#python programming books for beginners

[proqramci-olmaq-isteyirem]

Proqramçı olmaq istəyirəm

Proqramçı olmaq istəyənlər üçün yol xəritəsini təqdim edirəm.

“Hər kəs proqramlaşdırmanı öyrənməlidir, çünki o sizə düşünməyi öyrədir”.

Stiv Cobs

Bu gün ən prestijli və ən çox qazandıran ixtisaslardan biri, bəlkə də, bi- rincisi proqramlaşdırmadır. Bu faktdan xəbərdar olan bir çox insanlar həvəsə gəlib proqramçı olmaq istəyirlər. Əlbəttə ki, hər bir işə başlamaq üçün həvəs yaxşı motivatordur, lakin uğur qazanmaq və müvəffəq olmaq üçün kifayət deyil.

Biz məsələyə daha konseptual yanaşacaq və proqramçı olmaq istəyənlərə dəyərli tövsiyələr verəcəyik.

Nə və niyə?

Proqramçı olmaq arzusuna düşənlərin ilk işi bu iki suala cavab tapmaq olmalıdır: nə və niyə? Proqramlaşdırma nədir və mən niyə proqramçı ol- maq istəyirəm? Sözsüz ki, hər bir insan seçəcəyi ixtisasın mahiyyətini dərk etməlidir. Proqramlaşdırma nədir, onun özünəməxsusluğu nədən ibarətdir, hansı çətinlikləri vardır? Bu suallara cavab tapmaq üçün əvvəlcə özünüz araşdırmalı və daha sonra peşəkar proqramçılarla görüşməlisiniz. Yalnız bundan sonra özünüzə “mən niyə proqramçı olmaq istəyirəm” sualını verə bilərsiniz. Bax bu zaman vicdanınız qarşısında tam səmimi olmalısınız. Əgər cavabınız çoxlu pul qazanmaqdırsa, siz ən yaxşısı tacir olmağı seçin. Çünki proqramlaşdırma bir həyat tərzidir, fərqli bir dünyadır. Ona aşiq olmadan bu yolun yolçusu olunmaz. Əgər cavabınız “proqramlaşdırma mənim düşüncə və həyat tərzimə uyğundur, mən özümü onda görürəm” olsa, bax bu başqa məsələ. Deməli, Siz proqramçı olmaq üçün doğulmusunuz…

Doğru yol və sağlam cığır

Bəs proqramçı olmaq üçün nə etmək lazımdır? Uzaq və yaxın məqsəd nədir? Nədən və necə başlamalı? Hansı proqramlaşdırma dilini öyrənməli, hansı kitabları oxumalı, hansı kurslara getməli? Növbəti mərhələdə bu suallara cavab tapmalısınız.

Proqramçı olmağa qərar verəndən sonra sizə bir neçə yol görünəcək. Siz doğru yolu seçməlisiniz. Məqsədə çatmaq üçün bir çox yollar var, amma bu şəxsdən şəxsə dəyişir. Hansı yolun Sizin üçün doğru olduğuna yalnız özünüz qərar verə bilərsiniz. Bunun üçün hansı sahə üzrə proq- ramlaşdırma ilə məşğul olacağınızı müəyyənləşdirin. Sahələr müxtəlifdir: tətbiqi, sistem, mobil, veb, oyun və s. Seçəcəyiniz sahə sizin yolunuzu müəyyənləşdirəcək, bu da öz növbəsində uzaq məqsədinizin nə olduğunu aydınlaşdıracaq.

Doğru yolu təsbit etdikdən sonra sizi o yola götürən sağlam bir cığırı tapmaq lazımdır. Başqa sözlə desək, yaxın məqsədləri müəyyən et- məlisiniz. Yaxın məqsədlər isə alqoritm anlayışı və proqramlaşdırmanın əsaslarına sahib olmaqdır. Bunun üçün ən asan proqramlaşdırma dilindən başlamaq məsləhətdir. Bu, Python ola bilər.

Kitab seçimi

Kitab seçimi çox önəmlidir. Elə bir kitab seçməlisiniz ki, Sizi yarıyolda qoymasın. Mütləq özü öyrənənlər və yeni başlayanlar üçün nəzərdə tutulan kitablardan istifadə etməlisiniz. İlk proqramlaşdırma kitabınızın dili çox sadə, həmçinin əyləncəli olmalıdır.

Özüm öyrənim, yoxsa kursa gedim?

Asan olmasa da, özünüzün öyrənməyiniz mümkündür. Bunun üçün iradə, nizam-intizam və səbir lazımdır. Əlbəttə, kursa getməklə təkbaşına öyrəndiklərinizi daha qısa zamanda öyrənə bilərsiniz. Kursa getməyə imkanınız yoxdursa, yenə də üzülməyin. Çox yaxşı onlayn kurslar da mövcuddur, həm də pulsuz.

