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Re: [Linux-aus] Computer Programming Courses in Adelaide?



I think this is the better way too. PHP would be a good place to start 'cos the manual is very good and the error/warning messages tend to be helpful. IMHO Python is a "better" language but a harder to learn for a beginner. As far as what to code,..... a guest book app is always a good first project :-)

Paul Wayper wrote:
Tim Ansell wrote:
We would prefer an open source language like Python or PHP. Java would
be a last choice.
Are the online tutorials not enough?

My preferred way to learn a new language is to reimplement some
well-known wheel in it. Pick something that you can start small and
work upward, adding new features and ideas and making it more complex. Pick a problem that solves a need you have now (rather than, say, a
widget sales department or Third-Order Chebyshev Filter resistor
calculator). Write it in two or three different ways - an array-based
implementation, one using string storage, and one using files, for
instance. Follow the (online) tutorials but apply the knowledge to your
own problem.


The only reason to do a training course, IMNSHO, is to get a certificate
at the end.  You can learn the same stuff just as well online or from a
book, these days.

Have fun,

Paul

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