Lifehacker - Programming! Learn the Basics of Coding, How to Pick a Language a Project, and More!

[@bushidosoul1988]

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[@a1rhogan]

+Bushido Sou Yeah this is markdown. *Its very helpful*. there are great places on the _internet_ to learn this.

[@celltuner]

*cool*

[@KeenScout.]

*that's* _awesome_ -dude-

[@gutenman7112]

*Guys* does this really -works- ?

[@gutenman7112]

Holy -SHIT-

[@TheKovodude]

I started with Codeacademy for learning programming. Its a very good source. I high recommend anyone who is serious about coding to start there as well.

[@Tomn8er]

why do you jump from introducing variables and the very basics of programming into hosting a website? In an introduction to coding video... really? That makes zero sense

[@malikbenslimane2873]

+bonzihunter It's just a marketing video, that was stupid

[@officialdinodoestuff]

I'm a professional programmer, I've made 6,000 games and I'm 1 week old.

[@randomers2k167]

Noob I'm 1 day old and I've done better.

[@officialdinodoestuff]

Red Light Gaming I mistyped, I'm 1 hour old

[@dancewithehsaas]

I'm one millisecond old. BEAT THAT

[@officialdinodoestuff]

Oh Snap I was never born?

[@dancewithehsaas]

DinoDoesStuff dammit

[@pixelart0124]

This is the very very bestest everest lesson on the concepts of programming.. I'm learning Java in college, so i already know all this. I've seen a million "basics of programming" videos, this part is the very best!

[@gummipalle]

I did microsofts visual c# to learn the easy basics. (The visual interface made things much easier to learn than that blanck screen they gave us 15-20 years ago). Then I added the xna game-dev stuff for the ease of use with one-man games... Also a great and rewarding way to get some projects planned and done, with all the features you would expect of a 'modern' game... C# is a good all-in-one package to learn about object oriented programming, which is fast to write... Man to machine logic, .NET, and what operating systems, frameworks, and libraries etc are... c# really helped me understand microsoft products in general, from a technical standpoint. C# comes with a great FREE (And widely used!) windows-style code editor with tons of great features, and LOTS of info, guides turorials and other resources available in all languages and skill levels... Millions of forum users... Millions.... All using the same editor, so no issues there... -Also, though i've never written java-code, when I see it, its easily readable to me as a c# person... -It would seem that the so called high-level programming languages, like c# and java, are pretty scimilar in their english-like approach to getting the machine to do its magic... LUCKILY: The basic terms of programming are the same in all the languages... variables, input, output, methods, overloads, acces-modifiers, strings, ints, and floats, classes, for-loops... Debugging, scripts, compilers, alpha channels, and spaghetti-code are universal, trans-langual terms, that you can learn through any of the high level languages... The hard stuff to do is expressing the right math, and that stuff is universal! Learning a new programming language is NOT NEARLY as hard as learning a new people-language... So dont worry too much... Go with what your OS will run, and settle for the flavour you prefer... My guess is you could code a whole bunch of small 'high -level' programs before running into anything super language-specific at all... There is a code translate-site that you can copy/paste to and translate from one language to another...

[@gummipalle]

At the time, I needed c# for a game mod... Besides that, I assumed that since c# was newer, and goes so well with windows, it was probably not a mistake to learn it under any circumstance.... Howerver, I dont have a lot of experience with the "new" windows8, so I'm not at all sure c# is still as "viable".... I am unsure of how it works with win8, and the only project i tried to "port" to win8, had some issues that I still havent resolved. (As XNA is no longer supported by microsoft)... Maybe check out monogame, they say its like xna, but open-source, and cross-platform.....

[@gummipalle]

im pretty sure there is a free online code translator that can autotranslate between c++ into whatever.... but certainly, while some thing differ from language to language, as far as i can tell, the basic concepts are all the same... ....Like all languages declare variables, and work with the same input/output devices, share history, etc... So I say go with whatever feels appealing in your situation.... But a lot of people say go with c++ for fast engines...

[@fzamora1777]

And you are born with it my friend. Just the fact that you are asking about learning indicates you will probably be good at it.

[@mahonii]

Still haven't seen or thought of a project that motivates me enough to program something even after a couple years.

[@yashavadhwal1906]

Your channel is very useful for those who don't know coding

[@TY220]

You guys rock! This was the best tut thus far. I have to start learning on my own starting even sooner after I watch this fifteen more times. God my brain sucks.

[@TonyTheWildcard]

Wow, this is really helpful, and the way they explain it makes code easier to understand, far better than the books at barnes and nobles, which are often dryer than the mojave desert.