Təcrübə, təcrübə, təcrübə

Proqramlaşdırmanı yaxşı öyrənmək üçün bu işin nəzəriyyəsini, fun- damental əsaslarını və konsepsiyasını çox yaxşı bilməlisiniz. Proqramlaş- dırmanı yaxşı bacarmaq üçün isə bol-bol praktika lazımdır. Necə ki, yaxşı piano çalmaq üçün çox piano çalmaq lazımdır. Eləcə də yaxşı proqram yazmaq üçün çoxlu proqram yazmaq lazımdır. Uzun sözün qısası, daima alqoritm tərtib etmək bacarığınızı təkmilləşdirməli və proqramlaşdırma məntiqinizi inkişaf etdirməlisiniz. Bunun üçün müxtəlif çətinlik dərəcəli məsələləri həll edin, fərqli və optimal həll yollarını axtarın, eksperimentlər aparmaqdan çəkinməyin. Əlavə olaraq müxtəlif proqramlaşdırma yarışla- rında iştirak edin. Bütün bunlar həm təcrübənizi, həm də özünüzə inamınızı artıracaq.

Əlavə resurslar

Bir tərəfdən proqramlaşdırın, digər tərəfdən də öyrənməyə davam edin. Forumlara üzv olun, bloqları izləyin, videodərslərə baxın. Bir sözlə, daim araşdırın və əlavə resurslardan hər zaman istifadə edin. Bu şəkildə biliklərinizi daha da zənginləşdirmiş olacaqsınız.

Bir mürşidiniz olsun

Tanıdığınız (real və ya virtual) ən azı bir peşəkar proqramçı olsun. Rahat sual verə bildiyiniz, məsləhət aldığınız, sizə yol göstərən bir proqramçı. Amma siz onu primitiv suallarınızla bezdirməyin. Əvvəlcə özünüz araşdırın, sualınıza cavab tapa bilməsəniz, bir də araşdırın. Araşdırmanız nəticəsiz qalsa, bir daha sınayın. Yalnız 3-cü uğursuz cəhddən sonra mür-şidinizdən soruşun.

Bildiklərinizi paylaşın

Bilik paylaşdıqca artır. Bu qızıl qaydanı unutmayın. Siz də bildiklərinizi bu yolun yolçuları ilə bölüşün. İnanın, bunun sizə də faydası olacaq. Bilik- ləriniz həm yenilənəcək, həm də canlı qalacaq.

Günün nəbzini tutun

Proqramlaşdırma ilə bağlı hər şeyi izləyin, dəyişiklik və yeniliklərdən xəbərdar olun. Unutmayın ki, proqramlaşdırma dilləri də gün keçdikcə inkişaf edir, daha da zənginləşir.

Layihələr

Nəzəri biliklər və müəyyən dərəcədə praktiki vərdişlər əldə etdikdən sonra layihələrə başlaya bilərsiniz. İlkin olaraq kiçik layihələrdən başlamağınız məsləhətdir. Unutmayın, məsələ layihənin kiçikliyində və ya böyüklüyündə deyil. Əsas odur ki, başladığınız işi yarımçıq qoymayasınız. Hətta ən kiçik layihəni belə inkişaf etdirərək kifayət qədər ciddi proqram məhsulu halına gətirmək mümkündür. Burada əsas məsələ prosesin özüdür. Layihə boyunca qarşılaşdığınız problemləri anlamaq, onların həll yollarını tapmaq, bu həllərdən optimal olanını seçmək, addım-addım layihənin qarşınızda şəkillənməsi, onun təkmilləşdirilməsi… Bütün bunlar sizə tərifolun- maz həyəcan verəcək, zövq yaşadacaq.

Startaplar

Artıq bir neçə müstəqil layihəniz olduqdan sonra startap komandalarına da qoşula bilərsiniz. Bu sizə həm təcrübə qazandıracaq, həm komanda ruhu aşılayacaq, həm də əgər bəxtiniz gətirsə, pul qazandıracaq.

Təcrübə proqramları

Müəyyən səviyyəyə gəldikdən sonra hökmən şirkətlərin elan etdiyi pullu və ya pulsuz təcrübə proqramlarına qoşulun. Gələcək karyeranız adına bu çox uğurlu bir başlanğıc ola bilər. Bu zaman həm real təcrübə qazanar, həm də CV-nizə fəxrlə bir referans əlavə etmiş olarsınız. Hətta bəxtiniz gətirsə, təcrübə keçdiyiniz şirkət sizə real iş təklifi də edə bilər.

