Sunday, September 22, 2019

Eurogamer.net: September 22, 2019 at 08:19AM - Learn to code with Microsoft

Microsoft has launched a free, 44-video "Python for Beginners" video series to encourage aspiring coders to get involved.

"You might be taking a look at Python," Microsoft's senior program manager, Christopher Harrison, said in a blog post. "Maybe you're drawn because of its popularity. Maybe you're drawn to its flexibility. With Python you can create solutions of all shapes and sizes. You can dig into web development. Simplify your life through automation. Or maybe begin building the future with machine learning.

"Picking up a new language is a common situation for modern-day developers. The days of going your entire career focused on one language are long since gone," Harrison added. Fortunately, concepts typically don't change as you move from one programming language to the next. Sure, the syntax might be different, but an if statement is still an if statement even when it's written using { } or End If. So, we don't need to learn how to program, but rather how to program in a new language."

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