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Ask HN: What computer skills should you learn first?
I know how to roughly use a computer and fix most technical issues thanks to Google. But I don't know much more than that (no programming or hardware experience for instance) and I don't know where to start.
What should be the first things to learn when trying to become more computer literate after mastering the basics?
Regards
- ficklelarry 13y agoHow to use a terminal
- dossy 13y agoHow to Google search.
- paloohza 13y agocheck out some courses on - codecademy.com, codeschool.com, and teamtreehouse.com/,
- ludwigpacifici 13y agoor else https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.coursera.org/
- winter_blue 13y agoI'd suggest two things: * Learn Python -- try making some small tools in it. * Learn how to use Linux -- you can start with Kubuntu and familiarize yourself with terminal and the other things you'll encounter here. But really -- if you want to be more "computer literate", just focus on programming. Writing small tools; and maybe even taking on a big project like building a 2D game (if that's what you want)...
- enthdegree 13y agoIf you want to learn to code, you might find it worthwhile to think up a real-life computing task you could use a program to automate, then write, say, a Firefox extension, a Python script, or a contribution to an existing codebase. This has the advantage over game programming in that: * You can avoid all the interface baggage that comes with game programming. (unless, of course, this is what you're aiming to learn) * You will be solving a real problem, instead of creating a fake one for people to solve. For example, this project was how I first got my feet wet with python: http://www.nerdhow.com/uzblsms-a-way-to-browse-the-web-via-text-message/ http://www.nerdhow.com/uzblsms-a-way-to-browse-the-web-via-t... I guess my point is that I learned (and am learning) how to program by treating code as means to an end, rather than learning to program just for the sake of programming.
- p1esk 13y agoRead "Code" by Petzold. As far as practical computer skills, study any book on A+ certification (maybe even get that cert), then learn Linux/Python
- NAFV_P 13y agoTo print the contents of a file onscreen.... If you want to do it in 1 line of code: bash If you want to do it in 5: Python If you want to do it in 30: C