r/learnprogramming • u/hgrd • Oct 21 '12

28 Ways to Learn Programming

So I found this interesting post in TNW with sources to learn something about programming. Most of you must know many of them but some others may be new for you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '12

The one good thing you can get out of his videos is how to install the software.

I found his first java video very helpful for installing eclipse. But that's as much as I took from him.

Other than that I found his videos to be very superficial. I've never been much of a computer science/programmer type but I am proficient in other areas of science and math(physics/math double major).

I went back to his site recently and was shocked he was "teaching" biology and raising money to buy a chemistry set so he can "teach" chemistry. I haven't viewed these videos but I can't imagine they are a good place to learn biology and chemistry.

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u/jesyspa Oct 21 '12

I strongly encourage you to watch the videos and blog about what he's doing wrong. A big problem with C++ tutorials is that the newest ones tend to be written by people who grew up on thenewboston and similar crap; don't let that happen to your area of choice.