Lifehacker – Programming! Learn the Basics of Coding, How to Pick a Language a Project, and More!

46 Comments on “Lifehacker – Programming! Learn the Basics of Coding, How to Pick a Language a Project, and More!”

1. I have to agree that this is a very good tutorial for beginners. I already
   knew this, and since I’ve been into coding (not to mention gone to school
   for it) for several years, I’ve seen many videos on it. This is by far the
   best one. Anyone with even a little interest in coding should take the 10
   minutes and watch this.

2. This is the very very bestest everest lesson on the concepts of
   programming..
   I’m learning Java in college, so i already know all this. I’ve seen a
   million “basics of programming” videos, this part is the very best!

3. CodeAcademy teaches you just enough code to do nothing. Literally. I’m a CS
   major and tons of freshman come and think it will teach you everything you
   need to know. Don’t get me wrong, it really is a great place to start. But
   don’t expect to making full fledged games, apps, etc. It really teaches
   just enough so that you can read that particular language. 

4. *Lifehacker basics*

   Since I think coding will soon blow up. I thought maybe sharing this
   lifehacker video. It contains the basics of coding in javascript. Im
   really green to coding but, i thought to myself is Wil.Iam is learning.
   So could I.

5. Be able to watch*

6. He made an error in the code at 4:14 it is supposed to be myName + ” ” +
   myStatement + ” ” + myFavoriteNumber +”.”;
   instead of myName + ” ” + myStatement + ” ” myFavoriteNumber +”.”
   Did you spot the error?

7. why the heck is this not allowed for children?

8. c++ all the way

9. 6:56 is someone angry or sneezing?

10. Any website with commenting,user registration and logging in? PHP and
    MySQL/SQLite.

11. I started with Codeacademy for learning programming. Its a very good
    source. I high recommend anyone who is serious about coding to start there
    as well.

12. nice job showing us how to look at the source with a hackintosh. now how
    about a pc?

13. I am 11 and learning javascript.

14. Im 15 and im gonna start, thumbs up if your the same!

15. Yes! The best teacher there is.

16. i am 16 and i know some of the basics in c++ and HTML .If you want a good
    teacher that is also funny look up Thenewboston. you can find many
    languages there.

17. whats the best language to use for making a medival game

18. It’s an office full of homosexuals

19. gays haha

20. i used php daily and i have to agree that php sucks tremendously…

21. And you are born with it my friend. Just the fact that you are asking about
    learning indicates you will probably be good at it.

22. YouTube originally used PHP but switched to Python and Twitter was written
    with Rails, actually.

23. The easiest will probably be JavaScript, but you could use just about any
    language.

24. 4:20… you’re missing a + sign on the second line after the ” ” .

25. Does anybody know which language I should use if I want to make a very
    basic version of cleverbot

26. I think I will just try java

27. you guys earned yourself a sub 🙂

28. Can i start learning how to program at 16 ? Everyone around me says is
    something that your born with .

29. The only website you listed that uses PHP is Facbook, and even that website
    relies heavily on C++. Twitter was uses Rails and Scala, and YouTube uses
    Python. PHP isn’t a terrible language, but there is also a reason many
    websites don’t use it.

30. what? am I the only one learning Visual Basic? :/

31. Cant wait to start learning coding with ‘ CoderDojo ‘

32. Is academy supposed to be spelled wrongly?

33. I’d like Common Lisp back in the public eye. I’ve tried my hand at a few
    languages but I’ve not found anything quite so expressive. I never was able
    to get into the web programming languages. Requiring a browser to run a
    program just seems odd to me.

34. well done. But seriously, get your head into lambda calculus if you want to
    understand it deeply. I thought I had it sussed when I learned 8086 machine
    code, but binary is so old fashioned. Unary is where the real action takes
    place. Even God himself can be decompiled with lambda, thats how hardcore
    it is.

35. ok have a gold star… and html and css aren’t technically programming,
    they’re web design and formatting

36. LOL , he will try to steal somemoney From U xD … its Fake you pay and you
    wont get anything as it says =)) !!

37. im 11 and i code with html css javascript and now learning objective c :))))

38. learnprogramlang.blogspot.com

39. I find PHP not useful for my needs. Saying it’s terrible is going to far 😛

40. Codecademy is a legitimate site, just run a google check for it if you’re
    skeptical. It’s actually quite an excellent tool for learning to code. Also
    the spelling I have is correct, the spelling in the original comment is
    wrong.

41. I was checking to see if it was in fact a bot, If I would’ve been replied
    to in a certain manner, that would help me discern if it in fact was just a
    bot or not. Do you really think i did it just for the sake of comedy?

42. its not a virus, you clearly have no idea why you are here.

43. You gay as fuck

44. its y-=5

45. While its great that PHP existed it really should be discontinued. There
    are so many better options out there. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate
    where PHP has taken us and its possible to do a lot of cool things with it
    but its not the best tool available any more.

46. lol i dont think it would be harder for you than any1 else..

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