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What is the best way to learn to code from absolute scratch?
We have been hosting a Ugandan refugee in our home in Oakland for the past 9 months and he wants to learn how to code.
Where is the best place for him to start from absolute scratch? What resources can we point him to? Who can help?
- aurizon 9y agoIf you do not know any code, I suggest the MIT free online college. https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Explore this. As to the particular initial language, I suggest you browse this search. https://www.google.ca/search?ei=4hR2WoPPM-zQjwSnoaTQBw&q=best+newbie+code+2017&oq=best+newbie+code+2017&gs_l=psy-ab.3...107950.114637.0.115209.6.6.0.0.0.0.103.595.3j3.6.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.394...0i22i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i21k1j33i160k1.0.QyGmJB0uYmc https://www.google.ca/search?ei=4hR2WoPPM-zQjwSnoaTQBw&q=bes...
- eliotpeper 9y agoThanks, this is great.
- westurner 9y agoHere's an answer to a similar question: "Ask HN: How to introduce someone to programming concepts during 12-hour drive?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15454421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15454421 https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/ (Python3) https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/ (Javascript) https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/git/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/git/ (Git) https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/markdown/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/markdown/ (Markdown) Read the docs. Read the source. Write docstrings. Write automated tests: that's the other half of the code. Keep a journal of your knowledge as e.g. Markdown or ReStructuredText; regularly pull the good ones from bookmarks and history into an outline. I keep a tools reference doc with links to Wikipedia, Homepage, Source, Docs: https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/tools/ https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/tools/ And a single-page log of my comments: https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/ https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/ > To get a job, "Coding Interview University": https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
- eliotpeper 9y agoWow, thank you so much. This is incredibly useful.
- matchmike1313 9y agoFreecodecamp.org is awesome!
- eliotpeper 9y agoSweet. Passing this along to him.