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Free coding software Suggestions?
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:32 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:32 pm
Anyone have a good free coding software? I have limited experience with Matlab and Fortran languages from when I was in college. I haven’t looked at any coding, programming, or software in a while, but I’ve got a little free time and would like to learn a some. Mostly to use for some iteration financial calcs but potentially use for data analysis later on. I’d like for it to be pretty user friendly at first so I can learn the basics again.
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:34 pm to TigerCrude
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:40 pm to TigerCrude
Can’t go wrong with python
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:41 pm to TigerCrude
Inductive automation has launched a new “maker” version of their software that is free for personal use. It’s a scada software but integrates well with databases and jython scripting. If you want a platform that is well developed take a look.
At the 5 min mark you can see some of the capabilities of the program in the hands of a top level developer
LINK
At the 5 min mark you can see some of the capabilities of the program in the hands of a top level developer
LINK
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 6:47 pm to TigerCrude
Udemy if you don't mind paying ~$10 for ~40hrs of well-curated instruction for a chosen language. Youtube if you're cheap. If you like to read here is a whole mess to get your started. If you want to go Python, I know a lot of people rec "Automate The Boring Stuff". I've never looked it over, but I know you can find it in print, limited sections on Youtube, and if you follow some of the Reddit CS boards the author post free codes for the course on Udemy.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:32 pm to TigerCrude
This may not be the popular answer here but you can download Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 for free.
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Full-featured integrated development environment (IDE) for Android, iOS, Windows, web, and cloud
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:46 pm to TigerCrude
Stack overflow developer survey for 2020
Go see what’s popular in terms of coding. I would look at VS Code or Visual Studio. Avoid getting in to JavaScript since you mentioned easy.
In your case, maybe look at something low code like Microsoft’s Power Platform. Do some Power Bi.
Go see what’s popular in terms of coding. I would look at VS Code or Visual Studio. Avoid getting in to JavaScript since you mentioned easy.
In your case, maybe look at something low code like Microsoft’s Power Platform. Do some Power Bi.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:50 pm to TigerCrude
Whatever tool you use, make sure you’re aware that there are tons of libraries and frameworks that people share, for free, on places like Github. You don’t have to write a lot of your building blocks from scratch
Posted on 8/4/20 at 7:59 pm to ProbyOne
quote:I've been using R for a while for most stuff, especially stats. Tableau for visualization. Thinking about learning Python for data management and web scraping. Worth it?
Can’t go wrong with python
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:01 pm to TigerCrude
I code in WordPad.
Are there other free alternatives?
Are there other free alternatives?
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:05 pm to Bullfrog
Fortran is so damn old lol. I learned that in a CS history of languages class back in the early 2000’s.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:07 pm to Bullfrog
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I code in WordPad.
Notepad++ and there is also a free version of Visual Studio now.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:24 pm to ProbyOne
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Can’t go wrong with python
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Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:31 pm to transcend
I got certified in Python but I couldn't find any good jobs in it. What do people actually use it for? What kind of money do they make?
I haven't been able to find a software job in the last 10 years that wasn't either making stupid Java or .NET websites, or managing people that make stupid Java or .NET websites. Frickin' waste of electricity in my opinion.
I haven't been able to find a software job in the last 10 years that wasn't either making stupid Java or .NET websites, or managing people that make stupid Java or .NET websites. Frickin' waste of electricity in my opinion.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:36 pm to TigerCrude
nano or vi and gcc for the win.
or, python, go, nodejs, perl...
or, python, go, nodejs, perl...
This post was edited on 8/4/20 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:36 pm to USMEagles
quote:Da Fuq? It's one of the most popular languages out there.
I got certified in Python but I couldn't find any good jobs in it.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:42 pm to BeerMoney
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Go see what’s popular in terms of coding. I would look at VS Code or Visual Studio. Avoid getting in to JavaScript since you mentioned easy.
In your case, maybe look at something low code like Microsoft’s Power Platform. Do some Power Bi.
I use VSCode, but if you're going to do Python you probably want to use something like Jupiter notebooks or Google's Version of the same thing. If you're looking to do data analysis Python is where it's at. However, I can't disagree more on JavaScript not being "easy" it's just not as well suited for data analysis since it is single threaded. Data analysis-wise you can do almost as much with JavaScript in Node.js as you can in Python, but python is just better suited for it and JavaScript is better suited for web dev. I always say though programming is 90% critical thinking and 10% syntax. If you learn the programming basics in one well you'll be able to pick up others easily as the basics are the same. I do mostly JavaScript, but I've written a few Python scripts when needed and all I've had to do is a little syntax lookup, not a big deal at all. In summary, and to reiterate, for data analysis and machine learning Python is blowing up..for web dev JavaScript and C# is what you want.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:48 pm to TigerCrude
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Anyone have a good free coding software? I have limited experience with Matlab and Fortran languages from when I was in college. I haven’t looked at any coding, programming, or software in a while, but I’ve got a little free time and would like to learn a some. Mostly to use for some iteration financial calcs but potentially use for data analysis later on. I’d like for it to be pretty user friendly at first so I can learn the basics again.
(I am self taught and now work as a software engineer so I had to start with really 0 background and no guidance.) My recommendation is to find some small projects you would like to build. Just general things that seem cool. Maybe a script that is a calculator, a random number generator, a small game of dice between two users, a program that takes user input and outputs their text onto the screen... From there you can explore the syntax of a language, logic statements, and everything else. For languages, Python is probably your best option. C/C++, C#, Java, GO... you have many options! Also, don't rule out learning JavaScript if you have any interest in web development. You can have a lot of fun with JS and there is just so much out there in terms of tutorials and documentation for JS.
Whenever you have basic syntax down take a look at data structures (arrays, objects...) and then classes with Object Oriented Programming. At that point you will be able to guide yourself and know what you want to learn.
Personally, I started with JavaScript and then went to C then C++, and ended up learning Python. I am no expert but I know enough to get paid for it
It is tough starting out, very tough. Just keep asking questions and watching videos and eventually it "clicks"--I quit many times, and one day it did just click.
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I code in WordPad.
Are there other free alternatives?
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 8:52 pm to hollowpoint
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nano or vi and gcc for the win.
I wouldn't recommend these, especially vi(m), unless he's already familiar with the UNIX environment.
Posted on 8/4/20 at 9:04 pm to Taxing Authority
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Da Fuq? It's one of the most popular languages out there.
That's why I learned it and got certified. At the same time, though, in almost 20 years as a professional developer, I don't think I've met one person who wrote Python for pay or read a single line of Python code that wasn't an example.
I don't doubt that Python programmers exist, but they must exist in some field that I've just never worked in. I've done everything from x86 assembly up to React.js and I still cannot figure what in the world Python is actually used for (that people pay money for).
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