Question

How to start learning coding. Going to join college this year for my under graduation(engineering in computer science).

Answer 1

First learn the basic syntax of any language such a C,Python and search the internet for coding exercises and try solving them. It's okay if you cannot get them right on the go, But you learn the logic and working .All the best

Answer 2

Python is a very good language to learn programming with - look up O'Reilly for Python intro books
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781593274078.do

Answer 3

Well, the question is in which language?!

Answer 4

start with html and css, to jquery and javaScript, in this order you will find it easy. Html and css get you used to reading code. Start on Codecademy.com, also you can try an hour of code on code.org though code.org seems like it for kids, it helps you understand if/else statements and helps you understand more.

Answer 5

Personally I find Python or Java to be the best choices for introductory languages. Python is a little more forgiving and Java is a little more like what you will run into in an engineering curriculum. The HTML/JS/css solution is not going to prepare you for the formality of computer engineering.

Do NOT pick random tutorials. The quality will vary and some will teach you bad habits. These can make it harder to learn the engineering methods because you can be used to sloppy code or half baked solutions that are inefficient. Instead, use the college level classes that are free and will prepare you for the curriculum.

There is a full class, from the basics, here:
http://see.stanford.edu/
It is in Java and very solid.

There is most of a class here:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011
They skip many of the basics and expect students to know some Python before starting.

This has a book, class, and videos by one of the people that wrote the REGEX standards:
http://www.pythonlearn.com/
This professor knows his stuff back to front, but the class is an informatics class and not engineering. However, it uses Python, assumes no programming background, and will not teach you bad habits.

Any or all of them will get you more prepared for going into an engineering program.

Answer 6

@e.mccormick you too good man!!! thanks for the above links, very helpful

Answer 7

I used codecademy.com to learn HTML/CSS, JS, and Python. I mean it's introductory stuff but if you are getting into an introductory class then you will have a head start over everyone else. I know this is old but it's whatever.