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Question: I want to learn to code for pleasure, but I want to learn something other than that "Hello World" crap. Any suggestions?
Asked by Mike (73.91.212.x) on December 4 2020, 1:29am
Reply on December 4 2020, 1:41pm:

Hmm I think you need to find something that interests you. Hello World crap is how you learn the mechanics of it, but coding is the means to make things happen, so what are those things? :)

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Posted by Mespotine (2.247.251.x) on December 4 2020, 8:54pm:
What works for me: find a small(!!) problem and try to solve it programmatically. This is usually the best practice and learning experience, as you know, how it should be and try to find your way to the solution. Try a simple solution first and if you did it, move on up from there. Even if it's only a tool to find and return all names of all png-files bigger than 1MB in a certain path.

Posted by Justin on December 5 2020, 6:50pm:
Same -- just last night I needed to edit a .gpx file (downloaded from Strava) because it had a bunch of noise, so I made a little .gpx editor. Since it was some very basic graphics and text maniulation, I chose to use EEL2 + the gfx_*() functions to do that. One can compile the commandline eel2 (loose_eel) and run this script: 1014.org/_/gpx_edit.eelSo much fun!
Posted by Antony (195.166.151.x) on December 12 2020, 12:05pm:
I'd suggest something like this: adventofcode.com/

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