Programming is a thing I've been meaning to get into since 2012, my freshman year of college. In addition to buying textbooks for my courses, I bought a few introductory books on Python & Ruby. I never opened them.
I've never really been able to get into programming. The usual reason I give is because I have never come across a problem that programming would be an efficient solution for - most things I do, I only really do once. Writing an entire program to accomplish that task seems like a waste of time. The only exception thus far has been shell script.
But I've run into enough problems and reasons that make this lack of knowledge... problematic for future development. At the very least, knowing how to program in some valuable and important languages will make me more literate in the things I do day-to-day as a hobby, patching software and understanding how certain programs operate.
This repository will act as a collection of notes, resources, tests, use-cases,
etc. For instance, the c directory is setup for those following the Bible on
ANSI C (K&R). You'll notice that README files include paths; if you're using
vim, you can use the gf binding to immediately checkout the referenced
file (optimally <C-W>gf, and :bf to go back -- congratulations, you're
learning vim!). The files are named README in this folder simply to make
reading on places such as GitHub easier; think of them as indices and notes.
In addition to directories for independent languages, there is a folder named
exercism. This folder will contain any languages I've used
Exercism to learn. I strongly encourage anyone
interested in programming to play around with it; it's sort of like the Duolingo
of programming. It's a good alternative to something like Coursera or learning
from YouTube videos, and could act as a nice supplement to textbooks! The
structure of the exercism directory is subject to change, but it should
continue to be roughly oriented as exercism/{language} for easy reference.
Ultimately, this is just a reference for me. If you find it useful, feel free to take it! Most everything in here will end up being code I myself have generated, so if you have comments/questions/concerns feel free to email me or make an issue. Theoretically you could submit a PR to add a new language, but that seems like a waste of time.