4 Jul
2023
4 Jul
'23
1:37 a.m.
On 2023/07/04 06:16 AM, Michael via tde-users wrote:
On Monday 03 July 2023 03:00:52 pm Alex Cornwell via
tde-users wrote:
> Hello, all!
> I do not have any college education do to being... well... poor. Also, I
> would probably go more for a Theology or Philosophy degree if I was going
> to College, anyway. This would be more of hobby than a job for me and I
> wouldn't intend to make money. That being said, if there are other ways to
> get a grasp on the fundamentals of computer science and then go on to
> learn, say, Python as was recommended, I am open to spending a chunk of
> change for something like this.
Hi Alex,
there are lots of online courses available for free, either in full form or free audit
form (meaning you can see the
contents but got no official certificate for it).
https://www.coursera.org/ is a good start, but you can google for udacity, mitx, edx,
udemy, Khan academy and others.
Be sure/careful to access the courses for free, since many of them have both a paid and
free option.
If you don't have any previous experience in programming, start from a basic
introduction course, probably due a couple
of them using different languages (python, java or others).
TDE is mostly written in C/C++, so at some point you will need to learn object oriented
programming, but it is nothing
too special to be honest.
In the meantime there are many ways you can contribute to TDE if you wish: testing,
documentation, wiki pages, ...
This looks like a nice introduction to programming in python.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-to-program
Regarding editor, vscode is perhaps a good starting point, good compromise between
simplicity and power. Although if one
day you learn vim, you will never go back to any other editor ;-)
Reach out whenever you need some suggestions/directions on what to do next.
Cheers
Michele