Advice On How To Start Coding

The Machine: A computer science education podcast

Following on from the last podcast in which the panel attempted to describe what programming is, this time the same group (Siobhan Drohan, Eamon De Leastar, Mairead Meagher and Rob O’Connor) talk about how a complete beginner can dip their toe in the world of coding. During the discussion, they mention a number of (mostly) free tools that you can find at the links below, presented in the order in which they appear (we think!): Code.org (Hour of Code) - https://studio.code.org/courses Processing - https://processing.org The Coding Train - https://thecodingtrain.com Free Coding Camp - https://www.freecodecamp.org Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com Sphereo Mini - https://www.sphero.com/sphero-mini Coder Dojo - https://coderdojo.com Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu Glitch - https://glitch.com W3 Schools - https://www.w3schools.com Eclipse - https://www.eclipse.org/ide/