Hi there,
My first post, yay. First of all, let me say that my question is about learning something new, not just programming. I'm a 32 years old graphics designer(mostly motion graphics 2d and 3d stuff, no web experience) And my writing english can be a little shitty since i don't use it much![:)]()
sorry for that, but you'll get my point.
Back in the old days, when i was 9 or 10, i remember me and my dad went out and bought an Amiga with little balloon pictures on it(it was a german version). While buying the Amiga, we forgot to buy games, thought it came with a few but it didn't. So i would have to wait another week to buy some games. When i opened the box, there was this book Basic for Amiga(in german). I opened the book, without knowing anything or understanding, i started to enter the codes. You know, 10 print this 20 go to 10 stuff..It was magical. It was this book, my amiga and me. No internet, no distractions, no games. It was so much fun. Then i got the games and stopped messing with coding. After 2 decades, and a decade of graphics design, i have this urge to learn coding again. But right now, everything seems messed up. There are millions of tutorials, books, forums..hundreds of programming languages..And i'm lost. I don't even know where to begin..This is also same for people who wants to start learning graphics design. There are lots of 2d and 3d software. Lots of tutorials. But the truth is, everything starts with pen and paper right. Well everybody knows this, but they are just wasting their time with learning new software, instead of focusing on design. The concepts, color theories and everything. If someone asks me where to being learning Graphics Design, i would advice them to start with a book about Color. And for starters. i would advice them to get a Photoshop and start with it. After effects and Cinema 4d would be right tools for motion graphics designers. But when i ask a question about how to learn coding, i can't get any non-confusing answer. One says, get Dennis's C book and start with it. Other says get Python and learn OO, get VC# express, start with PHP etc... the list goes...
I am a simple man, i like things simple and stay simple. Since the computers are dumb, coding is the way we tell computer what we ask right. If computers are so dumb, how come they know so many languages.( i know the facts but this is the way i want to see things) I just want to talk to my computer with one language. In this case, macs seems better for me since objective-c is the language and Xcode is your IDE that comes with it. What about Windows? What about Web Development?
I want to learn coding, like the days i got that Amiga, with a simple Basic book, without internet connection and all that confusing stuff. I don't want to learn Objective-C without learning basic concepts nor web development.
So, since you are getting to know how i look at things, what would you recommend?
My first post, yay. First of all, let me say that my question is about learning something new, not just programming. I'm a 32 years old graphics designer(mostly motion graphics 2d and 3d stuff, no web experience) And my writing english can be a little shitty since i don't use it much
sorry for that, but you'll get my point. Back in the old days, when i was 9 or 10, i remember me and my dad went out and bought an Amiga with little balloon pictures on it(it was a german version). While buying the Amiga, we forgot to buy games, thought it came with a few but it didn't. So i would have to wait another week to buy some games. When i opened the box, there was this book Basic for Amiga(in german). I opened the book, without knowing anything or understanding, i started to enter the codes. You know, 10 print this 20 go to 10 stuff..It was magical. It was this book, my amiga and me. No internet, no distractions, no games. It was so much fun. Then i got the games and stopped messing with coding. After 2 decades, and a decade of graphics design, i have this urge to learn coding again. But right now, everything seems messed up. There are millions of tutorials, books, forums..hundreds of programming languages..And i'm lost. I don't even know where to begin..This is also same for people who wants to start learning graphics design. There are lots of 2d and 3d software. Lots of tutorials. But the truth is, everything starts with pen and paper right. Well everybody knows this, but they are just wasting their time with learning new software, instead of focusing on design. The concepts, color theories and everything. If someone asks me where to being learning Graphics Design, i would advice them to start with a book about Color. And for starters. i would advice them to get a Photoshop and start with it. After effects and Cinema 4d would be right tools for motion graphics designers. But when i ask a question about how to learn coding, i can't get any non-confusing answer. One says, get Dennis's C book and start with it. Other says get Python and learn OO, get VC# express, start with PHP etc... the list goes...
I am a simple man, i like things simple and stay simple. Since the computers are dumb, coding is the way we tell computer what we ask right. If computers are so dumb, how come they know so many languages.( i know the facts but this is the way i want to see things) I just want to talk to my computer with one language. In this case, macs seems better for me since objective-c is the language and Xcode is your IDE that comes with it. What about Windows? What about Web Development?
I want to learn coding, like the days i got that Amiga, with a simple Basic book, without internet connection and all that confusing stuff. I don't want to learn Objective-C without learning basic concepts nor web development.
So, since you are getting to know how i look at things, what would you recommend?