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How'd you get into programming? (self.programming)

submitted 2 years ago by strudel6242 to c/programming

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Personally, I started off with Roblox back in the early 2010s, and taught myself Lua. I really liked those Tycoon games, and wanted to see how they worked.

I eventually found Minecraft (like every kid back in the day did), and learnt Java to make Bukkit server mods.

Around 2016 I thought websites were kinda cool, so I started learning HTML, CSS, and JS, and I've been in the web dev space ever since.

What about the rest of y'all? What's your personal programming path?

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[–] SoaringFox 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started in high school with visual basic, making little Windows apps that did random stuff. Loved it. Did AP class in a later year and still loved it so I went to college for my CS degree.

I still think fondly of the VB programs - I would turn in projects that had easter eggs like clicking a certain letter would make one of the buttons flash through the colors of the rainbow.

[–] honeyontoast 4 points 1 year ago

My first professional job still had old VB applications, one of which took in a user's ID and if you gave it a specific one I've long forgotten it would load the user profile of a stormtrooper. I miss those Easter eggs!