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Notes:
Online practice and tutorials
More informal ways of learning to program online include Codingbat
(http://codingbat.com) and Codecademy (http://codecademy.com). Codingbat
is a series of programming challenges that help build strengths in specific areas,
such as string handling and logic. Teachers can track student progress, and tools
include a useful graph that logs incorrect and partially correct attempts at a
solution (this makes it hard to cheat!). It has exercises for Java and Python.
Codecademy is a great place for anyone to start programming from scratch. It’s
user friendly and it tracks your progress. It teaches Javascript but a Python
“module” has recently been added.
Less formal online challenges can be a big motivator. These exist for
both specific languages, such as the addictive Python Challenge
(http://www.pythonchallenge.com), and for specific problem-solving, such as
the maths-based Project Euler (http://projecteuler.net). A full list can be found
on the Raspberry Pi forums at http://goo.gl/n7ej4.
Beyond online learning
Online practice and exercises are useful but the best motivation to learn to
program is to actually make something. This means starting a project with a
specific purpose. Another way to improve is to work on projects with other people.
See if there is a local Raspberry Pi or Linux user group near you. If you are at
school or college join the computer club (or set one up).
Look at other programmers’ code and try to understand it. Change it for your own
purpose or try and improve it. If it’s broken, try and work out why. Don’t forget that
programming at this level should be fun – extending yourself is one thing but don’t
get so frustrated that you give up. Talk to people on forums and have a look at how
they have solved the problem, there’s always more than one way to tackle it.
The end
We hope that you’ve found this manual useful and that learning to program has
been as mind-expanding as it was for the authors when they wrote their first lines
of code. Computers are amazing things and being able to control them is an
amazing ability.
Keep on programming, hacking, playing, experimenting and creating. And above
all, have fun!
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