Programming

Can i learn programming only at university or i need to do some courses for out?

Started by mrapple · Oct 28, 2025

#11385
↳ Replying to @mrapple
Depends on what you're looking for. You can get off the ground pretty easily with just some basic tutorials learning languages and playing around with them. You can learn to build a lot of things that way (the silk road guy wasn't a coder really before he wrote that site in php, I think). However, the more abstract parts of coding that require more technical knowledge are hard to pick up without at least a reading book or reading through/taking a course explaining it to you. For example, why should I care if a sort is stable or unstable? How do I know when to make something a class and why? When is asynchronous programming useful vs synchronous programming? etc.

You can do a lot without knowing that stuff, but to get good at coding you should be looking to understand the answers to those types of questions too.
#11389
↳ Replying to @mrapple
Actually a lot of university courses teach what can be called "academic programming". That's not inherently a bad thing, but it's moreso a sort of romanticized and idealistic version of programming. In the real world, programming tends to be a bit more chaotic, especially if you have deadlines.

Most developers continually learn outside of university, both through passion and experience. You can easily learn programming without that jumpstart.
#11390
↳ Replying to @mrapple
You can learn programming on your own but I'd suggest working on your math skills simultaneously.
#11391
↳ Replying to @ChilledPiano
Yooooooooo thats too old and too good

"Old but Gold"
#11392
↳ Replying to @mrapple
You don't need to go to a university to learn to write any programming language. All the information is readily available to everyone and information should be free, as it is.

Buy a paid course or watch some free youtube videos if you don't want to pay.
#11394
↳ Replying to @mrapple
No, just make your apps with help of stackoverflow and llms. Uni in this type of cases, sucks for learning programming. It would help you understand enginnering behind programming.

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