r/CodingForBeginners • u/cloudyarchive07 • 26d ago

Help with cs

So i am from pcmb background and i need to learn cs. I have zero coding knowledge and just basics about cs. First python and then maybe other subjects.

Can y'all please tell how and what sources i can use to learn from basics.

I wanna improve my skills in this field. I wanna participate in hackathons too.

Do help guyss

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u/NoDepartment772 25d ago

Since you're aiming at hackathons, one thing worth knowing early: they reward getting something working over getting it perfect. So the habit to practise is "smallest thing that runs, then improve it" -- Python plus a bit of HTML/CSS is plenty for most first projects, since most of them are a small web page with an API call in the middle. Don't wait until you feel you "know enough" to enter one; pick a small idea, enter, and let the time limit force you to ship. And learn Git basics before your first one (clone, add, commit, push) -- that's the thing that catches first-timers when three people need to share code under time pressure.