Regarding a suggestion.

Abhishek Mishra

I am a B.tech final year student.I had done my majors in Information Technology.
Within few months companies will be visiting my campus for placement.
But i want to confess i even don't know abc of C. I had zero knowledge about
programming.
Now i don't know what to do.
How i can learn programming.
Please help me.I know this group has lot of techies
who has been a begineers at ones.

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Marie Murakami11y ago
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Well I'll be honest, programming is not something that can be learned quickly. It takes time, practice, patience and a lot of try - fail - repeat actions.
Now the first thing that you need to do is decide what field you find interesting, is it a web, desktop, mobile, embedded, etc. development.
Depending on what exactly you prefer will determine what would be a logical choice of your first programming language. Now I know people will often specify a certain language for beginning, but that is just a subjective opinion, I believe your best bet is with something that will enable you to produce results that you would find interesting and thus keep your motivation high up.

After you have chosen a programming field you can search (or ask here) for a popular programming languages that are used in that field. After that find some simple beginners tutorial for it. The tutorial should cover the basic syntax, logics, operators and functionalities of that language. After that take another tutorial, I'm serious, you need to master the fundamentals, everything else goes on top of it.

After you feel comfortable with coding out in that programming language you can start building something interesting. Use any resources that you have (internet, books, etc.) to help you out. After you're done make something else...
As I said before, it takes practice and experience in order to become good programmer.
Few additional things I would like to point out:
Learn how to debug your code.
Learn how to test your code (unit testing, regression testing, etc.).
learn how to use version (source) controls.
This is a rough guideline but I hope it'll guide you to a right direction.
Last regarding the job itself, before going to an interview you should search for some commonly asked questions and try to answer them on your own. This will tell you how good you covered the fundamentals. After that try solving some coding tests, note that often companies practice this approach when interviewing their candidates.
To give you an idea how these tests look like you can refer to the programming aptitude tests from TestDome. For example for a front end web development you can take a look at these HTML, CSS and JS tests, for a server side and desktop development you can check out these C# programming tests and for an embedded devices here are some C++ coding tests.

Good luck!
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srinivas11y ago
Hi, First let me what is background subject in B.tech. If it is computer C,C++ and some computer languages are basics So if concentrate on these you can learn with in one week. Thanks & Regards, Srinivas.G
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Arjunan Selvam11y ago
Abhishek You can find a lot information on the internet.since you are a computer science student,you might atleast know what is programming.

First make sure what you wanna become either Developer or Tester.Concentrate on those areas.Latest trend is all about Web and Mobile.

If you want to become a web developer,Make sure to learn basic things first.start from client side languages like HTML, Bootstrap, Jquery and server side languages like Asp.net, Structs or PHP.
If you want to become a Android developer,Make sure you have to know the basics. Read Core java, JDBC,Android.

1. http://www.w3schools.com/
2. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/
3. https://www.codeschool.com/ - Recommended for beginners

understand the basic things and write a sample programs on the language.once read one hour for reading and one hour for practicing.If you stuck anywhere else,post your issues in the csharpcorner or stackoverflow. lot of developers are waiting there to help you.

Do mini projects in the field which you are interested.Upload your sample codes in the GitHub and create your own website.

Visit - http://startbootstrap.com/

The above site will show you a lot of beautiful websites which you can use to learn.Download the code and do modifications and see the changes in the browser.It's not a rocket science.
HTML,Bootstrap and Jquery which you can learn from the w3schools website.

If you read for a month,you can create a sample websites.It all needs your dedication and practice.
Good luck.
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Manas Mohapatra11y ago
Please follow below steps:

Before start your journey you have to make a solid plan and execute it. So don't hesitate that you don't about C. Keep patience and do hard work. Always learn that matters to you.

1. Choose one out side tutorials which provides good coaching institute.
2. Meanwhile there are so many tutorials are there you can start with that.
3. If you want to be a real practice more and more. you will get ideas from that.
4. Practice Aptitude and reasoning for Campus interview.
5. You should have basic knowledge of computer science(as per your branch).
6. Practice for good communication.

Hope above points will help.
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