With our country taking massive steps towards becoming digitally sound in the time of this unfortunate predicament, the importance of programming or in layman terms - coding has become an important skill to acquire!
What is coding?
Coding can be defined as the process of creating instructions for our computer machines using programming languages. There exist multiple programming languages; some of the basic languages are C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kotlin and Flutter. Coding is not simply a skill, it is an art; the smarter you code, the higher you earn!!
Answering the why?
This unforeseen breakthrough of coronavirus has contributed majorly in making India independent. Digital India, an initiative by the government lays the foundation stone of transforming India into a digitally empowered society; thus marking the importance of internet and online infrastructure.
You must be wondering how coding will help anyway?
So, the answer is that acquiring this skill can help you in numerous ways.
- Learn web development and help the start-ups with their web applications.
- Learn app development and contribute in making wonderful life saving apps as a replacement to the banished Chinese apps.
- Learn and master programming languages to become the language developers and get hired in MNCs.
- Learn Artificial Intelligence (AI) and bring your imagination to life.
- Learn the Internet of Things (IoT) and play with the connected networks.
The list goes on and on..you can learn any technology/language in order to either create or achieve anything that you want.
Benefits!
- Having a career in this field have a great financial potential; be it a start-up or a developer’s job.
- There exists a plethora of opportunities for those who code!
- It changes your perspective towards solving problems in the form of practical problem statements.
- Being a coder, you always have a flexible career. You can always switch to different languages or technologies as and when interested.
- It might come handy when you aren’t expecting it to be of any use; be it in theory or as a practical approach.
- Since the digital boom in India, companies are always looking for talented yet smart developers.
How to start!
Here is a list of top 10 sites which provides detailed programming courses for free in order to kickstart your coding journey!
- Codeacademy
- Coursera
- Udemy
- edX
- GitHub
- Code Avengers
- Free Code Camp
- Khan Academy
- Interview Bit
- BitDegree
There are ample of free resources available out there; but what is needed to become a coder is one’s dedication and will to learn every single day!
Well, I hope you all must have understood the fact that why everyone is stressing upon coding in this era! It is not an ordinary skill; its an art that needs to be acquired in 2020 and beyond!