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Aaron Mason
447 PointsJust Beginning- What track should I begin with
Just beginning to learn and trying to improve my skill set within a company. They will be mostly building programs for hardware, not so much on internet but it wouldn't hurt to learn that as well.
2 Answers
Balazs Peak
46,160 PointsAt treehouse, all beginner level courses are really beginner-friendly. If you ask me, start with Digital Literacy track, or C# Beginner track. But basically any beginner level stuff will be great :)
Michael Watson
Treehouse TeacherIt totally depends on what your goals and interests are Aaron. Treehouse focuses on web and mobile more than hardware...perhaps some of that hardware will be controlled with software through mobile phones? So Android or iOS might be interesting for you to pursue?
Balazs Peak
46,160 PointsIt depends. If someone is completely beginner, I think one would be way better off by starting with a simple Java course, instead of jumping into Android development right away.
Brady Borkowski
7,495 PointsBrady Borkowski
7,495 PointsTo be completely honest, I did the Digital Literacy track and found it to be more confusing and frustrating than simply picking a topic.
It jumped around all over the place and didn't really teach me much. It seemed very sloppy to me and I actively recommend skipping out on it.
I jumped into the Web Development Track and found it to be much more beginner friendly, especially when they replaced the first video "How to Build a Website" with the "Basics of HTML" and "Basics of CSS" courses. The Digital Literacy course was lacking structure and context, at least for me.
Balazs Peak
46,160 PointsBalazs Peak
46,160 PointsThat is true actually. I've completed it when my knowledge has already become intermediate already, and it was really amusing and interesting.
I agree and I would say that the best choice would be choosing a programming language, and focus on it. Later, when you've mastered one language, you can jump around to all sorts of languages, because you've already learned how to learn one.... basically.
I would suggest that one should start with C# or Java. Those are very well developed, logically consistant languages.