How I Chose a Book to Learn Programming as an Absolute Beginner

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Hello,

I am a beginner programmer and I wrote a blog post about how I chose the book that I'm currently learning from, after trying and giving up several times.

I am very interested to see what you think about it and would love to hear your suggestions on what other books are great for absolute beginners as well as what books should I check out after I finish this one. Thanks.

That was very a refreshing read. Most of us forgot how long it took us to learn the basic things we take for granted now. Keep writing!

What's more important than how you chose the book is how helpful the book is as opposed to other titles. (And in this case, the fact that the book is free and has supporting code and answers to exercises provided.)

Or, if you've found a repeatable process for choosing the best book in a given genre, that would be ideal to write about.

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