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Dev.to 7-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 02:20:00 +0000

Practice daily by deciding study time

Practice Practice Practice ...

Improving coding skills requires dedication and consistent effort. You can set boundaries. Start dedicating time for learning.

Set 2-4 hours in a day where you can decide breakup of study material. Watching tutorial, writing code, doing testing. Playing around code is fun. You can try things on your own.

With free online courses, documentation, communities and books - you can
definitely start grasping coding fundamentals without spending any money.

Setup you development environment and choose your favorite IDE. An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that helps programmers develop software code efficiently.

As a new programmer use of IDE will help you lot of ways. It increases developer productivity by combining capabilities such as software editing, building, testing application.

Start writing you first "Hello World!" program.

I am going to share one tutorial. I am using Java and IntelliJ IDE to write this problem. You can use programming language and IDE of your own choice.

Once you feel you ready to take challenge. I would suggest use HackerRank
for taking up problem challenges.

You must follow these steps to successfully complete first tutorial.

Download and install latest Java version
Set environmental variables
Download and install IDE to write code
Create new project
Run the project
Done

Congratulations... You've made it!

First Code Hello World and welcome, IntelliJ provides you sample code to begin

Below is the sample code.

package org.spring;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.printf("Hello and welcome!");
        for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
            System.out.println("i = " + i);
        }
    }
}

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Alright. So this was the end of this series.

Hope you liked it. As I shared, useful information for those who are willing to start coding.

Thank you so much.

Dev.to 6-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:20:00 +0000

Choose one programming language and study

Deciding the programming language is really important specially when you are beginner.

Having said that, the key to learning anything is to start. It might seem difficult. There are some of the most popular and beginner-friendly options to consider. Though, C, C++, Java and Python are most popular high level programming language available.

First question to ask yourself "Why I should learn to code?". When you answer this question you will know the next path.

You can seek guidance from your connection, groups, friends, mentors etc. Everyone will have different opinion however, you can choose whatever works best for yourself.

It will define your career goals too.

Your basics should be clear to start taking career path in that programming language. It could be Python, SQL, HTML/ CSS, Javascript or Java.

It's absolutely possible to teach yourself a programming language. However, it takes hard work and determination.

Start small. Start by solving brainteasers, puzzles and real time problem. You can pick easy ones first.

Let me know in the comments which programming language you decided to learn in upcoming years.

And save this article if you are planning to learn in future.

THanks!

Dev.to 5-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:07:00 +0000

Join developer community

Join developers community forums and take a look at ongoing discussions.

The StackOverFlow is the best platform to leverage and start posting your questions , you can post your answers to questions.

Once you are the part of the community you get exposure to other senior developers in the group. You can start participating in various events if you like.

The community group will help you enhance and guide you to help with problems you are facing.

Be respectful and follow the guidelines before communicating to someone. As beginner we must follow the appropriate format and provide context.

I'd suggest start you own project and once you command you can contribute to open source too.

The key is to set clear goals for learning. There are various DEV community even can be found on LinkedIn site.

First site down and give it a second thought to solve your own problem. If not, you can always seek guidance from senior as they have different perspective of looking at the problem that you do.

You can benefit yourself from community. But we wise.

Hope you enjoyed reading this article. If so, hit the like and keep learning.

Thanks!

Dev.to 4-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 07:55:00 +0000

Start leveraging use of free online platforms

Websites like W3Schools, Codecademy, GeeksforGeeks have free coding tutorials. YouTube has many coding tutorial videos.

As a beginner I would advice using free platforms out there. Identify resources relevant to your goals. Stick to the plan.

Set 3-6 months or so depending upon your convenience. These free platforms will not only help you to learn syntax, programs but also best practices to follow,

You can opt for one programming language at a time. Don't jump into parallel learning. You might feel overwhelmed. After certain period could loose interest as well.

It good to start by choosing one language and learn and gain insights in depth. I personally recommend using W3Schools. It's great platform for beginners.

Hope this helps. Happy to hear feedback over comments.

Thanks!

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Farheen Shaikh — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:20:46 +0000

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Dev.to 3-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:27:12 +0000

Set realistic goals, interest and time commitments

It is necessary to set your goals and time commitments to achieve those goals. If you have decided to start writing code. You must know fundamentals and once it is cleared.

You can now take next step as to set realistic expectation. Start by taking out 1 hour initially. You can try this for one month if works for you. It's on individual to decide how long in a day they take time to study.

Over a period of time you will develop skills and ultimately start solving problems. Though, this would be the least priority thing but trust me once you know data structures and algorithm well. You start getting comfortable writing code you will be confident.

Start taking notes and revise it after two weeks.

Hope this article helps, I am looking forward for your feedback. As this is my first series.

Dev.to 2-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 06:57:42 +0000

Know fundamentals of the programming

Welcome to another chapter of this series...You must know the fundamentals of the programming. Read and understand the various concepts. As, these concepts are similar across various programming languages, such as Python, C++, C, and Java.

As a beginner Some of these concepts include:

Variable declaration
Basic syntax
Data types and structures
Flow control structures
Iteration (Loops)
Functional programming
Debugging

There are various courses and online material available to gain knowledge on these topics.

Every programming language has a syntax and we must learn. Different data types refer to the classification of data. The control structure are sequential, selection and iteration type. It defines execution of control flow statements. Loop are the statements which gets executed based on defined criteria.

Functions are containers that take in a set of inputs and return an output. It is not required for a function to return a value. Pure functions will always give the same result for the same set of inputs.

Debugging is a skill which involves detecting and removing potential errors. It is also way with which we can go through programming statements line by line to make sure the program is working as expected.

Remember to write clean and neat code.

I hope you liked this article. Thanks for reading.

Share with your friends, fresher, even who is new to programming field and wants to get started. :)

Dev.to 1-Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:02:31 +0000

Hi,

Welcome to the series 1 where I will share most common guidelines for you to get started.

Know fundamentals of the programming
Set realistic goals, interest and time commitments
Start leveraging use of free online platforms
Join developer community
Choose one programming language and study
Practice daily by deciding study time

Maintain consistency by doing practice.

Yes.

You need to practice a lot by solving multiple problems.

Thanks for reading!

Dev.to Series: How to get started on writing code

Farheen Shaikh — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:45:33 +0000

Hello Everyone, Good news for you all!

I have finally decided to make series for beginners who are wishing and willing to start writing their first code.

This is for the beginners so feel free to post your questions, I'd be happy to answer. If I don't let's highlight it to our wonderful DEV community.

It's good time to start when you are taking a step closer to Tech world! So stay tuned.

I wish you all the very best and have a great time while reading.
Thank you very much for taking a time to read.

Have a great day!

Do you know about public clouds?

Farheen Shaikh — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:48:33 +0000

Hi,
I want to learn about public cloud and it's use in enterprise.

Can someone help me learn & understand that? Much appreciated.

Is public cloud safe? How?

Thanks!

What would you consider in mind while writing code in Java Application?

Farheen Shaikh — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:28:07 +0000

Hello All,

I wanted to ask you all what all points a developer should keep in mind when writing quality code under timelines.

I will be checking out your comment soon...

Then, I will share an article on the same.
Happy Friday.

See ya :)

Spring-boot-devtools for autobuilding application in IntelliJ IDE

Farheen Shaikh — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:46:51 +0000

Hi,

When building application in IntelliJ developer has to build and run the application every single time.

It's really tiresome to do this repeatedly. I found an article online which is by making use of Spring dependency to achieve this.

<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId> <optional>true</optional> </dependency>

I'm adding few links for reference from official sites-

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Thanks for reading.