Hi everyone,

TL;DR Completely new to coding and programming, but I want to learn enough to be able to run a home server, my own website and tinker a bit with Arduino. Is there any programming language or path that you could recommend?

I don’t know if those things are related or not. I’ve been looking at books a bout Arduino, but it’s just following instructions to do xyz, but not explanation of the basics.

About the server and website, I’ve wanted to try it out since I stumbled upon the Low tech magazine. Many of the projects there and the philosophy behind it speak to me, so I would like to be more knowledgeable about it and be able to do some stuff myself.

EDIT. You guys are awesome! Thank you so much for the replies. It’s so cool to see Lemmy populated with cool people willing to chat and put knowledge in common :) I might be updating this post when I get to do something about… well all the resources you gave me!

  • BeardedleftistOP
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    8 months ago

    Thanks for the explanation! Once you give everything a meaning it’s just another language I guess lol

    I’m not on a Mac, but I do have a PC running Ubuntu so maybe that works too (?)

    I’ll be looking for those resources you listed this week since we have some days off and see what I can come up with. With that and all the other suggestions I think I’m ready to do some stuff, build some break some and see how it goes haha

    Thanks again!

      • BeardedleftistOP
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        8 months ago

        When I was a kid I was really into computers, so I met Linux back then. Nowadays, I just use it when I’m fed up with Windows or if I need to get work done since it’s distraction free and workspaces and hot corners make my life so much easier when working with multiple documents :)

        Saved the website for later on!