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I want a career as a computer Coder/Programmer HELP!
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SO I'm 14, and a Freshman in HighSchool. I have always been fascinated with computers and recently have learned about coding and programming. And it doesn't pay that bad. So I'm going to duel enroll my self in a few computer sciences classes with my local College when im a Junior in High School. ALTHOUGH! I want to know from you guys, where do i start? How can i prepare myself, where to go, what to do? Just about everything! Im really excited to be doing this and I hope some of you can help me out. Thanks and have a wonderful day!
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You can start at Codecademy.com, they give you lessons and teach you all kinds of coding. You can also get projects to work on in there.
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Having prior knowledge to languages such as C will help you find a career in programming.
I suggest self learning C then moving on to C++ and C#.
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Wilez wrote Having prior knowledge to languages such as C will help you find a career in programming.
I suggest self learning C then moving on to C++ and C#.


I agree entirely. If you want to program, C, C++, and C# are going to be the languages you should learn. Once you have those down, then Java.

If you want to design websites, learn the very basics of HTML just to understand web-related documents, then learn Javascript, Python, PHP, jQuery, etc.
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-Pawn wrote
Wilez wrote Having prior knowledge to languages such as C will help you find a career in programming.
I suggest self learning C then moving on to C++ and C#.


I agree entirely. If you want to program, C, C++, and C# are going to be the languages you should learn. Once you have those down, then Java.

If you want to design websites, learn the very basics of HTML just to understand web-related documents, then learn Javascript, Python, PHP, jQuery, etc.


My opinion, being a programmer, would be:
- Java (easy, cross platform, built in garbage handling)
- C# (similar syntax to Java, .NET, not cross platform without 3rd party help)
- C++ (cross platform although some libs are platform dependent, no garbage handling, powerful)
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ObscureCoder wrote
-Pawn wrote
Wilez wrote Having prior knowledge to languages such as C will help you find a career in programming.
I suggest self learning C then moving on to C++ and C#.


I agree entirely. If you want to program, C, C++, and C# are going to be the languages you should learn. Once you have those down, then Java.

If you want to design websites, learn the very basics of HTML just to understand web-related documents, then learn Javascript, Python, PHP, jQuery, etc.


My opinion, being a programmer, would be:
- Java (easy, cross platform, built in garbage handling)
- C# (similar syntax to Java, .NET, not cross platform without 3rd party help)
- C++ (cross platform although some libs are platform dependent, no garbage handling, powerful)



so i just finished my freshman year of college as a computer science major, i would totally agree with obscure. java first then C# and C++ would be the best order to go.
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Its best to learn an easy language such as Java and then expand into a different language which is more suited to what you want to do, do't bother learning c# or C++ if you don't need to do things as complicated as them.
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If you're school offers C++ then I highly suggest taking it.
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I started with game making in Xcode (Objective-C language), it is a very easy language to learn, and I highly recommend it. Games are where the real money is in these days, and if you plan on learning java to make games, I highly do not recommend that as you can use programs to translate your Xcode project into the Java language. Let me know what language you are planning on learning, I know a few, so many I can help you out.
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Skiddyflyer wrote I started with game making in Xcode (Objective-C language), it is a very easy language to learn, and I highly recommend it. Games are where the real money is in these days, and if you plan on learning java to make games, I highly do not recommend that as you can use programs to translate your Xcode project into the Java language. Let me know what language you are planning on learning, I know a few, so many I can help you out.

Don't you need a mac for Xcode though?
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