Sertifikatlar

Əsas bilik və bacarıqlardır, sertifikat o qədər də vacib deyil. Bu fikir, əsasən, doğrudur. Amma bilik və bacarıqlara yiyələndikdən sonra sertifikatlar əldə etmək sizin peşəkarlığınızın real göstəricisi ola bilər. Şirkətlərə iş müraciətlərində, eləcə də müqavilə şərtlərində bu sertifikatların təsiri çox böyükdür. Digər tərəfdən sertifikat imtahanlarına hazırlaşarkən bilik- lərinizi sistemləşdirmiş olacaqsınız.

İşə düzəlmə

Proqramlaşdırma peşəkar fəaliyyətdir. Proqramçı olmaq arzusu ilə çıxdığınız bu yolun bir mənzili, məntiqi nəticəsi olmalıdır. Bu da, təbii ki, işə düzəlməkdir. Uğurlu karyera qurmaq üçün bura qədər verdiyimiz məsləhətlərə hərfiyyən əməl etməlisiniz. Yalnız bu zaman iş müsahibələrində özünəinamınız güclü olacaq. İmkanlarınızı layiqincə qiymətləndirin və iş təkliflərinə praqmatik yanaşın. Sizə uğurlar!

“Proqramçı olmaq istəyirəm” kitabı səh. 14–18 (Kərim Tahiroğlu)

[deepak-garhwal]

It is crucial to learn Python from the best resources available. books are one of the best resources to learn anything so we are going to check out the 5 best Python books for beginners. the episode of this podcast is dedicated to the top 5 Python books to build a strong foundation for beginners.

[izicodes]

hi!! do you have any free resources or textbooks for learning python? i’m doing my dissertation and i need a refresher before i start doing it properly. thanks!!

Hiya! 💗

Here you go:

Book

Python Objects and Classes

Roadmap.sh

Random Python Resources

Top 20 Python Projects for Beginners to Master the Language

Free Programming Books

Python Notes and Resources by @trialn1error

Python Official Roadmap

Python Project List

Python 3 Cheat Sheet

Python Cheatsheet for Beginners

These are the ones' I've shared on my blog over the years! Hope their helpful! 🥰👍🏾💗

[blubberquark]

Why Not Write Cryptography

I learned Python in high school in 2003. This was unusual at the time. We were part of a pilot project, testing new teaching materials. The official syllabus still expected us to use PASCAL. In order to satisfy the requirements, we had to learn PASCAL too, after Python. I don't know if PASCAL is still standard.

Some of the early Python programming lessons focused on cryptography. We didn't really learn anything about cryptography itself then, it was all just toy problems to demonstrate basic programming concepts like loops and recursion. Beginners can easily implement some old, outdated ciphers like Caesar, Vigenère, arbitrary 26-letter substitutions, transpositions, and so on.

The Vigenère cipher will be important. It goes like this: First, in order to work with letters, we assign numbers from 0 to 25 to the 26 letters of the alphabet, so A is 0, B is 1, C is 2 and so on. In the programs we wrote, we had to strip out all punctuation and spaces, write everything in uppercase and use the standard transliteration rules for Ä, Ö, Ü, and ß. That's just the encoding part. Now comes the encryption part. For every letter in the plain text, we add the next letter from the key, modulo 26, round robin style. The key is repeated after we get tot he end. Encrypting "HELLOWORLD" with the key "ABC" yields ["H"+"A", "E"+"B", "L"+"C", "L"+"A", "O"+"B", "W"+"C", "O"+"A", "R"+"B", "L"+"C", "D"+"A"], or "HFNLPYOLND". If this short example didn't click for you, you can look it up on Wikipedia and blame me for explaining it badly.

Then our teacher left in the middle of the school year, and a different one took over. He was unfamiliar with encryption algorithms. He took us through some of the exercises about breaking the Caesar cipher with statistics. Then he proclaimed, based on some back-of-the-envelope calculations, that a Vigenère cipher with a long enough key, with the length unknown to the attacker, is "basically uncrackable". You can't brute-force a 20-letter key, and there are no significant statistical patterns.

I told him this wasn't true. If you re-use a Vigenère key, it's like re-using a one time pad key. At the time I just had read the first chapters of Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography", and some pop history books about cold war spy stuff. I knew about the problem with re-using a one-time pad. A one time pad is the same as if your Vigenère key is as long as the message, so there is no way to make any inferences from one letter of the encrypted message to another letter of the plain text. This is mathematically proven to be completely uncrackable, as long as you use the key only one time, hence the name. Re-use of one-time pads actually happened during the cold war. Spy agencies communicated through number stations and one-time pads, but at some point, the Soviets either killed some of their cryptographers in a purge, or they messed up their book-keeping, and they re-used some of their keys. The Americans could decrypt the messages.

Here is how: If you have message $A$ and message $B$, and you re-use the key $K$, then an attacker can take the encrypted messages $A+K$ and $B+K$, and subtract them. That creates $(A+K) - (B+K) = A - B + K - K = A - B$. If you re-use a one-time pad, the attacker can just filter the key out and calculate the difference between two plaintexts.

