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Discussion on: What is your advice to people just getting started in code?

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Bryan Baldwin

No single programming paradigm is more important than any other.

Don't buy into any particular school of thought.

Don't over-abstract your code.

Avoid object oriented programming, and languages that enforce that style of programming, especially whilst you are a novice.

Focus on the data that your programs are handling, rather than what it is doing. The former informs the latter.

Learn to use a debugger. Use it early. Use it often. Don't put it off until you have a problem. Step through your code to see how things change during execution.

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Tenezill

Why stay away from OOP

for me it was comfortable to start with c# it's well structured and easy to understand.
Javascript on the other hand is a mess to read and to write if you'r a novice, but just my oppinion ;)

++ on the debugger