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Can anyone help me get into coding?
Hey my name is Kelvin and I go to Phillip and Sala Burton High School. I like playing video games and would like to get into coding more. Any help? #coding #video-games
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David’s Answer
If you're really a beginner try scratch.mit.edu. I love Scratch for kids! My kids were able to make their own basic games and see how other people made their games. It's free and on the web!
You can also try developing your own Roblox "experience"--the development kit is available to download for free. You can work with a lot of pre-built elements to get a quick start. But I've tried it and it's not that easy, but at least I could create a basic "land" and players could run around in it and use various weapons that were pre-built. Search for YouTube video tutorials.
Minecraft for Java can also be "modded" using some tools available for free, though the game itself costs some money. Again, not so easy for a novice but you can search for YouTube video tutorials.
Plenty of kids are asking, so search for similar questions and their answers here on careervillage.org
You can also try developing your own Roblox "experience"--the development kit is available to download for free. You can work with a lot of pre-built elements to get a quick start. But I've tried it and it's not that easy, but at least I could create a basic "land" and players could run around in it and use various weapons that were pre-built. Search for YouTube video tutorials.
Minecraft for Java can also be "modded" using some tools available for free, though the game itself costs some money. Again, not so easy for a novice but you can search for YouTube video tutorials.
Plenty of kids are asking, so search for similar questions and their answers here on careervillage.org
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Payal’s Answer
Hi Kelvin,
Coding Languages that have a rich library like Python are good for beginners because development is very easy. There are many libraries in python that are ready for use.
Udemy and Pluralsight are two of the many platforms that provide courses which show how a problem statement is implemented in a certain coding language.
One way to progress on the coding path would be to implement a project. It will give you an end to end understanding of the problem statement and the solution. You will find many such projects if you search on any search engine.
Hope this helps. Wish you all the best on your coding journey.
Coding Languages that have a rich library like Python are good for beginners because development is very easy. There are many libraries in python that are ready for use.
Udemy and Pluralsight are two of the many platforms that provide courses which show how a problem statement is implemented in a certain coding language.
One way to progress on the coding path would be to implement a project. It will give you an end to end understanding of the problem statement and the solution. You will find many such projects if you search on any search engine.
Hope this helps. Wish you all the best on your coding journey.
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D’s Answer
Hello Kevin,
There are lot of free websites like codecademy.com,freecodecamp.org that offer free resources to learn to code.
Explore these sites at your own pace and see if you enjoy coding. Programming is learned by doing — there’s no way around it.
Since you like playing video games ,how about try to develop your own game?
Start small , There are lot's of YouTube tutorials available to get started with.
With time, dedication and proper guidance anyone can learn to code.