Learning To Code: Python & Linux = Awesome & How to get started on a Linux Operating System

So, in the short period of time that I've spend using GNU/linux (the last 7 - 7&1/2 months), I've acquired more than enough knowledge about command line editing and system administration. The only things I'm really still fuzzy about are the commands top and find, and that's just a small portion of my coding knowledge. I recently just barely dabbled in the art of Java, C, C++, and Javascript, I already know my HTML and my CSS so well that I really don't google much code anymore (except for a few subjects here and there that I'm also fuzzy about -- I'm talking to you --moz-border). The "CLI anxiety" came away from me when I destroyed my ubuntu set up to attempt to install Archlinux last summer and at first I was a bit upset but then I quickly got over it once I successfully managed to install arch. My point is, I really wanted to learn how to code something other than a half-assed webpage or a weebly layout for some friends. I wanted to screw around with different kinds of code, and even create an RPG but unsurprisingly, Linux lacks some RPG makers and ever since even before I switched from Vista [Lovely Service pack 2~!] I had been trying to learn this programming language called: Python.

You can acquire Python for *nix, Windows, Mac OSX, *bsd's etc, and it's a great programming language to learn as far as my very limited experiences go. But the point is, for a beginning learner of a programming language, the complexity of C, C++, and Java was too extreme for me, while Javascript, I found, well, useless to what I wanted to do. Now, the Python documentation is perhaps helpful for many people, but to me, it was really just a pain in my a**. It didn't explain much of anything, or at least didn't have many examples that had the potential of showing me how I could possibly utilize the tricks that were listed. Call me retarded if you want, but I couldn't work it for my life! Then I found Learn Python The Hard Way which to me is an amazing guide that taught me everything I wanted/needed to know and even answered some of my questions. It was clear to me after a while of reading the Python Documentation that it was definitely not geared towards newbies to programming and programming languages.

It was useless for me to try and figure out where I was going with it, because it gradually began to confuse me as I read it without any other form of foundation. That is what most linux users aspiring to write code need in my personal belief. For those interested in learning a programming language, for those ubuntu users who just recently switched from Windows, or for those who are in the process of doing so, or even those who just want to know how to use the command line, I suggest to you download the e-book on Linuxcommand.org and get to reading. You don't even have to devote a lot of time to learning what you read because that guide is so basic that it's not even funny. The youtube user metalx1000 has a ton of bash tutorials and such.

Getting back on track, one who is interested in getting started on learning how to program should look into lifehacker's javascript guide, because it teaches some foundational things, especially for those who decide that they want to dive right into Java code. But this is all in my opinion, everyone has a different way of learning and they might actually find the Python Documentation a lot easier to learn than I might. The Internet is crawling with options, do what goes best with you.

Minecraft On Archlinux -- Tutorial

There are a few ways to go about getting minecraft on Archlinux and while the Wiki is there to guide you through . I recommend using my favorite AUR installer yaourt to get the job done.

Here's my Video Tutorial: