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Learning to code after 40: my first 100 days

drew on January 24, 2020

100 days. It only takes 21 to make a habit (depending on who you ask). You can't do something for 100 days without learning something about yoursel...
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Patrick Charles-Lundaahl

It took me a while, but after using Go for a few months, I really like it. It's a lot simpler than, e.g., Java, C++, or even JavaScript, but I find I end up writing really clean, legible code with it.

And wow, does it ever compile fast!

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drew

Nice. Is there a language it's similar to in terms of syntax?

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Patrick Charles-Lundaahl • Edited

I guess it's probably closest to C, but with some niceties like range operators. Blocks are curly-brace delimited, etc.

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Darko Mens

That is great and we are in the same soup.
I also just started about a month a go and studying HTML, CSS first and from there will go yo java.
Its not been easy but with determination I know will will get there.

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drew

Thanks! Java is a lot of fun, you'll like it I'm sure.

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drew

I always thought about learning python, but because it doesn't seem to be used as a main language (for the most part) I've avoided it. It does seem like a fun language and very useful though. Let me know what you think of Go if you decide to try it out. I'm always curious about the lesser used languages.

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ChrisDrit

That's fantastic! Nicely done :-)

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drew

Thanks! It's crazy how fast it goes. Doesn't seem like its been over 3 months lol.

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Jashua

Well done drew :) following you, hopefully you make another post for the 200th day mark

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drew

Thank you. I hope so :) that one will be fun to write.

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Patrick Charles-Lundaahl

Congrats on the first hundred!!