My teacher didn't know that. He had done a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation about the time it would take to brute-force a 20 letter key, and the likelihood of accidentally arriving at something that would resemble the distribution of letters in the German language. In his mind, a 20 letter key or longer was impossible to crack. At the time, I wouldn't have known how to calculate that probability.

When I challenged his assertion that it would be "uncrackable", he created two messages that were written in German, and pasted them into the program we had been using in class, with a randomly generated key of undisclosed length. He gave me the encrypted output.

Instead of brute-forcing keys, I decided to apply what I knew about re-using one time pads. I wrote a program that takes some of the most common German words, and added them to sections of $(A-B)$. If a word was equal to a section of $B$, then this would generate a section of $A$. Then I used a large spellchecking dictionary to see if the section of $A$ generated by guessing a section of $B$ contained any valid German words. If yes, it would print the guessed word in $B$, the section of $A$, and the corresponding section of the key. There was only a little bit of key material that was common to multiple results, but that was enough to establish how long they key was. From there, I modified my program so that I could interactively try to guess words and it would decrypt the rest of the text based on my guess. The messages were two articles from the local newspaper.

When I showed the decrypted messages to my teacher the next week, got annoyed, and accused me of cheating. Had I installed a keylogger on his machine? Had I rigged his encryption program to leak key material? Had I exploited the old Python random number generator that isn't really random enough for cryptography (but good enough for games and simulations)?

Then I explained my approach. My teacher insisted that this solution didn't count, because it relied on guessing words. It would never have worked on random numeric data. I was just lucky that the messages were written in a language I speak. I could have cheated by using a search engine to find the newspaper articles on the web.

Now the lesson you should take away from this is not that I am smart and teachers are sore losers.

Lesson one: Everybody can build an encryption scheme or security system that he himself can't defeat. That doesn't mean others can't defeat it. You can also create an secret alphabet to protect your teenage diary from your kid sister. It's not practical to use that as an encryption scheme for banking. Something that works for your diary will in all likelihood be inappropriate for online banking, never mind state secrets. You never know if a teenage diary won't be stolen by a determined thief who thinks it holds the secret to a Bitcoin wallet passphrase, or if someone is re-using his banking password in your online game.

Lesson two: When you build a security system, you often accidentally design around an "intended attack". If you build a lock to be especially pick-proof, a burglar can still kick in the door, or break a window. Or maybe a new variation of the old "slide a piece of paper under the door and push the key through" trick works. Non-security experts are especially susceptible to this. Experts in one domain are often blind to attacks/exploits that make use of a different domain. It's like the physicist who saw a magic show and thought it must be powerful magnets at work, when it was actually invisible ropes.

Lesson three: Sometimes a real world problem is a great toy problem, but the easy and didactic toy solution is a really bad real world solution. Encryption was a fun way to teach programming, not a good way to teach encryption. There are many problems like that, like 3D rendering, Chess AI, and neural networks, where the real-world solution is not just more sophisticated than the toy solution, but a completely different architecture with completely different data structures. My own interactive codebreaking program did not work like modern approaches works either.

Lesson four: Don't roll your own cryptography. Don't even implement a known encryption algorithm. Use a cryptography library. Chances are you are not Bruce Schneier or Dan J Bernstein. It's harder than you thought. Unless you are doing a toy programming project to teach programming, it's not a good idea. If you don't take this advice to heart, a teenager with something to prove, somebody much less knowledgeable but with more time on his hands, might cause you trouble.

[python-programming-language]

"Python Course for Beginners" with Estefanía ...

Post #102: YouTube, Estefanía Cassingena-Navone, Learn Python In 2 Hours, 2023.

Estefanía is one of my favourite programming instructors. She explains step by step and visualizes wonderfully. I also like her voice and how she gets to the heart of the learning content. I have booked several coding courses on Udemy which are really excellent.

[k22wat-py]

Trying to learn Python programming for the third time.

I started with a beginner course on Udemy. Previously, I attempted to learn Python twice using books and online resources, but I gave up because I lost interest. This time, I’m determined to complete the course and become a Python programmer, at least at a beginner level.

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[liliths-missing-pen]

Idia With Yuu Who Wants To Learn How to Program Games

Not gonna lie this is a very self indulgent piece because my computer programming class is making me want to code but I also want to write 💀 This is my compromise here.

Notes/Warnings: Reader is Yuu, I am in the English server and wish to not know what happens in Book 6 till it comes out so artistic liberties will be taken. Also, Idia might seem a little ooc but when checking the wiki it says he gets excited and talkative when stuff he likes gets brought up so I took it and ran with it. Enjoy!

