Coding tutorials - looking for suggestions (please)

Dirk Diggler · 4 Jul 2022 at 15:55

I used to code PHP/SQL on a hobby basis a few years ago and I've fancied picking something up again on a hobby basis. I'd like to learn something useful (not necessarily PHP) and would be grateful if anyone had any suggestions for tutorials that were aimed at begginers through to advanced.

I'm happy to use Linux if there's better free software options there.

TIA.

Dup · 4 Jul 2022 at 16:33

Wholly depends on what projects you have in mind. What would you want to do once you're at a competent level?

Dirk Diggler · 4 Jul 2022 at 17:21

Dup said:
Wholly depends on what projects you have in mind. What would you want to do once you're at a competent level?

I think possibly an Android app could be useful if I learned how to create one.

chroniclard · 4 Jul 2022 at 18:13

Android studio is free and there are a ton of tutorials on the official site.

Dirk Diggler · 4 Jul 2022 at 20:06

chroniclard said:
Android studio is free and there are a ton of tutorials on the official site.

Cheers, I'll get a look at that.

Dirk Diggler · 5 Jul 2022 at 12:18

The Android stuff isn't really appealing to me.

I've had a look at Python and it feels familiar - if anyone has any suggestions of decent tutorials that could walk me through some "fun" projects, I'd be grateful.

FredFlint · 5 Jul 2022 at 19:48

if you want to do an Android app, use Visual Studio + MAUI (c#).
Start a project, then break it down into things you want it to have. Then learn how to do each thing on the list. by the time its done you will have learned a lot.

Dirk Diggler · 5 Jul 2022 at 20:38

FredFlint said:
if you want to do an Android app, use Visual Studio + MAUI (c#).
Start a project, then break it down into things you want it to have. Then learn how to do each thing on the list. by the time its done you will have learned a lot.

Is there some beginner tutorials for a starter?

FredFlint · 5 Jul 2022 at 22:39

Dirk Diggler said:
Is there some beginner tutorials for a starter?

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/maui/first-app-tutorial/intro
MAUI is muli-platform so you can create a project that can build an app for windows, android, IOS and mac.

FredFlint · 6 Jul 2022 at 14:53

Dirk Diggler said:
Is there some beginner tutorials for a starter?

If you use .net MAUI, you should get the free devexpress controls, they are free at this time, you need to fill stuff in to get them but they will cost a lot when the free offer is over.

Free Xamarin UI Controls for iOS & Android - C# | DevExpress

A control suite for Xamarin & MAUI ships with high-performance UI components. Includes a Data Grid, Scheduler, Charts, Tab View, Data Editors, Menu, and Navigation Drawer.

www.devexpress.com

Dirk Diggler · 6 Jul 2022 at 18:49

Thanks again, @FredFlint

I've completed the below tutorial and really like the simplicity of Python, and I've decided on a wee project for a challenge - I'm going to make a Word game like Wordle from scratch.

Mr Oxide · 7 Jul 2022 at 19:22

Here is a tutorial for beginners in C++. This lass has quite a few videos, too

Kesomir · 14 Jul 2022 at 09:21

https://exercism.org and https://www.freecodecamp.org have python resources

UnknownDonut · 14 Jul 2022 at 09:48

Dirk Diggler said:
The Android stuff isn't really appealing to me.

I've had a look at Python and it feels familiar - if anyone has any suggestions of decent tutorials that could walk me through some "fun" projects, I'd be grateful.

Udemy currently has Python £60 courses for £14, recommended starter courses "2022 Complete Python Bootcamp From Zero to Hero in Python" and "The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real World Applications"

gpuerrilla · 14 Jul 2022 at 10:03

Wow C++ in 10 hours. :cry:

Certainly try not to recommend that to people as their first language. Some are bright enough though I guess its doable.

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jul 2022 at 10:25

Kesomir said:
https://exercism.org and https://www.freecodecamp.org have python resources

I've now got them bookmarked, cheers.

I had a couple of questions and wasn't sure whether a separate thread was necessary, so might as well ask in here initially..

I'm looking to set up constants and global variables in a dedicated script that I can include by importing into the main script, but everything seems to be local?

Example: I have a separate language module that stores everything that will be printed to screen, and all the phrases are stored in a single array. I have then imported the module within the main script. The array is recognised when referenced within the main script, but it isn't recognised in other scripts that I import e.g. my functions module. It looks like dependencies need to be called in every script? That doesn't seem very efficient or semantic for coding?

gpuerrilla · 14 Jul 2022 at 10:29

When messing about with python I think they went the route of making virtual environments to sandbox your projects.

Dirk Diggler · 14 Jul 2022 at 10:58

gpuerrilla said:
When messing about with python I think they went the route of making virtual environments to sandbox your projects.

It's not an issue if the variables can't be global, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Mr Oxide · 15 Jul 2022 at 18:30

gpuerrilla said:
Wow C++ in 10 hours.

Certainly try not to recommend that to people as their first language. Some are bright enough though I guess its doable.

True, But I do not aasume how people will grasp stuff. They may never look at it. Many coding languages have similarities. A variable is a variable in the end.

Minibiker · 20 Jul 2022 at 13:07

any recommendations for sites that do Python challenges, I'm new to it all but want to do challenges aswell to learn it along side tutorial videos, that way i can see that I'm learning it and it will stay in my head better...

cheers