What is the best way to learn computer programming for absolute beginners? This is the question I’m often asked by beginner programmers. The question has quite a few answers depending on your goals.
For instance, if you want to be a web developer then you’re going to focus on a completely different set of programming skills from game development. The good news is much programming is fundamentally the same whether you’re building websites or games.
I talked about this in a recent video I made about the C programming language. For all the programming wars which currently rage day to day, little old C is the one that is used by the majority of all programming languages, compilers and language design.
Everything Is C
Assuming you want to be a web developer with the goal of gaining full-time employment, you’re going to want to focus on the three core web technologies which have remained the same for decades now. Those are, HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Just those three will take beginner programmers several months to get under their belt, even for the most advanced learners. There is just so much to digest, it will take a period of time and repeated exercise. For instance, modern CSS layouts are mostly done via a new technology called Flexbox. A course for Flexbox is on this website.