Masterlist

Before you came to Twisted Wonderland you already known how to code. Mostly just from camps that your family made you do or just out of general interest. Nonetheless you only knew the minimal to basic things, like HTML, CSS, a little bit of Javascript and Python as well C++. So to say the least there wasn’t that much you could do especially as a beginner. You’ve always seen video games or visual novels and wished you’d be able to do something like that one day but yet, you never got around to polishing skills or making yourself actually do anything to get yourself to that goal.

Jump skip to know that you are in Twisted Wonderland. You didn’t know much about this world at all, lots of things were different than your own world. The way things were done, school expectations, slang, magic. So to say, you just expected that anything you knew would be just thrown out the window one way or another. Once you met Idia though you felt more secure in your knowledge. Idia was someone who you can imagine to be the most normal in your world. He was one of those kids in your class at the back of the room, typically not speaking to anyone unless prompted. Now you may wonder, “How did the Ramshackle prefect become associated with the shut-in hermit?” Well like any other instance, Ortho.

Ortho was extremely persistent that once you expressed interest or made an off-handed comment that you knew some code and loved visual novel games, you should meet his brother. Honestly, the issue wasn’t to convince you, it was Idia that needed convincing.

Since it wasn't Idia who invited you to his dorm, he was flipping out when Ortho told him to expect you. He's heard about the notorious Ramshackle prefect who dealt with Overbolts even though they're magicless. He couldn't lie and say that he wasn't interested in you though. Not everyone was able to do that. He just wasn't sure if he could do this right now.

Once you did arrive, Ortho carried most of the conversation. Idia was trying his best to try to make conversation as well but he couldn't bring himself. It was hard to talk to a normie okay?!

Well, that's what he kept thinking after each of his failed attempts. Ortho knew what to do though, he knew his brother would have issues so he hacked into your Magicam account to learn more about you till he ran upon all the gaming and anime accounts you followed. He put to and to together and this was Ortho's plan to make you two talk normally. Once he mentioned a game he knew both you and Idia played it was the start of something great.

Idia's attitude towards you changed completely once you talked about video games and anything else he was into. Which dragged into how the game was coded and whatnot. Once you mentioned how you wanted to program your own game and your vision he was just like an over-excited child he ushered you over to his game, asking how much you knew about code and how fun it would be to create a game.

But basically, once he dragged you in it'll be very hard to leave. Your whole friendship with Idia from then on was built on the game y'all were creating together, anime and gaming. Not that you'd complain it was very to have Idia around. Just that you'd always have to start up the conversion since Idia will always second guess himself

Even once you two finish creating your game Idia would still keep you around. He'd even start being the one to invite you instead of just showing up! After helping you learn and sharpen your skills in programming by working on a game together, you'd start to help him out too! If you know anything about programming, especially C++ you know how picky it is with its writing. Whilst he's off typing quickly you start to point out to him certain things he's missing, like a semicolon on something that'll screw the whole code up.

Wholeheartedly once you make friends with Idiai from one of his special interests it's going to be hard to pull him away from you <3

[koko-online]

Hot take : books have too many words

Now that I have your attention, I'm talking about instructional books. Non-fiction books with the purpose of teaching a skill.

Representative example : Automate The Boring Stuff With Python by Al Sweigart. Ostensibly, this is an application-(pun intended)-forward approach to teaching/learning how to program.

Guess on what page, excluding indexes, excluding the forward, you're asked to actually write a single program.

Page 56. Question 9 of the practice questions on the final page of chapter two. And it's a simple if, elif, else decision tree. I bought this book used and the previous owner stopped bookmarking and highlighting on page 41. They didn't write a single line of code themselves.

This isn't a problem unique to this book, it's a criticism I have of most books like this. My criticism of this book is in how similar it is to every other programming book for beginners. But this isn't just true of this domain, it's true of music, it's true of drawing, it's true of painting, it's true of creative writing, second languages, any skill you can learn. I've spent the last year and a half just trying to learn how to do new things as an adult and it's been more and more of this schlock.

I am a firm and committed believer in books, and I think digital learning tools are at best a poor substitute in a pinch. But this is not the way.

Fact of the matter is that humans are really bad at high-level concepts. We are bad at making them, we are bad at communicating them, and we are bad at learning them and drawing conclusions from them. So many highly educated people I know in my field are dumb as rocks because of this.

Learning a new skill happens from repetition. It's a training regimen that involves frequent direct instruction, but it should be at least 50% training.

Imagine if I were your personal trainer (gym) and our first week I just spent every day talking about proper form, nutrition, muscle groups, etc., without you actually doing anything. It may or may not be useful information but you won't have retained much and you wouldn't have grown at all in your fitness!

Gotta put my money where my mouth is and write books...

