College programming courses are horribad. They are college -- they attempt to teach you the theory of coding rather than practice. Thus, they leave you totally unequipped to actually code.
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To be a good coder you need both theory and practice, so I can't say that colleges are wrong in focusing on theory. I'm just saying that you need practice. If you enter college having already practiced, the theory will make much more sense.
If you try to learn coding by picking up a college textbook and all that theory looks like gibberish, drop it and find a book that focuses on practice instead. But later, go back to that college textbook and learn theory. Both are needed.
At some point, you need to know the different between O(𝑛) and O(𝑛²). But no, you don't need to know this at the beginning.
Learn whichever language makes most sense to you.
But if you don't know which one, I recommend JavaScript. You'll need to know it eventually anyway to understand how webpages work, so may as well learn it form the beginning.
But if you don't know which one, I recommend JavaScript. You'll need to know it eventually anyway to understand how webpages work, so may as well learn it form the beginning.
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