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Top 3 reasons why you love to code?
Week 162 Group Rant
heyheni
5y

I can't code
So 3 things i hate because i can't code. #selfrant

1. My father was a programmer in the 80-90ties. So he forced me at 11 years old to do a stupid "Java for Kids" book. You had to write sooooo much verbose code just that a stupid grey button would appear that looked ugly. I really really hated it.

2. Now I'm a graphic designer by trade. The first time I came in contact with something useful code related was in 2011. https://processing.org the generative design framework. It looked glorious! But it was in Java! I hated it.

3. I hate that i can't code because I'm dependend on you guys to get my design to become alive. Thanks to 3 years on devRant, the days arguing with a lazy dev that something can't be done is thankfully gone.

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can't code

bad parenting

i hate java

thanks dad

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  • 3
    5y
    @Ubbe the thing then was that you couldn't show what you did. Couldn't get a social reward. Today with webdev and robotics it much easier to get instant rewarding moments and do things that seem useful and not a waste of patience and time.
  • 2
    5y
    @Ubbe build able robots and lego. Kids love these and have the instant win when they have built them and are using them. Just don't force it upon them.

    @heyheni try something besides java?
  • 3
    5y
    @C0D4 yeah instant reward is important nowadays with the things like instagram and snapchat lowering the frustration and attention bar by the generation.

    This applies to me too. I really like how Vue.js works or GraphQL.
    But I even struggle with HTML and CSS. I know the syntax and browser apis well. But I don't know how to build stuff in a usefull way. I know the tools but i don't have the skill.
    And if something doesn't work i don't have the patience and I'm off procrastinating. I would love to hire a private teacher. It would help. But I'm constantly broke and my discipline is lacking.
  • 1
    5y
    @Ubbe may I suggest trying to give your kids Arduinos? I gave an Arduino Uno to my (very) young cousins, they seem to enjoy making lights blink in different ways. Also all them wires (gotta be careful with these though, could be a hazard). Don't know if they'll stick to programming though but that's totally okay.

    Also taught my brother all the programming he needed for high school via Arduino (he's an economics guy).

    @heyheni maybe you could try Arduino too. That stuff is magic, I guess it's the very visceral feeling of having hardware that actually does tangible stuff that makes the difference.
  • 1
    5y
    @RememberMe good suggestion! Thank you. 👍

    Infact i soldered a sythesyser togheter on atmega chip basis. Was really fun project appart from the programming part 😆
  • 1
    5y
    @heyheni ooh, I made additional oscillators for my synth using the control voltage output and some Arduino boards, fun project
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