Kode for All – by Don Burks
Posts tagged tytc
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.
Even MORE TYTC Goodness
1Just wanted to throw out another ‘Teach Yourself To Code’ (TYTC) resource which I found today on Hacker News:
Unclassroom, who are taking it to the next skill level by teaching PHP. As well, if you fill out their short survey, you will get a free credit towards one of their courses.
(Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Unclassroom in any way, I just think that the TYTC movement is cool, and want to get as many resources out to people as I can.)
UPDATE: Krishna from Unclassroom has commented below and will extend anyone a one-time code for one of their classes, if you contact him directly at krishna@unclassroom.com and reference this blog posting.
MANY MANY thanks to Unclassroom for extending this offer.
FURTHER UPDATE: Unclassroom has provided me some promo codes. Please feel free to contact me directly for them.
More TYTC Goodness!
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Ultimately, the onus is on you to determine what’s going to be the best avenue for you to take to learn to code what you want to code (web pages, SaaS, applications, mobile apps, missile guidance systems). But with the plethora of tools that are out there, finding the resources you need can now be labelled ‘easy’.
