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Where to Begin Writing Your First Line of Code
I’ve written a lot of first lines of code learning multiple different programming languages throughout my career and studies. In traditional programming learning, the first line typically reveals a “Hello World’’ message to the user.
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Before we dive into “Hello World” I want to take one step back from that stage to ask a more fundamental questions. A few fundamental questions actually. They might not seem important when you have questions like what IDE do you use and what programming language do I start with, but I guarantee if you ask these more fundamental questions first, your first line of code will go a whole lot smoother.
The first question to ask is: Why am I learning to program? What is the goal?
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