Does anyone actually learn coding using books It's just so... ugh idk I've barely made any progress in the C book
not really tbh. best to just code a bunch of smaller projects. I've found that even copying code line by line on an editor and going through the process of compiling and debugging is way more helpful than reading *in most cases*. youtube tutorials also help a ton. leet code is good practice as well.
I tried with the Rust book Didn't work out
I’ve been using Replit, favourite learning tool so far. Recently started 100 days of Python
I do read a lot of programming books. Prefer them over videos. Depends a lot on topic though. For some things it’s best to just start building stuff.
Hi I’ve written C for a chunk of my programming life No I’ve never read any other book other than K&R and that was just to do hw
Unrelated, but after 13 years of parenting I still have to pick up a parenting book, or consistently follow any parenting blog or whatever.
I love programming books! But it’s less so for coding, and more for: * philosophy (The Pragmatic Engineer) * specialty (cryptography book, database internals book, etc…)
I'm learning coding rn and find AI chatbots 10x more valuable than books. I do, however, find books helplful for understanding fundamental concepts and language that I can use to better prompt the AI. Here are two I've found helpful
I mastered python with the O'Riley book. I don't think I'd normally be able to do it but: 1. I had already done an online course in python (lpthw) 2. I was on a boat on vacation and I'm bad at vacation 3. I couldn't afford to hire a real engineer so my company would have failed if I didn't learn it haha'
I started an online Python course on Coursera but it was originally for University of Michigan students, and it was obvious that the instructor was trying to *be liked* IRL, which made everything longer and more tedious I'd love a course that just taught the basics without any fluff
Tutorials, YouTube videos, and just fucking hack some shit. I’ve tried books, and man… I’m like okay but when will I ever use this.
Follow up: if you just want to talk about C at any time; my DC is open
I tend to pick up faster with youtube videos than books
By the time they’re published, they’re out-dated. That’s a good thing imo.