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How can I inspire my friends to learn to program?

16th Apr 2017, 7:30 PM
Exotic_Code
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First, make them want to do it. How? ★Show them interesting works made by programming. ★And if they ask you how you did it. Say "At first, I was paying money to learn coding the hard way. But later, I found Sololearn which is more of fun than tedious work and it's free!" ★Show them the features of this app ★Believe me sincerely, these two sentences will make them want to learn.
22nd Apr 2017, 4:17 PM
Ore
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Point a gun to their head and say: "Program or die!". First thing they'll say next is: "Hello world"
21st Apr 2017, 7:48 PM
Shahar Levy
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*Show them mind blowing stuffs done with codes. *Give them fun learning and interactive resources, like sololearn. (Videos inclusive) *Tell them of successful people who write codes. (You could mention my name. 😜😉)
20th Apr 2017, 7:13 PM
@bayoishola20
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Eat some taco bell.. then... In the room next to them.. set up a laptop.. open some text editors.. a command prompt/terminal.. sololearn.... And then after all of that is set up.. walk into the next room where your friend is and fart. Once they vacate the room and walk into the one with the laptop etc. to be able to breathe, shut the door and lock them in. Ta-da!
2nd May 2017, 9:27 AM
Fox
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you design a virus that loads up the sololearn website....
22nd Apr 2017, 4:43 AM
DeleteThisAccount
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1) You have to learn hard 2)Make a Super Cool project 3) Show them your creation 4) Then they will become curious to know that, how u made it 5) Then it will become easier for u to convice them Well... I used this method but unfortunately they r not interseted yet.... ×_× I hope this method works with ur firends...
23rd Apr 2017, 5:38 PM
Suyash Purwar
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create Amazing Code And Just Show Them
27th Apr 2017, 7:24 PM
Kailash Loncha
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It's good If They do what they want to do but at least once try to convince them but only once if they are not agree then you just focus on your programming skills
27th Apr 2017, 8:20 PM
Kailash Loncha
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Show them one of your creations and also this video from Code.org: https://youtu.be/nKIu9yen5nc that video got me into coding 😊 seeing women, NBA players and singers (like Will.I.Am) programmers made me realize anybody can learn how to program, "you don't need to be a genius, just determined"😊
28th Apr 2017, 5:16 AM
Pao
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just follow your own interests.. if they ask u questions, answer them, if they ask for help then help them. programming is not for eveyone. if u persist in trying to make them interested they will avoid u and think you are just Showing off. save your energy and keep studying, if u want to
9th May 2017, 10:58 PM
niteOwLTwO
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Make a visually pleasing program, then show off the source code. That could help xD. You likely won't spark much interest if they only get to see a console.
16th Apr 2017, 8:36 PM
Rrestoring faith
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1▪If he wants something, let him do it. Nothing comes by Force. 2▪Passion and Determination. 3▪The numbers🤔 let him see the numbers jump each time of the programmers , how it is important in the labor market.
29th Apr 2017, 3:18 AM
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My friends tell it's hard to learn😅😅
24th Apr 2017, 2:02 PM
Nithiwat
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THIS WORKS!! Get them started with HTML. - very easy - Once they learn small snippets, show them some popular websites. - Start with static (html only) And if they are interested they will begin to learn JavaScript, JQuery and there you GO! Once they grasp little bit of HTML show them C programming because the keywords are easy and they will continue themselves. That was how I started.
28th Apr 2017, 12:20 PM
Min Somai
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You can't, if they are not interested then they would not want to learn, really, I tried before. Yet, if they have interest in it, just do a very good program and explain them the easiest way posible how it works.
20th Apr 2017, 1:20 PM
NADA DADA (N)
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https://code.sololearn.com/cw6D8L65zxqm/?ref=app Here you go. Took a few minutes to throw a quick program together to show you how, haha. 😺💃
27th Apr 2017, 9:00 PM
Adrian
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Depending on their interests, show them how programming will help them take those interests to the next level :D For example, see if they love video games, or making graphics, etc.
16th Apr 2017, 7:36 PM
Abeer Megahed
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by lightning of the importance of programming in every day life
24th Apr 2017, 11:17 PM
Hadi Hawla
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i m actually trying to convince my frnd to learn programming everyone should learn to program bcause it makes you learn how to think
20th Apr 2017, 2:16 PM
shobhit
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Invite them to SoloLearn. Show them your earned ceritificates.
25th Apr 2017, 7:26 AM
Kumar