An introductory Lynda.com course on programming fundamentals, covering basic building blocks such as variables, strings and numbers, conditionals, loops, arrays, debugging, and compiled versus interpreted languages. It is taught by Simon Allardice.

Commenters call it a good introductory and reference course that helped them grasp the basic building blocks of programming.

On Reddit (2)

1. RecommendsHistoricalTutor4r/learnprogramming2020in “Nothing has brutalized my confidence quite like transitioning into CompSci. Can I even do this?”▲ 2

   This is the course I often come back to for fundamental. If you have library card and it’s usually freely accessible with library cards or from your school. https://www.lynda.com/Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Fundamentals/83603-2.html It’s really good introductory and…

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   When i was learning JavaScript for a web developer job a few years ago, my manager recommended this course: https://www.lynda.com/Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Fundamentals/83603-2.html to help me wrap my head around programming basics (compiled vs interpreted…

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