[@khaliqmidence5108]

Thanks for the intro to coding it just really made me want to learn more..

[@plightoftheblackwoman6835]

I am earning my Masters and I have been reading these books that give you a lot of useless information. When in ten minutes you just brought home UNDERSTANDING. Your analogy of labeled jars really made sense to me. Why isn't it that easy in class?

[@SenorAhole]

Best fucking video on programming. I watched stanford and MIT. But, this was the best explained, simple, fast, and straight to the point.

[@Georbur]

I LOVED all the advertisements.

[@CDMPlaylists]

Thank you for all your advice. I went to the codecademy like you suggested and have really enjoy it.

[@SlightlyNerdyGaming]

Yes! The best teacher there is.

[@Lifehacker]

@Net2sh thanks for the tip!

[@stephenstucky2195]

CodeAcademy teaches you just enough code to do nothing. Literally. I'm a CS major and tons of freshman come and think it will teach you everything you need to know. Don't get me wrong, it really is a great place to start. But don't expect to making full fledged games, apps, etc. It really teaches just enough so that you can read that particular language.

[@AtomicBl453]

Over a decade ago my friend showed me one for educational purposes only, I allowed him to install it on my computer. You're sadly mistaken if you don't believe it's a rootkit, rtfm.

[@Squaredprogramming]

This is an interesting video. I agree, that it's good to pick a language and a project. I've been programming games in C++ for a while, but other languages like Javascript are good for beginners. I wish there were things like this when I started coding 18 years ago.

[@kontrollVK]

Thanks guys!! very useful information...

[@TanUv90]

Thanks for the great explanation of JvaScript

[@OverG88]

I don't know wheather you ever study some college or faculty, but pointers in C were "whip" of proffesors used to make selection who's going to stay on college and move on and who's going to leave. Even in my high school one grade used C++. Only 2-3 of them could "digest" everything. Now, it might seem easy for you, but ask yourself, how deep did you dive into C++.

[@pianoplayer2744]

6:58 that sneeze,

[@swallowedinthesea11]

Think it was staged?

[@ZeppinnEU]

***** Why would anyone stage a background sneeze

[@SeanTangney97]

Cant wait to start learning coding with ' CoderDojo '

[@byrd3242]

It's called an example to help those who fail to see an obvious point, in this case that you're saying two completely different things are the same or calling two different things by the same name.

[@ryandelap1904]

public void chooseJava() { int java = 15 int Php = 1 if (Java > 1) { System.out.println("Choose java, we have cookies and andriod development") } }

[@BrightRomeo]

Yeaaahh, that's gonna keep you out of trouble. Good thinking.

[@CairoQween]

Thank you!

[@AtomicBl453]

If you guys want an easy language to start learning then check out Python, it's the closest thing to English as it gets in the programming world. Also, youtube and Google heavily use it.

[@Construction-agencyCoUk]

Great channel - Thank you so much (thumbs up)

[@devmen6599]

Is the guy without the glasses not allowed to blink or what?

[@franciscotr6469]

Savaria_HUN lol, its super creepy

[@jeanp.5929]

Francisco TR these guys are creepy as fuck.

[@ivandrago8299]

I thought I wanted to learn code and get a £50k job but working with nerds like these guys all day? Fuck I dunno anymore. This is a real insight. I bet there's no pussy in the majority of coding offices. Pure sausage factory.

[@selim8611]

Ivan Drago you can always do a minimum wage/retail job, I see lots of chicks in there. At least you can enjoy the female presence before your job becomes automated by a computer lol

[@TheNahaw]

I don't know XD, I'm a girl and interested in learning coding, not so much for a job, but I want to be able to build a "robot". It sound childish I know, but I have always wanted to do those kind of things. I'm here because I have no idea where to even start learning.

[@ModernDayThinker0715]

Codecademy is a legitimate site, just run a google check for it if you're skeptical. It's actually quite an excellent tool for learning to code. Also the spelling I have is correct, the spelling in the original comment is wrong.

[@MACCNIPH]

Very Useful Video thank you.

[@MetalHeadKitchen]

you should learn whatever language suits your needs. everyone needs to find their own favourites. i started out with web based stuff to wet my feet...html5, css, java, perl. next will be php, tehn maybe c++.

