Apps Anyone want to learn to program as team/group?

[s2android]

hi guys,

I am eager to learn programming, but it's not an easy subject to learn, especially if your totally new. I'm sure those of us whom are great programmers will know from experience, that this is a challenging subject.

Hence my suggestion is why don't we form a team/group and learn this way? I'm flexible, so i'll try to fit around other people's timing, no matter where they live in the world, lol.

My idea would be either to talk on headset via skype, messenger or whatever and work on a language together...2 or more minds are better than 1 and it becomes less of a chore and more fun/motivating when you work together.

So what do you say? If your up for it, then please let me know.

 

[T Droid]

Sounds like an interesting approach. I personally don't like the sound of it but I've always been a solo coder. I like to work on problems alone and ask for help if necessary, I find the learning experience is enriched this way as you have to solve the problems yourself rather than having the backup of another person to work on problems for you.

Also people have a tendency to chit chat so that may also get in the way and be distracting.

Out of interest which language(s) are you hoping to learn? There are some great resources available all of the Internet. Various programming forums also exist for support should you need it. Video tutorials are also a great way to learn programming because they hold your attention and help to stem the boredom of reading about algorithms, logic, etc.

Just my 2c.

 

[s2android]

Hi T Droid.

Your right in the sense that being a solo coder means that one has to solve the problems themselves. But that itself is the issue...if your stuck and can't get around the understanding of the language, there is a good chance that you will give up through boredom or lack of motivation or will end up posting on a forum to get a solution, so the issue is not really resolved..

I mainly wanted to learn Java, although most languages have the same core principles, so I'm easy going. I have tried many tutorials, videos and courses, but can't get to grips with it. If we worked as a team, we could go through tutorials together, helping one another as we work through the challenges.

 

[s2android]

Anyone ELSE?

 

[T Droid]

if your stuck and can't get around the understanding of the language, there is a good chance that you will give up through boredom or lack of motivation or will end up posting on a forum to get a solution, so the issue is not really resolved..

Depends how much you actually want to learn. Plenty of times I've been stuck on problems that I couldn't solve and simply asked for help on sites like StackOverflow, but my point is that if you have somebody else giving solutions all the time it'll worsen you ability to solve your own problems in the future.

Much of learning to program is also about taking a step back from your code, planning it out and thinking it over, i.e., writing pseudocode in a step-by-step manner from start to finish. I think it would be very hard to do that in a Skype chat with others talking.

Try it out though and see how it goes, you may just find it works well for you.

 

[s2android]

I know what you mean mate, but if your studying at university, you would study with your friends and using Skype is no different IMHO.

Anyway, I haven't managed as yet to get hold of anyone who is ready to try this technique out, so maybe I will have to learn it on my own