I am a 14 year old code hobbyist and blogger, Ask Me Anything!
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lazar
•May 1, 2024
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I started out coding 4 years ago, going on 5 now. I didn't fall in love with programming right away b...
I started out coding 4 years ago, going on 5 now. I didn't fall in love with programming right away because it looked like math, but after I realized what it really was about, I got hooked though when I got my first laptop about a year later. It is (i still use it) a small acer aspire netbook with 16 gigs. Boy, was using that hard! I started off with Javascript, but now I use C++, Python, Groovy, Java/Kotlin, C#, ReactNative, Flutter(dart), Smalltalk, and Go. Anyway, go ahead, ask me anything!
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tmblog
•May 1, 2024
Hi Lazar, well done to you! What would be your best advice to fellow 13-16 year olds who find it hard to get their head around programming?
lazar Author
•May 1, 2024
Sorry I took so long getting back to you, I am in the middle of hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas right now, so things have been busy...
I would say mess around with programming. I am always trying out new programming languages, checking out operating systems, building games, websites... I also watch a TON of tutorials, even if I don't understand them, I just watch them to see other techniques.
My last piece of advice, stay focused and start off simple.
lazar Author
•May 1, 2024
Minetest is amazing! Not for the gameplay, I'm not that into video games, I just love the whole experience of being able to mod it to no end. Which is why I chose Minetest, because even though you can mod Minecraft, I can get really deep and dirty in the source code.
raymag
•May 1, 2024
That's pretty cool, man. I'd say I'm a 17 years old code hobbyist, but I just started coding two years and a half ago. Anyway, what's your favorite field in programming? Web Development, Android/IOS development, Game Development, etc?
lazar Author
•May 1, 2024
Well, I would have to say that's a really tough question. I love web development, today I was trying to deploy my Laravel website on the dark web... still working on it.
On the other hand, I love building games and modding games.
I am going to have to say though my favorite (and this is going to sound weird) is writing command-line programs and bash scripts for my computer.
Yeah... I get that look alot when I say that.
micahlt
•May 1, 2024
How did you begin coding? i.e., what language?
lazar Author
•May 1, 2024
I began coding in javascript, then moved onto python.