I thought the 'Hello World' thing was just a dumb joke until my friend in Chicago made me type it out and I saw the console print it.

Seeing that text appear on my own screen after hitting run made the whole 'code does stuff' idea click for me, so what was the first tiny program that made you feel like you got it?

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elliot_miller227d ago

Wait, you really needed to see "Hello World" to get it? That's like needing training wheels forever. My first real win was making a script that actually fixed a problem, not just printing words.

victorb517d ago

What problem did your first script solve? I got hooked after automating a super boring file renaming task.