[@myhkeith]

For the whole video i thought i actually was feeling how it is to be stupid then everything just came to me at 4:05

[@runescapeswordshow]

yeah I got what you mean, just trying to prevent people from bashing on you

[@runescapeswordshow]

it depends on what you want to get from the language, in my personal opinon, Java has simplicity in the syntax

[@TheToneBender]

Oh... apparently i've already coded some shit for skyrim without knowing :P

[@Johnny-Bboyz]

same here

[@3dUber]

it doesn't matter php still takes a roll in youtube so without it, no we wouldn't be watching this video. And php is a moderate language to learn..

[@Samkzk]

I recommend python as it is simple to read and understand and can be taught to anyone

[@rock00dom]

Right, my first project was a simple application that became cloud computing. Then, after getting my feet wet, I went on to rewrite google's search engine. I'm also very close to ending world hunger with the next little project!

[@rico042002]

I been on code academy for months now, funny to see someone advertise it though, LoL

[@weightloss_healthifi]

awesome dude

[@scrublord95]

about:blank is a great place to practice :D

[@beach26]

Scheme and prolog are best language !!!!

[@TanUv90]

love codecademy

[@gmatta1112]

My understanding is that the period is a human character that the JavaScript doesn't recognize as code. That, or we don't want it to do anything, instead, we want it to read as a period, not a function

[@george_763]

Just throwing it out there, I know it's literally the first thing you'd be taught on a js course but for the love of god, do not declare a variable without a declaration keyword, always use var or let so your variable is clearly declared within it's scope, it helps with readability and ambiguity bugs.

[@RexArtTv]

I Thought This Was A Cooking Show!

[@dianat6286]

lol

[@xFallenZ38X]

The only website you listed that uses PHP is Facbook, and even that website relies heavily on C++. Twitter was uses Rails and Scala, and KZbin uses Python. PHP isn't a terrible language, but there is also a reason many websites don't use it.

[@OMGbossTUTORIALS]

kingdom thankyou easier to learn c++ now

[@Wheelygonzales]

nice job showing us how to look at the source with a hackintosh. now how about a pc?

[@ohyeahdu06]

Wtf this didnt help me at all

[@denim2252]

are u kidding

[@JohnMcConnellCoding]

If you want to know what you are doing as a programmer, learn C. Stack vs Heap. Basic system calls. malloc and free.

[@xintvl5067]

I'd like to make a networking tool for use in Linux terminal. What language would I use?

[@DiegoH23]

KZbin has thousands of programming tutorials My favorite channels are: thenewboston and Khanacademy

[@OneTacoTim]

6:55 and 6:58 you can hear sneezing xD

[@EricPedregon]

@THINKER43 You could add a linux operating system on it; they're pretty lightweight, and free. Upgrade the hardware if you want to add Windows xp, or even 7.

[@therealAkito]

Nice video man :D

[@byyECK]

Im 15 and im gonna start, thumbs up if your the same!

[@henrychurch1904]

That's what I was wondering.

[@Tulanir1]

Java. Oh, and you should change if(channel==LifeHacker) to if(channel.equals("LifeHacker")) or if(channel.equalsIgnoreCase("LifeHacker"))

[@runescapeswordshow]

I was just testing the people that might not know :P I know Java,html,css,php,and js,also obviously Java

[@sugarcane4000]

Seriously ...this tells you about programs to use .I am going to take classes this spring to learn from scratch😣😣

[@adventurewala]

This was easy to understand. Music was disturbing

[@rafaelzanfolin3635]

Hello, I wanna know if I can download javascript for windows and where I can find it.

[@Lazdinger]

Thanks dudes... I'm a complete noob to coding.

[@seal3081]

do you have a nightschool for how to solder because i don't know where to start.

[@airawolf4261]

You can also learn coding at mitopencourseware

[@chazzman4553]

Hi, Its OK guys that you promote programming, but you got to tell the whole story - serious job type programming skill is very very hard to achieve. People with natural inclination to logic and systemic thinking are doing much much better at programming than the ones who don't have it. Nevertheless you can try to do it, but you'll be struggling, and only one thing can push you ahead - the insane desire to learn !

[@KaneTank]

i am 16 and i know some of the basics in c++ and HTML .If you want a good teacher that is also funny look up Thenewboston. you can find many languages there.

[@rhyon2832]

Why is this age restricted

[@mduduzinkala5729]

As far as I am aware I don't know why the age restriction has been imposed on this video. I am 17 and I've just been blocked out of a video about the basics of programming. I thought that there was no age restriction to programming.

