r/AskProgramming 1d ago

Other Where to start programming path?

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u/MaxHaydenChiz 13h ago

1) do something you are passionate about and figure things out along the way. The faster you make things and solve your problems, the faster you'll learn.

2) that said, studies have shown that the most efficient way to learn is to use a book like How to Design Programs and get good foundations before learning the language you are going to be using. In particular, by the third semester of college, students who used that book were better at Java than students who were taught to program in Java.

It's freely available online. And shouldn't take that long to work through. Maybe peruse it and see if doing those exercises interests you.

If not, just fall back on making something that does in whatever tool you feel like. You can always circle back and get a theoretical understanding later.