I have been thinking of learning some programming recently, but I don’t feel confident enough. Is there any point in beginning with something like Zig or Go, and switching to something more serious later?
I have been thinking of learning some programming recently, but I don’t feel confident enough. Is there any point in beginning with something like Zig or Go, and switching to something more serious later?
I think yes, simple languages are worthwhile as a starting place, because complicated subjects like programming are easier to learn in chunks. With a simple language you can focus on the analytical part of programming and not muddy it up with learning the details of a complex language. When people do it the opposite way they might end up knowing how to use C++ or whatever and think they’re programmers, but they don’t understand how to break down a problem into logical parts and organize an app - and those are the important skills that make good code.