[@rhyon2832]

i agree

[@realniqqa101]

Is code the same for all computers or does it differ a little from program to program

[@KingButcher]

realniqqa101 Theres different types of coding languages for different needs. Web development languages like HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Ruby all help in creating things like websites and web apps. While Scripting languages like Python, Perl are uesful for creating a wide array of things from web related to os software. There are also Object Oriented languages like C# and Java for Games, as well as low level languages like Assembly, C, and C++ for having more control over the hardware. You will use a different language depending on the project you wish to work on :)

[@ryanteddym]

hey man i also want to do proframming...where do i start

[@phuntsok1356]

What do you guys think about RUBY and ruby on rail? I saw this video titled - how to teach yourself code. They are mentioning ruby is much much better and faster way to learn how to create applications and how to code. but begining of ur video, the list shows, ruby is on the almost ranked under 10th position? and in that video, he also states codeacademy isn't gonna teach u how to code or NOT atleast create an app! WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?

[@JuanGarcia-zy8yw]

i have not learn ruby yet but ive heard ruby its pretty easy

[@aislingleneghan4701]

I'm very good at maths and almost always get 100% in my exams, but I don't feel that I would be good enough to code, could anyone tell me which type I should start with?

[@Tulanir1]

No, because the "==" comparison operator does not work with strings, it checks if they are the same object, so you have to use stringName.equals(what it should equal) or stringName.equalsIgnoteCase(what it should equal) And also, you didn't put quotes around LifeHacker.

[@Jaiykk]

On the section where they are talking about: myName + " " + myStatement + " " myFavoriteNumber + "."; why are there standalone quotes after the myName section but not standalone after myStatement? (Sorry if this is a stupid question)

[@matthewwalsh7529]

KZbin originally used PHP but switched to Python and Twitter was written with Rails, actually.

[@devin8158]

Coding is very hard right?? I wanna learn

[@devin8158]

Pratham Patel not everything is easy

[@PepsiGuidesRS]

Thanks

[@3dUber]

I never said anything about: "Javascript or shit like that." All i'm saying is Php is a moderately hard language to learn. And believe me i know the power of python i have used it many times, and i know many other languages. VB, C#, C++, Html, Python, and Php

[@connorbrown20]

As the world becomes more consumed by computers, it's smart to speak their language so if some small thing goes wrong in the code that could say throw off a subway routing system, you know what to do. Or if the machines become self aware, we can hope they don't write their own language.

[@DaYayo]

When you end a statement in semicolon, is there a space between the semicolon and the statement that your ending?

[@MrBastunio]

Prisonedmirror8 no u put it right after

[@icanteatpasta6351]

I am having a hard time understanding the code. As in, the secret file such as 101010100101(not as in that) but the body, etc. Any tips?

[@melvinmarcoandre6939]

Agreed with 3dUber

[@PixelOutlaw]

I'd like Common Lisp back in the public eye. I've tried my hand at a few languages but I've not found anything quite so expressive. I never was able to get into the web programming languages. Requiring a browser to run a program just seems odd to me.

[@mohdizzat123]

Python the best language.=)

[@Zuxicovp1]

Cool story bro

[@xanadu1jw]

I am 60 and from the south. For me you talk too fast so that I have to replay everything you say to get it. Most people trying to teach someone else will use pauses and slow down a tad to allow the student to absorb the stuff that they (the teacher) of course knows so well that they don't have to take time to absorb what is totally alien to the student. Please take this into account in your future educational videos. I do appreciate the fact that you do this, just a pointer (important tho).

[@futurephysicist9918]

If you guys want a good tutorial on python, check out "everything coding"

[@runescapeswordshow]

I got something for everyone... class I{ public static void main(String[] args){ String channel="LifeHacker"; if(channel==LifeHacker){ System.out.println("This if statement was useless but who cares? try to guess what programming language this is..pretty easy actually"); } } }

[@DiegoH23]

@alienkishorekumar you're right. I've only seen the first lecture. I wish he was my professor because he gives out candy throughout the whole class.

[@ichkerim]

Whats up guys:) i'm interested in making my site accessible to public, port forwarding stuff. so i've already hosted in my website, in US company but my country's currency keeps falling :( so i want to host it on my computer

[@jgarza8266]

I have no prior experience with programming is there any beginner text you can suggest for someone like me

[@milew81]

When the words say "mySentence" is there a reason that the first letter isn't capitalized and the S in Sentence, is? Or does that matter?

[@static5283]

It doesn't matter at all, but variables are case-sensitive so hi and Hi are different variables hope this helps

[@alienkishorekumar]

@xLDH1109x What can you say about MIT OCW lectures?I'm trying to learn from there..MIT 6.00 Computer Science and Programming!

[@owenhigginbotham2027]

So what i have learned so far this is what java scrip is like luckynumber =9; mySentence = "Lets go!" Ihave2dogs = true;