# Programming for Beginners
**URL:** https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76
**Category:** Programming questions
**Created:** [1 June 2020 07:59 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76 "2020-06-01T07:59:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Samer\_Kurdi](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/Samer_Kurdi)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 07:59 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/1 "2020-06-01T07:59:28Z")
I thought that it would be a good idea for those trying to brush up on their programming skills and those that are just learning to share resources.
Outside actual coding, I think that sometimes that it could feel overwhelming, as there is so much involved, e.g. creating libraries, connecting to git and many other things.
What courses/resources have others found to be the most helpful during their coding journey?
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### Author:  [@andre\_melo](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/andre_melo)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 11:19 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/2 "2020-06-01T11:19:25Z")
The [Casimir programming course](https://casimir.researchschool.nl/casimir-course-programming-4414.html) is offered yearly and covers a bunch of useful topics for beginners.
When I was starting out I also found [Project Euler](https://projecteuler.net/) very useful (and fun!). I learned a lot by solving the problems, but also by looking at other people’s solutions (which you can see after you’ve solved a problem). More often than not you will find a faster, more concise and more readable solution than yours 🙂
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### Author:  [@gsteele13](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/gsteele13)
#### Post date: [1 June 2020 13:53 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/3 "2020-06-01T13:53:59Z")
You can also check out my course on “Introduction to Python for Physicists”:
> **[Python for Applied Physics / Introduction to Python for Physicists · GitLab](https://gitlab.tudelft.nl/python-for-applied-physics/practicum-lecture-notes)**
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> Delft University of Technology GitLab server
(shameless plug? but it may be useful)
Cheers,
Gary
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### Author:  [@mkersbergen](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/mkersbergen)
#### Post date: [2 June 2020 08:33 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/4 "2020-06-02T08:33:23Z")
I definitely learned a lot from watching [C++ tutorials by TheCherno](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrATfBNZ98dudnM48yfGUldqGD0S4FFb). It’s a 90+ collection of videos starting with the basics of C++, how to set up, what a compiled language is, to more in depth topics like stack and heap memory, smart pointers and benchmarking.
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### Author:  [@Rene](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/Rene)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 08:55 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/5 "2020-06-04T08:55:29Z")
I keep a list of different learning resources [on Github](https://github.com/pythonistas-nl/LearningResources/wiki) (contributions welcome!).
This is part of my work for the [meetup group Pythonistas-NL](https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/Pythonistas-NL/), where we periodically\* meet to discuss python issues and code together (albeit it is preferred if you have some basic knowledge before coming there).
\*well, not as much lately due to restrictions…
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### Author:  [@Leila](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/Leila)
#### Post date: [11 June 2020 10:58 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/6 "2020-06-11T10:58:53Z")
Maybe also useful resource to add to the list 🙂 : [https://dabeaz-course.github.io/practical-python/](https://dabeaz-course.github.io/practical-python/)
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### Author:  [@Rene](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/u/Rene)
#### Post date: [15 June 2020 14:42 UTC](https://forum.kavli.tudelft.nl/t/programming-for-beginners/76/7 "2020-06-15T14:42:37Z")
Thanks @Leila, added.