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Not knowing JavaScript, how to handle api calls, create applications on GitHub, create bots, create Lua modules etc. puts an huge full stop over whatever cool ideas I have. Although, I sometimes read hundreds of codes and am able to understand the syntax, sometimes the specific things I wanna don't have an existing code in the entire project. Any place I can go and learn coding as an almost beginner, that guides me from the basics to the advanced level step by step? I really want to learn this thing. Thanks! --- CX Zoom(he/him) ( let's talk| contribs) 14:36, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
I'd suggest first developing some fluency with code by writing some simple interactive text apps (maybe games) that don't do a lot of graphics, dependencies, API calls, etc. Then you will have better footing for dealing with the other stuff. Python is considered a good first language these days. I don't like Javascript very much for that purpose. Web searching "Python for beginners" finds lots of intro tutorials.
Being able to code is like speaking a natural language (e.g. Italian) or playing a musical instrument. It's more a matter of practice and developing your instincts, than of knowledge per se. Intricacies of API's and tool chains OTOH are more like studying chemistry in a book written in Italian. That is more about knowledge. It helps to have some basic footing in the language before working on more knowledge-intensive stuff. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 21:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
A big thanks to everyone who responded to help me out. — CX Zoom[he/him] ( let's talk • C • L) 21:39, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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Not knowing JavaScript, how to handle api calls, create applications on GitHub, create bots, create Lua modules etc. puts an huge full stop over whatever cool ideas I have. Although, I sometimes read hundreds of codes and am able to understand the syntax, sometimes the specific things I wanna don't have an existing code in the entire project. Any place I can go and learn coding as an almost beginner, that guides me from the basics to the advanced level step by step? I really want to learn this thing. Thanks! --- CX Zoom(he/him) ( let's talk| contribs) 14:36, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
I'd suggest first developing some fluency with code by writing some simple interactive text apps (maybe games) that don't do a lot of graphics, dependencies, API calls, etc. Then you will have better footing for dealing with the other stuff. Python is considered a good first language these days. I don't like Javascript very much for that purpose. Web searching "Python for beginners" finds lots of intro tutorials.
Being able to code is like speaking a natural language (e.g. Italian) or playing a musical instrument. It's more a matter of practice and developing your instincts, than of knowledge per se. Intricacies of API's and tool chains OTOH are more like studying chemistry in a book written in Italian. That is more about knowledge. It helps to have some basic footing in the language before working on more knowledge-intensive stuff. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 21:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
A big thanks to everyone who responded to help me out. — CX Zoom[he/him] ( let's talk • C • L) 21:39, 13 April 2022 (UTC)