Raindrops and Roses@AlSweigart @roknrol Never learned how to code. I wish I had. Feel it's too late to start.
Roknrol like the slurI don't think it's ever too late to learn something new, but I find that if i don't have a fundamental goal to achieve, learning stuff is hard.
@roknrol I have things I want to do with the skills. Usually I outsource but I find it inefficient and I don't have any ownership. Dependent on the coders to get it done. Any tips on where to start?
People can quibble over which language is better/best or whatever, but I've found that concepts are fairly universal.
Choose the language based on what you need...if your needs change, changing the language isn't really all that difficult (broadly speaking).
If you're looking to do it professionally you'll probably want to take a different course, but to just manage your own stuff? Pick a language and jump in.
I used to get a lot of mileage out of the "For Dummies" books for what it's worth.
@roknrol Cool. OK doesn't sound so daunting. Any kind of courses out there (self-directed) that you'd know?
Not that I would swear to; I cut my teeth on C/C++ back in the 1990's and taught myself HTML when it was still possible to do that by looking at web page source. I've needed to do a lot of stuff in a lot of other languages over the years since then, but that foundation really set me up to pick up other language syntax/format quickly.
I would be willing to bet that there are very free, very robust resources somewhere on the internet if you do some searches.
Some of your selection will depend on what OS you use and what language(s) you're looking to learn.
Hell, do a hashtag search for the language here on Fedi...I bet it'd turn something up.
@roknrol Thanks, mate. Appreciate it. I wish I'd done some of that stuff back then - you know when the entry stakes were lower because things were just starting up. But I guess it's better late than never. And you're right theere must a lot more resources now.