Intro to coding/binary+conversions

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Brynn wrote on 2014-11-12 15:53

Anyone know any good websites or programs that are preferably free (piratable at the least) and can kind of give me an intro+teach me step by step? Thank uuu
Chockeh wrote on 2014-11-12 23:08

What language? Also, binary is pretty easy to learn.
Baku wrote on 2014-11-13 12:42

http://learncodethehardway.org/

The python book is aimed towards absolute beginners, the ruby book as well, it's the same stuff except with Ruby. The HTML version of the book is free, and it's a really good one.

There's also http://www.codecademy.com/ , which is good to teach the basics, with an interactive approach, it is aimed more towards web developing however.

If you are an absolute beginner to programming "Learn * the hard way" is highly recommended, since the author goes beyond teaching just the language, and will teach general good practice (and tools) when it comes to programming.

Why do you want to learn to code, however? Knowing the purpose will help provide more appropriate resources / languages.
Brynn wrote on 2014-11-16 21:01

Quote from Baku;1254066:
http://learncodethehardway.org/

The python book is aimed towards absolute beginners, the ruby book as well, it's the same stuff except with Ruby. The HTML version of the book is free, and it's a really good one.

There's also http://www.codecademy.com/ , which is good to teach the basics, with an interactive approach, it is aimed more towards web developing however.

If you are an absolute beginner to programming "Learn * the hard way" is highly recommended, since the author goes beyond teaching just the language, and will teach general good practice (and tools) when it comes to programming.

Why do you want to learn to code, however? Knowing the purpose will help provide more appropriate resources / languages.

My CIS-107 course, been having a bit of trouble as I was absent a few days and got lost during conversions and stuff.
Brynn wrote on 2014-11-19 03:46

B A M P
Yoorah wrote on 2014-11-19 03:56

Dunno of any specific resources for this; you'll find it in most beginner programming textbooks, I think. But you can find some sites that talk about binary numbers and conversions, like this one: http://www.math.grin.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/152/97F/Readings/student-binary
Second wrote on 2014-11-20 02:25

http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/wiki/online
http://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/wiki/books
http://codingbat.com/