I started out with Basic on a computer sporting MS DOS, a Pentium 75 and 16 mb ram! Then I continued down the rabbit hole and discovered HTML and that led to the newly invented JavaScript and here I am today programming full time. I can’t believe it’s only 10 years ago I started out in the 90’s. Right? Guys?
Mine was a Timex Sinclair. You got to each of the Basic keywords by hitting a function key and then one of the other keys, which actually helped because you could see them all. And, since I didn’t have any external storage, I got lots of practice writing them.
A project manager once told me that she got into programming with MySpace.
A LOT of devs did. was either MySpace, Geocities, or LiveJournal.
Or hacking yahoo chat lol.
Oh gods, the awful things I did in Yahoo chats…
“yahoo chat”
instantly thought of: https://michaelcharm.ytmnd.com/
And ATT Worldnet!
If you’re my age
I started with Spectrum Basic. Everyone’s starts somewhere, and it’s unlikely to be with proper tools in a professional setting.
I started out with Basic on a computer sporting MS DOS, a Pentium 75 and 16 mb ram! Then I continued down the rabbit hole and discovered HTML and that led to the newly invented JavaScript and here I am today programming full time. I can’t believe it’s only 10 years ago I started out in the 90’s. Right? Guys?
Mine was a Timex Sinclair. You got to each of the Basic keywords by hitting a function key and then one of the other keys, which actually helped because you could see them all. And, since I didn’t have any external storage, I got lots of practice writing them.
Is that bad?
No, it is good.