Computer Science Stuff

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<p>I know there are quite a lot of computer science people on here.</p>

<p>What's a good way to start learning computer science and programming related stuff. Right now I can code in html and can work with css/php, although I just modify codes in websites in those, and haven't built anything from scratch, and wouldn't know where to start.</p>

<p>I would like to focus on making some web app type stuff, and stuff for the web that pulls information from a database and then can be played with interactively. I have the ideas for good web apps, but don't have the knowledge to execute them right now. Anyone know a good place to start to learn solid fundamentals in coding and then how to keep moving forward with it.</p>

<p>And this involves not taking any college courses, but learning it on my own. I'm almost done with college, and I'm not adding on too many more credits.</p>

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<p>Buy a book. Start learning a curly-bracket language, like Java, C++, or C#. The syntax is similar, so you can switch between languages more easily when needed.</p>

<p>If you don’t understand a concept, you can always ask people on the Internet or watch some Youtube videos.</p>

<p>Personally, I didn’t find self-teaching to be all that useful at all - some of the more higher level concepts required someone to explain them to me in-person. I am currently taking a Computer Science class to brush up on my skills and then some. </p>

<p>Your mileage may vary.</p>