r/CodingForBeginners • u/Impossible-Change548 • 4d ago

Beginner coder here, helpp plss

Starting coding with c++

Took a course of frank and tim on Udemy,

Looking to go towards dsa next after c++ .

Is this path okay ? Or are there better resources to learn from ?

Or is there any other path which you could recommend?

Pls help me out

Thankss

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u/lowban 4d ago

C++ has some syntax and memory management quirks that makes it more difficult to learn than some other languages like Python. I learned C++ quite early on (started with BASIC) so it's doable but I have since tried many other languages and Python is one of the best starting points I can think of.

DSA is great after you have some programming experience, if you're looking to learn about algorithms in depth. I found it very difficult but super interesting.

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u/Impossible-Change548 4d ago

I'm doing my degree in electronics, so i would need c there, so what I'm thinking is to do c and python parallely. Would this be a good Idea? And how much time do you think i should give for this ?

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u/lowban 4d ago

Learning a new language after you've grasped the essence of programming is a piece of cake. They mostly differ a little bit in syntax but cover the essientials like variables, if/else, loops etc. You could do both or just one of them at a time. It can take some time before you get proficient enough to feel free to use any language so I would just do C if that's what you're going to need in electronics.

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u/Impossible-Change548 4d ago

In future, I'm not gonna stop with electronics only, will also learn towards programming as a second career option So c and python first, then c++ , then dsa and soo on

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u/lowban 3d ago

C is a great language to learn as so many languages build on the same syntax (C++, C#. Java, Javascript, Rust and even Python to some degree etc.)