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pls help this noob

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Hello to all I'm 20 and I really want to become a programmer. The only problem is that I know nothing at all. I bought a raspberry pi and the guide but I'm still lost. I'm also a computer science major going into my second year. Does anyone know anything that can help me get stared on the right path.

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  • Hi Christopher,

     

    For R-pi there is an online magazine (Magpi) that will help, however I suspect you may need to learn faster than that, so flick through it maybe, but you're better off looking at your syllabus, and then finding some books to help you with each area. Also, you're better off learning on a normal PC (e.g. with a VM running Linux), and then making use of your R-pi at a later date for embedded applications. How are the recommended textbooks? Could you paste your syllabus?

     

    Possibly you'll need to know something about computer architectures, logic, number systems, and start gaining the ability to begin writing your own code through trying out some simple tasks first. I didn't study Computer Science, but I know my friends who did definitely covered an extremely wide set of topics. Some computer languages have like 30 commands or so, so the good news is that it is not hard to pick a language and fairly rapidly begin to write code that does 'something', but computer science covers things like how to break down a problem, maths, AI, simulations etc, so it's important you know what your syllabus is otherwise you'll cover very little.

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  • Hi Christopher,

     

    For R-pi there is an online magazine (Magpi) that will help, however I suspect you may need to learn faster than that, so flick through it maybe, but you're better off looking at your syllabus, and then finding some books to help you with each area. Also, you're better off learning on a normal PC (e.g. with a VM running Linux), and then making use of your R-pi at a later date for embedded applications. How are the recommended textbooks? Could you paste your syllabus?

     

    Possibly you'll need to know something about computer architectures, logic, number systems, and start gaining the ability to begin writing your own code through trying out some simple tasks first. I didn't study Computer Science, but I know my friends who did definitely covered an extremely wide set of topics. Some computer languages have like 30 commands or so, so the good news is that it is not hard to pick a language and fairly rapidly begin to write code that does 'something', but computer science covers things like how to break down a problem, maths, AI, simulations etc, so it's important you know what your syllabus is otherwise you'll cover very little.

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