What do I do?
Interesting piece of advice on what you need to do once you learn how to deal with one programming language. It’s important when you’re learning new skills to socialise and immerse yourself in environments where there are conversations and engagement around the skills.
Meetups, conferences, workshops, lectures – not only do these help the learning process along by introducing concepts and skills in new ways, but they also provide an opportunity to meet a network of people you can learn from and with.
A Beginner’s Guide To GitHub
Well, if you’ve read all of the above blog, you might have definitely come across OpenSource and GitHub. Aleksandar Todorovic, is a hacker and Foss enthusiast and in his article, everything you can do as an open source contributor on the projects you like on GitHub of any language.
Well, these few articles we wanted you to read and become better at what you are doing – to code. It’s all only talk until your code runs. So get started with Algorithms, APIs or any challenges and programming languages you want because it’s never too late to start.
[This post first appeared on the DoSelect blog and has been reproduced with permission.]
