What Advice do you Give to Young Programmers?

http://live.pirillo.com - Programming is an excellent field to go into, and good Programmers are a hot commodity. That reminds me... if anyone out there is above excellent at working with Drupal, shoot me an email to chris@pirillo.com. Thanks to Grant for sending in this list of tips for young people looking to learn Programming.

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Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
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andrewslinuxbox (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I highly recommend open source software for anyone who is even thinking about programming. Get a copy of Linux or one of the BSDs. You can pick any little piece of the OS (like the clock in your tool bar), pull up the code, and see how it all works.Start with a multi-platform language. Python is excellent for beginners, doesn't teach too many bad habits.

lobreiter1025 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Personally I believe that just going to be a programmer is rather useless, You are easily Out sourceable. Now on the other hand if you say posses a degree in Computer science you can program but are not limited to that. My father has Is a Software developer with a degree in computer science. DONT BE JUST A DEVELOPER - BE A COMPUTER SCIENTIST BE WE ROCK SHIT

DJBrokenHigh (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

C#, C++, & C---they are all the same language. They just differ in import files, object-oriented programming procedures, & modules (I think). Visual Basic is in my opinion better than Darkbasic Pro. I hope you have some books/pdfs as one of your resources.

cplusplus84 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

As a third term engineering student I'm fed up with all the focus on the Unified Process to develop software. At the end of the day the CODE is the actual product, not all the mindnumbing documentation. The documentation should be a map for the developer so he can keep track of what he is doing or for other developers to quickly figure out how the system works so they can maintain and develop it in the future... So why all the details? Why 1000 pages showing how you get from point A to point B?

CompSciFun (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

"#1 Read" is an excellent tip. Without a solid foundation in algorithms, logic, and general problem-solving, I think a person is going to be hard-pressed to put together a serious program. Knowing a language's syntax is one thing, but being able to take a language and build something useful and functional is a whole other talent.Good video.

assassin216 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

i hate when people dont comment their code its annoyin as fuck.

mrsepek (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

how nice. I would suggest you take a good look at Walter Brights D programming language, it combines all good features from all common languages and puts it into a neat little language. Oh and its available as free software .. that unlike Micro$oft respects the users by allowing anyone to contribute ideas.So my point is why learn c++ when there are newer better alternatives around :) chers

mrsepek (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

My advice would be, install Debian GNU/Linux on a spare computer thats just standing there gathering dust. Then use aptitude to install python. This will give a idiot proof safe environment. Linux is nicer for people who know how to use a computer and in the end using free software that respects the users will lead to a better world for all programmers. So all you wanna try programming welcome to the free world of Debian.

Tylerdx (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I learn all by myself...1) Darkbasic2) Darkbasic Professional3) C++ Goes over to C#4) C#5) Trying to learn C++

proent (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I do it all. Best way is to teach yourself.