Ask HN: Good intro to programming course online for those with no experience?

1 points by JohnTHaller 8y ago ↗ HN

I have a few friends that are looking to get into coding or at least to explore whether or not it might be a good fit for them. So, I was wondering if any HNer happen to know of any good online courses to serve as an intro to programming that would fit that bill. Being taught in a language that may have wider usage I think would be a plus. Having both paid and free/low cost options would be helpful as well for others that happen to read this topic.

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mtmail 8y ago ↗

http://tryruby.org/ is a fun way to start. It doesn't lead to anything, the next step would probably to buy a book, but it addresses some core concepts like variables, lists, conditions, loops.

wardy484 8y ago ↗

https://www.freecodecamp.org/ is pretty good.

there's also https://www.codecademy.com/ https://www.codeschool.com/

if you're interested in PHP then I've not found any better resources than Laracasts: https://www.laracasts.com/