[xpc-web-dev]

Hi! I have just recently deciding to switch careers and leave the vet industry , go into tech. Have spent past 2 years in tech school to become a vet assistant but after being in my field, I always wondered how it would be like to have a career in tech, ive always thought for so long that being in tech comes w Math and science and i suck at both 🤣🤣🤣. so I’m deciding to enroll myself in a completely online program to become an IT tech yet i have always admired hacking and coding so without getting sooo much into it, which leads me to my question:

- what do I have to do to be in the code career?

- do I have to go to boot camp out of my state or should look into going online completely?

- is coding beginner friendly especially as someone who doesn’t have ABSOLUTE NO IDEA about coding?

Please let me know and I love that I have found a community of women jn the tech industry, it’s pretty inspiring which why I want to go into the tech career.

Hi Stone, first of all welcome to our small and growing community.

I'm glad you're giving yourself this chance to try technology and see if it's for you or go back to vet or even go to art(yes I stalked you UEUHEHUEHUE) and I also thank you for finding my opinion relevant.

As you said that you wanted a career and that you are interested in coding and hacking, here you need to choose which one to prioritize. Because whether back-end, front-end, mobile, fullstack or cybersecurity there will be a lot to study, practice, make mistakes and practice again.

Here I give an addendum that if you don't know what these areas mean in technology, I recommend doing a search, reading and watching videos on youtube about it to see what might please you.

So based on what you've told me, again I think the best first step is to know what you want to prioritize and what you want to make money from.

Because trust me, you won't be able to study everything together at the same time. And if you manage to find an hour, there will be a burnout, so take it easy my friend. (from personal experience)

Even more so if you want a job, it's best to focus on 1 and then move on to others. Then find out what might be best for you / what you most identify with.

I also like hacking, I have books and I have already found courses. But this is something I want to study as a hobby and a safety measure (after all, there's no shortage of motherfuckers doing shit with others with that knowledge). So I put it in the background. Because my priority is money and hacking has work, but not in my country.

Now about entering the code career. Despite being a junior/student, I've seen a lot and I've also learned in these 2 years in the technology community in my country and watching you from the outside, so I can have a more mature view to help you with that.

So let's go:

1) - To know what you need to do to enter your career in code, you need to know how the technology market is in your country.

Because with all these layoffs, we have a lot of professionals with experience and academically well qualified and depending on the country, we currently have more demand for professionals than job offers. (Here in Brazil this is happening, because the layoffs in North America reflected here).

And here I don't want to discourage you, I just want to give you a realistic parameter for you to enter the area without illusions and not get frustrated like me and a bunch of people on the internet. (I wish someone had guided me like that). Because what we have most on social media is people making it seem like programming is easy and getting a job is even easier, or that you're going to earn A LOT since you're just a junior and THAT'S NOT THE REALITY..

BUT all the effort pays off in the end.

Within that, here I think it's cool that you try to observe what vacancies in your country ask for juniors/interns.

From Skills like knowing python to asking college or accepting bootcamp. See what's most in demand out there and within that see if you like what's in demand.

I tell you this, because here in Brazil, for example, we currently have more vacancies for internships (and here you need to be enrolled in a college to do an internship) than for juniors without college and only with bootcamps. So if we want a job around here, the first thing is to go to college and not be completely self-taught. So again, research and study your country's technology market.

In my conception TODAY getting a job in programming without college will be 10x more difficult than in 2020 for example, things have changed. The market now is not lacking developers, quite the contrary, now it has hight demands from developers but not for JOBS.

What the market wants most are senior people (and I've seen seniors I know saying that after layoffs even for them it's more willing to get a job, again supply and demand), but there are still opportunities for us beginners, in some countries there are more and in others less.

Speaking in the sense of the United States from what I observed from the US (content producers and twitter) + my experiences here in Brazil.I don't know the current situation of the technology market in Africa, the rest of Latin America , Asia and Europe.

Of course, you can be lucky and succeed without , but I, for one, got tired of believing that I would be lucky and be one of those people who succeed and changed my strategy to get a job.

Or you could also join a job-guaranteed bootcamp. Check how it works and if you have this type in your country.

And here we come to your second question.

2) The answer is it depends.

For example, will this bootcamp in your state guarantee you a job or is it possible to do an internship at a company or will it connect you with companies after the program?Or is he recognized by technology companies in your state?

If so, I would recommend doing it and dedicating yourself to getting in.

Because look, if they guarantee you an job is even better , you'll just have to study and do what they tell you to get your job.

But if you don't guarantee it, but this training has merit/respect in the market, it also pays off.

Here, I wanted to take the opportunity and talk about apprenticeship.

In our community we have our queen @xiacodes @xiabablog (it's the same person), she did an apprenticeship and today she is a junior developer in UK .

She shared her journey on her blog and is also the most engaged and resource sharing person in our community.

Here I would like to say that FOR ME Apprenticeship is one of the smartest strategies today to get into the technology market.

