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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don’t start with classes. Start with something that actually does something you understand. Like updating text files. Or pulling data about something you find interesting

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

Is a good book every newbie should read. It teaches you how to use programming like a tool

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

This is the book that started it all for me 5 years ago. Now I'm a software engineer!