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[Fares Alharbi](https://hashnode.com/@FaresTheDev)

A front-end developer, with passion for Ui, UX, art and music.

Jun 26, 2022

# [what to learn first as a new programmer?](https://faresthedev.hashnode.dev/what-to-learn-first-as-a-new-programmer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Before I go on, I want to say that I’m still learning, this is what I taught myself, these are my experience and my observations. In university, it was my first time being exposed to real programming, we were studying the basics of C++, and I fell in...

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[Andrew Baisden](https://hashnode.com/@andrewbaisden)

Full-Stack Engineer | React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js | AI-Assisted Engineering

[Jun 26, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-to-learn-first-as-a-new-programmer/62b8490192447c9aed5b9992/comment/62b86be492447c9aed5b9e38)

Well-written article "Hello World" is the introduction I use for any new language like many others. Haven't played No Man’s Sky in years in fact I sold it when they had those issues so long ago. But now I hear that it's closer to the game many expected to get on launch.

[Fares Alharbi](https://hashnode.com/@FaresTheDev)

A front-end developer, with passion for Ui, UX, art and music.

[Jun 26, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-to-learn-first-as-a-new-programmer/62b8490192447c9aed5b9992/comment/62b86be492447c9aed5b9e38#reply-62b8757cb86f939ac81b7ab8)

Thank you! YES, you should play it again, it's so much fun and time consuming if I'm being honest 😬