Luce (she/they)May 19, 2022
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I wanna learn new languages such as Spanish and Japanese (+ improve my English and Italian bc I lost a lot of vocabulary, especially in Italian) but can't pick one so I just don't do anything, unfortunately.

I'd like to learn how to code as well but my laptop's almost impossible to use anymore so idk what to do or where to start.

What do y'all think?

Feel free to respond with tips, useful apps, websites or resources. Thanks!

May 19, 2022 at 1:45pmWeb
Show threadLuce (she/they)May 19, 2022
@testoceratops I like duolingo even though it has ads now and isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still fun and pretty good to start a language and get a feeling for it :) for English there's the BBC language course which is supposed to be good. also for your laptop, may I ask why it is unusable? Is it very slow?
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@lucik I've used it a while ago but I don't know which language I shall start with, I can't decide and it's blocking me. I'll give it a try again, just gotta figure out the language I wanna begin with.

My laptop's really slow, I've been looking for malwares and stuff many times already but it doesn't seem to make it a lot better. Just opening Minecraft takes up to ten minutes. Same for my files some days. It's about 7yo now btw

Show threadLuce (she/they)May 19, 2022
@testoceratops I feel this so much, I recently tried to do a survey on here and let it decide for me when I couldn't decide on which task to start, and it actually worked because it gave me some accountability 😂 let me know if you decide to use duolingo again and want to follow me there 😊
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@lucik I'll let you know! Haha yeah it's so hard to initiate it when there's a basic choice facing me 😭 I think I shall get back to Italian as I was almost fluent and can't speak it anymore (but I can understand, mostly)
Show threadLuce (she/they)May 19, 2022
@testoceratops if you're using Windows and if you're comfortable with linux, it might be a possibility to run a lightweight Linux instead and it might help :) you can usually try them out before installing if you make a bootable USB, I can find some tutorials if you want me to :)
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@lucik I'm using Windows but can't update it anymore bc my computer's too old and I thought about moving to linux, but I know nothing about it or programming and coding (except some basic HTML5 and CSS3).

That'd be nice, thank you! :) I'm so worried of losing or deleting important files if I do it like that!

Show threadLuce (she/they)May 19, 2022
@testoceratops Sure, I'll try to find something to recommend to you! If I don't send you a message in the next few days please ask me :) I can also recommend itopie.ch for this as you're French speaking, they're very nice and helpful and even though probably too far away for you they might be able to give advice on the phone/email or have helpful links?
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@lucik Thank you for the recommendations!
Show threadGold-Tinged ExcrementMay 19, 2022
@testoceratops I used this video to learn to code:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQrJ0TkZlc
Python is quite a flawed language in my opinion, but one thing that cannot be denied is it is easy to learn, and afterwards you can port a lot of the concepts to other languages (and once you finish you'll know better what language to learn as your primary)
By the way I'm sure he covers it in the video but it's not meant to be done all at once, keep timestamps of where you left off and complete it over a few days or weeks
Python Tutorial - Python Full Course for Beginners

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@Fourteen Thank you I'll check it out!
Show threadGold-Tinged ExcrementMay 19, 2022
@testoceratops on your computer being slow, a fresh install will /probably/ fix that, Ubuntu is again, much like python, flawed, but very very easy to use for a beginner
Here is a guide on how to do it, you probably only need a USB in addition to your laptop of course
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview
(Happy to assist if you need help but honestly you'll kick yourself with how easy it is once you get started)
Install Ubuntu Desktop | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.

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Show threadNew: @[email protected]May 19, 2022
@Fourteen A fresh windows install didn't fix it so I'll try with Ubuntu next time. Thanks for the links!
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@testoceratops If you have an Android, you can code Python with the Pydroid app. I was making some progress there with the book Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes before I stopped due to moving house.

And there are also cheaper books, or free websites on learning coding. I believe there exist coding options in the iOS ecosystem as well.

Show threadYingtai has moved!May 19, 2022
@testoceratops BTW this Python tutorial website seems to be free? https://www.learnpython.org/
Learn Python - Free Interactive Python Tutorial

learnpython.org is a free interactive Python tutorial for people who want to learn Python, fast.

Show threadNew: @[email protected]May 19, 2022
@yingtai I'll check it out, thank you once again!
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@yingtai Oh great, thanks for all the resources!