Kode for All – by Don Burks
Posts tagged learn to code
Major Player in the TYTC Space
0As my faithful(?) readers have no doubt noticed, I have embraced the Teach Yourself To Code movement that has blossomed in 2012 by trying to report on a number of the resources that I have come across on the web for teaching yourself various bits of programming. Well, another one has popped up on my radar and I am very impressed with the offering and selection. I would like to introduce you to Programr.
The thing that is most impressive to me about Programr is that they have a wide variety and selection of languages. From their front page, I see:
- C++
- Java (Swing and Design Patterns)
- C#
- VB
- PHP
- Ruby
- Python
- JS (includes jQuery)
- iOS
- Flex (includes Flash)
- J2EE (includes JSP, Servlets, Struts, and Spring)
- AJAX (not really a language, but important to learn for any web development)
- SQL
- Android
Now that is a huge variety. I have looked at some of the PHP lessons, that being a language I speak fluently, and while they aren’t so much “courses” as “demonstrations of coding techniques”, most of the code looks sound. Again, it has to be stressed, because I have had this discussion on other forums (I’m looking at you, LinkedIn), that the code you are going to find on this site, the examples you are going to see, are not going to be the high-level super-optimized coding practices that you would expect from a senior developer with a software company.
These are introductory lessons, designed to get you familiar with the concepts of a language. And any site where you can get introduced to that much technology, ostensibly from people who know those languages well and want to share their wealth of knowledge and experience with you is a site that I am going to bookmark and keep an eye on.
All that being said, my one big criticism so far with Programr is that there is no explanations, and the code is typically not commented. The examples are quite short, usually less than 50 or so lines of code, so they are easy to understand. Still, if you are interested in getting exposed to a large number of languages, then I highly recommend checking out Programr.
Commentary on ‘Learn to Code’ sites
13 months ago
Alright, loyal visitors. It’s been forever since I’ve posted, but that’s because I’ve been hard at work on a new venture, the fruits of which will benefit all of us here, because I have been expanding my skills and will happily share those yummy tidbits with you. However, I wanted to take this opportunity to weigh in on one of the “big” movements I have seen in late 2011 and early 2012, the ‘Teach Yourself To Code’ (TYTC) movement.
