Question

I have absolutely no knowledge of coding whatsoever. I have very little idea of what it is or what it does, and it makes these lessons EXTREMELY CONFUSING. I know that it's used to make games, applications, etc, but I don't know how or why? All I know based on my lessons thus far is that it's possible to 'assign' certain phrases a number, or variable?

By the way, I'm studying Python. I have no idea what I'm doing, really. When does the algebra and geometry come in? Has it come in already and I just don't notice? I don't get it at all.

Answer 1

Which course did you start? And what year?

Answer 2

Computer Programming I. I'm a sophomore--that's as early as you can take the course. I'm taking it because I think I'm going to study Either web design or Computer Science once I graduate. I've already taken an HTML/CSS course and I was really good at it and understood it all really well. I'm great at math, though, which is why I think programming may be a good for.

Answer 3

fit*** not for

Answer 4

OK. So you are in an Intro to Programming using Python class.

Usually you star with a few basic math operations like typing in 2+2 at the command line and it pops out 4.

Then they show you varables and you see things like:
>>> a=2
>>> a+2
4

Answer 5

Here are some quick tutorials that can help:
http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=36

Each video covers one topic. You go through the first few and see if it begins to let you know what the basics of coding are like. The more you get into code, the more complex it gets. However, it is all based on the simple parts.

That is the big key to coding. It is all really a bunch of small, simple parts put together into something bigger.

Answer 6

Wow, that's really helpful. Thanks!

Answer 7

np. Have fun! Feel free to ask for help here if you try something and it does not work. #1 debugging tool is the print statement. It lets you see what is happening without needing to do anything special.