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Where should I start if I want to learn in a hands-on capacity.
Google and YouTube !
You need to search for tutorials about the language and the GUI framework you choose.
Google/YouTube
tutorial c++ GUI framework
Replace "framework" with its name when you know it.
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But if I am looking to take advantage of the massive emergence of coding jobs in my city within the next month, what else should I be doing.
Programming is much more that knowing a language, there is a large technical background that you'd better know.
Short list:
- Start with an easy/safe language: VB, Java, C#, not C or C++. I do not recommend to start with Python either because of the usage of indentation.
- Read documentation / Follow tutorials (a lot of them)
- Start with tiny/useless projects, the purpose is to learn programming, not doing something useful.
- Start with console mode programs (no fancy graphics, no mouse)
- Learn debugger (an incredible learning tool)
Debugger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[
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Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide[
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- A problem ? Google is your friend.
- Learn one or more analyze methods, E.W. Djikstra/N. Wirth
Stepwize Refinement/top-Down method is a good start.
Structured Programming.pdf[
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-down_and_bottom-up_design[
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_programming[
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra[
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https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd03xx/EWD316.PDF[
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- Learn Algorithms and Data-Structures.
- Learn
Boole algebra
- Learn SQL
- Learn Databases design and Administration
Introduction to database design[
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1NF, 2NF, 3NF and BCNF in Database Normalization | DBMS Tutorial | Studytonight[
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- Learn Regular Expressions
Interesting link:
stanford.edu: Learn to Program[
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There is no shortcut to knowledge, no one can learn for you, you are the only one that can do it.
Remember the exercises and little projects are not here to make something useful, they are here to teach you programming.