I myself will start on a Monday and it was my solution to get a job in code by the end of the year. (I'll talk about this in another post too)

So I recommend looking for apprenticeship in your country / state and how they work there.

And obviously observe and read the rules of the program to see if there are any catches that put you in absurd debt or contractual fines.

And see if you can handle it if you have the possibility.

Here I give an addendum that if you find an apprenticeship but that you will earn little in the beginning, for you to analyze well before saying no. Because salary we can evolve after we have experience, the important thing for us juniors/students is to get the first experience and the rest later becomes easier. (At least that's what the Mid /seniors I know say)

Now if in your country you don't have this kind of opportunity, I would recommend trying to see if it would be possible to do bootcamp/online courses + college to get an internship.

And you don't even have to start with paid courses, in my opinion if the bootcamp won't guarantee you a job, it's not worth paying for it. We have a lot of free resources on the internt (youtube biggest school) .

But it's up to you.

Free Courses:

-Freecodecamp

-Odin project (And it has both fullstack with ruby ​​and with node.js. )

For me, paying will only pay off when you don't find quality resources for what you want to study. So I would advise you to always think about whether it pays off or not.

Accessible paid courses:

- Codecademy

- Udemy (there are good courses there and there are always promotions)

+++ Here I also wanted to talk about knowing that public colleges (100% free) are not possible in all countries or when they are, they are very elective and difficult to get into for poor people as it is here in Brazil.

But here despite that, studying A LOT to pass the exams and having worked to save money and support yourself until you get scholarships to support yourself (and if you do), you manage to get into the best colleges that are free and that is more viable than being poor and being able to pay for college in the US, for example.

So I know that it might not be very viable depending on where you live and whether or not you are a resident of the country.

So I don't know if college can be an affordable thing for you, but if not that you can find the best strategy to achieve your financial prosperity in technology!

But if you are from the United States for example, this week I discovered this spotify program: https://fellowship.spotify.com/

The one where they only hire people with bootcamps and not colleges and open in the summer there.

And despite the layoffs, I still think there are more entry level openings there than here HUEHUEEHEU.

3) What do you mean by friendly?

If you mean easy, no, she probably won't be friendly to you at all AND THAT'S OKAY.

As you yourself said that you know absolutely nothing, it will be natural for you to have difficulty, to think about giving up and to make a lot of mistakes to get it right.

It's going to be a process of failing and trying again and again.

NOTHING IS EASY. And since you've already taken a veterinary course, I think you already know that things are really difficult. So this is another reminder that it won't be any different here.

BUT it will end well because EVERYTHING IS LEARNED.

And that also goes for math, if you ever have to deal with it (and if you go to cs college you will) you will make a lot of mistakes, but you will succeed, because EVERYTHING IS LEARNED based on trial and error.

And that doesn't mean you're bad or stupid, just that you're learning something completely from scratch. It won't be overnight that you will understand, it may take months or years, but persisting you will succeed. THIS IS NORMAL.

I cried (literally) to do conditional algorithms in 2021, I banged my head in books, said I would never make it and felt like the biggest dumbass in the world and today 2023 are the easiest things for me. I have no problem making them.

And that was only possible because I didn't give up.

Here I wanted to advise you to start your programming studies with low expectations, to help you manage your frustrations and maybe burnouts. It won't be overnight that you will become the best programmer and do many projects at the level of a senior developer or the people who do tutorials on youtube.

They will be small steps that lead you to your goals in studies. Again, constants.

There are people who could get their ek code jobs in 3 to 6 months of study.

BUT FOR ME, currently having a plan to get an opportunity between 2 years and 4 years (if you actually go to college) study is the healthiest way to pursue your studies and goals. If you get it sooner, even better for you, but if not, you'll be fine with yourself because it's within the period you stipulated.

Finally, I ask you not to take anything I say as absolute truth.

Question what you read Take what I said, analyze it and see how it works in your reality.

I also recommend trying to find women in technology from your country on linkedin and see if they can help you with tips and so on. I feel very good knowing so many Brazilian women in tech since I did this, my network there is composed only of them precisely to create a place without judgment but of welcome and inspiration.

Well, I invested about 3 hours answering the best way I can, I hope you read it and that it helps you.

Anything, if you want to talk more, you can call me in the chat, I'll take a while but I'll answer.

I wish you good studies, discernment to see which is the best path for you and that you stay well! Lots of protection in studies and career.

[robotohub]

Gear Up! A Beginner's Guide to Learning Robotics

Hey Tech Enthusiasts!

Are you fascinated by robots and want to dive into the world of robotics? Learning robotics can seem daunting, but with the right resources and mindset, you can get started!

