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What you have described is frontend web development, not 'programming'. The latter is a vast discipline with myriad applications, frontend being just one of the
by yazzku 4y ago
What you have described is frontend web development, not 'programming'. The latter is a vast discipline with myriad applications, frontend being just one of them, and possibly the worst to get into.
Throw away all of that Web garbage and explore other spaces. Gamedev never gets old.
- gompertz 4y agoYeah I agree... Front end web dev isn't particularly programming. Especially not "degree in computer science" programming. Unless something has changed in academics I don't think CS degrees are touching anything front end and it's all backend languages, algorithms, math etc. Front end is more akin to technical schools and diplomas, boot camps, etc. I think this may be one cause for OPs disappointment and struggles.
- JonChesterfield 4y agoThe web has the strong advantage of being an enormous field built loosely on JavaScript. I'm not sure that's a perfect beginner language but at least it's not C++. Games dev is a brutally difficult niche. Or at least it used to be, maybe these days the engine part is off the shelf and the programming a bit closer to storytelling. I've been out of that industry for a while.
- yazzku 4y agoThere are beginner-friendly engines like Love2D. Getting started with something like that should be straightforward provided one has basic programming notions. Otherwise, learning C (or C++) and exploring the internals for yourself will teach you a lot more about programming and data structures than using whatever web technology webdevs are using to inflict pain upon themselves these days. https://love2d.org/ https://love2d.org/