Learning Programming

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#Shorts #GameDev #Advice

[tjmonsi]

This is what we call project-based learning

[legion]

This man is the Bob Ross of game development

[Koraun]

I don't think people realize just how valuable a lot of the shorts this guy does are. A brilliant guy to begin with is distilling down years or knowledge into easily digestible bits. You could work for several years and not gain as valuable insight as he teaches you in a few videos.

[jopro]

The best part about it is, that you can immediately see the results of your learned stuff in your project and be proud of yourself.

[rafaelfigfigueiredo]

There are magical moments in programming
when you're stuck or just curious
you check random articles on the documentation
and now you're at 3 AM
with eyes wide open
and gaping mouth
saying to yourself
"You can do that?!"

[ryanfriscia]

I started learning programming in high school, to make simple robotics. Learning how simple commands could have tangible effects so quickly, it motivated me to learn more.

[arisneta]

i've never audibly expressed "YEAH!!! EXACTLY DUDE!! YEAH DUDE I LOVE YOU!!" to a youtube short but seeing people actually presenting the better way of figuring out a language that i used to teach myself just relieves me so much

[emmanuelperez]

Music had no business going so damn hard

[ahni]

This is what my school did. Everything was split up into small projects that we got to do our own way, meaning no one did it the same way. It felt like we were all just playing and having fun. In the end everyone had made their own unique game engines, had a very good understanding of the logic required for programming and a fairly deep knowledge of c++. As a nice bonus we were also encouraged to specialize in an area of our own choosing.

[oScRuFFiE]

Currently trying to learn js/node.js and this is exactly what i needed to hear. Ive been so focused on trying to learn the whole language and this really helps and gives me more confidence to learn. Thor you are an amazing human being. Thank you for being you and dropping constant wisdom.

[gregg_roll]

As a music teacher turned chef, this is how i approach teaching both. Love what you're doing! Keep it up!

[crazyboy]

This is great advice. This is actually how software engineering jobs work. You learn based on the projects you’ve been working on and get a higher raise based on it. Its called experience.

[zalo]

honestly just good advice in general for learning

[cthecheese]

Been programming for 15 years and the only formal education I received was a semester of C++ a few years after I had already started using it in freshman year of High School.

This learning style was how I went about things and has always been the best way for me to learn.

It kept me away from bad opinions and let me learn from my (many) mistakes instead of just being confused when a tutorial had errors.

[jamess.]

Especially as you learn more and more languages, it becomes much easier to jump into a new language you’ve never used and feel (relatively) comfortable.

[ItsNoneh]

I struggle a lot with making projects, and not giving up with them, so this kind of advice really helps me, thank you!

[sarahtoews]

My dad has been a software developer for my entire life, at the same job. And I STILL sometimes see him looking up YouTube videos on how to do stuff! You never stop learning. Ever.

[NeTRunneR]

The more videos I see, the more I like you man. You are natural. You are an artist.

[ynir]

I genuinely agree with this… I am a double major in mechatronic engineering and cs with specialization on smart systems (ai) and I never learned how to code in uni, I just did a bunch of high level/advanced projects to learn what I mostly know about programming.

[VideoGameWarlord]

Creating a design document is great for this. You create an overview of your game and can layout in a table different features and mechanics, and from there break it down by complexity, time needed, future “maybe” ideas to implement, etc. Like how it is better to sketch a picture before drawing it.