Step 1: Understand the Basics

- Familiarize yourself with programming languages like C++, Python, or Java

- Learn about electronics, circuitry, and microcontrollers (e.g., Arduino, Raspberry Pi)

- Get a grasp on mechanical concepts (e.g., kinematics, dynamics)

Step 2: Choose Your Path

- Robotics kits (e.g., Lego Mindstorms, Makeblock)

- Online courses (e.g., Coursera, edX, Udemy)

- Books (e.g., "Robotics, Vision & Control" by Peter Corke)

- Join online communities (e.g., Reddit's r/robotics, r/learnprogramming)

*Step 3: Practice & Build*

- Start with simple projects (e.g., line follower, robotic arm)

- Experiment with sensors, actuators, and control systems

- Join robotics competitions or hackathons

Step 4: Network & Learn from Others

- Attend robotics conferences, meetups, or workshops

- Collaborate with fellow robotics enthusiasts

- Participate in online forums

Resources:

- Code.org's Robotics Course

- Robotics Academy

- Robot Operating System (ROS)

Inspiration:

- Boston Dynamics' robots

- NASA's Robotics Alliance Project

- Robot Wars

Conclusion:

Learning robotics takes time, patience, and dedication. Stay curious, persistent, and creative!

What's your favorite robotics project or resource? Share in the comments!

[Reblog if you're interested in robotics!]

[izicodes]

Random Python Resources | Resources ✨

Hiya! I found some Python links in one of my bookmark folders so I thought I would just share them - might be helpful to someone!

Think Python 2 (book) - LINK

Learning Python (book) - LINK

Learn Python from beginner to advanced (site) - LINK

Python Tutorial (book) - LINK

Introduction to Programming with Python (16-hour video) - LINK

Python Learning Roadmap (site) - LINK

Good luck with your studies 👩🏾‍🎓👍🏾💗

[ericvanderburg]

Computer Programming And Cyber Security for Beginners: This Book Includes: Python Machine Learning, SQL, Linux, Hacking with Kali Linux, Ethical Hacking. Coding and Cybersecurity Fundamentals

http://i.securitythinkingcap.com/TCbB6k

[hayacode]

Hey! Absolute beginner here- I’ve been wanting to learn python but I’ve been holding it off for the longestttt time - I already got myself an online course and a book or two on how to code, but nothing seems to work??? I genuinely want to learn, but I can’t seem to stick for long. What do u recommend???

This is going to be so long please bear with me.

Do you have a goal in mind? Why do you choose Python specifically?

You need a reason to keep going.

And even if you have a goal in your mind or a reason to do it, the fact that nothing works no matter how much you try means it’s not strong enough.

And maybe it’s not really the thing you want to do, not now at least and that’s okay.

Don’t force yourself! Sit and think why this should be important to you.

At first try to set only 15 mins in your day to study python.

Then if you start to get the hang of it and you finally have it as an important part of your routine, increase the time and make it 25 mins or 30 mins.

Think of ideas you want to build in the future.

You can’t build anything now but write whatever comes to your mind.

Join a community (like our community here), talk with us and ask and we will do our best to help.

Share your progress, it will motivate you and us.

But remember again, the motivation to keep going is what's gonna make you reach your goal.

Side story, I have a friend who wanted to study programming with me.

She talked about her ideas of the future so passionately but suddenly stopped.

Her reasons weren’t enough, her goal wasn’t that important to her enough.

She has many important things to do, coding and programming weren’t.

And that’s okay, at least she knows.

She chooses to focus on what’s important to her right now.

And in the future, if she has time, she will give coding a second chance.

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Could you recommend a beginner's book or books for someone who wants to get into programming as a hobby? I know HTML and CSS, working on learning JS, but I kinda wanna get into mainline programming for kicks, and I'm unsure about how to branch out of web development.

Hello!

There's lots of things programming as a hobby can mean: do you want to do leetcode for fun? do you want to write programs to automate workflows? write mini video games? write programs for microcontrollers to affect the world outside your computer? do things with data analysis? figuring this out is likely to making learning way more interesting to you!

I have zero frontend experience with doing anything on web. My only experience with JS is figuring out what to block on websites. So if you want to add functionality to websites, keep at JS? I hear that the gold standard for learning web related technologies for free is freecodecamp.org so might be worth looking at if you haven't already!

In 2023, 75% of what you want to do can be done with python, so imo it is worth picking up! It's also a very intuitive language to start with if you feel like JS is slippery.

I picked up python from MIT's 6.001x, when it was still for free on edX with the autograder but all the material is still available here on OCW. This is a very traditional course so I think you get a sense of whether you'll like classic problem solving in the leetcode way.

A friend of mine had a good time using Automate the Boring Stuff with Python which is a non programmers introduction to writing scripts to do useful things for python, which is much more practical course.

A more language agnostic approach might be looking through the introductory stuff in OSSU's Computer Science self taught curriculum.

Once you feel reasonably comfortable with any language, this link leads to some curated tutorials to program projects in different languages. Pick anything that you find interests you :)