I have that one friend, every time he ask what I am doing and I tell him I am coding, he tells me that he wants to programme too but has no idea how to start.

I always tell him to Duck duck go start programming python/java but he never does...

(I think I somehow created an infinite loop)

++ for duck duck go

@404response ++ for ++ for duck duck go

@Kage ++ for ++ for ++ for duck duck go

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@olezhka ++ for recursive

@motschel I might have prevented the comment overflow here 😁

@theScientist I don't think we need to move in both directions :) would be weird to upvote smth you have not yet read?

I think it is quite hard to start alone from online sources (if you haven't programmed at all before).
I would recommend a course at school or university (or whatever fits best/is available). Once he grasps the basic concepts it will be much easier for him to learn by himself.

@theScientist given a simple +1/0/-1 voting system in this social network upvoting function does not need an intensity variable! ;)

@theScientist I'm sure @BlueNutterfly would agree. I do :)

@olezhka You see my answer, don't you? xD

@BlueNutterfly I do, my dear 😄

@JustKidding well the school he is at doesn't rlly provide such courses and i also learned coding online on my own but it's rlly not that easy and I often have this moment of realising the connection between stuff

And I started with some idea of programm(console in/output) and learned every thing I needed for it
(Still learning more java like this atm)

@motschel Then teach him! Sit together with him, maybe one or two hours each week and show him the basics. It will not only help him to get started and be motivated but also will improve your own understanding.

@JustKidding
I thought it may be bad if I understood sth wrong and teach him wrong
But yeah i'll ask him if he would like to do so
Thanks a lot 😁👍

@motschel that's the point of teaching. It's totally ok if you understood something wrong but there's a high chance that you'll notice your mistake and then you both learned something ;)