What are your aspirations and struggles in computer programming?

[KaiserMk7]

What are you personally looking to accomplish that necessitates programming knowledge? What feels like an insurmountable obstacle to that goal at present? Let's help each other to better understand and work through these problems and to grow.

For instance, I presently want to download a set of sequentially named files more efficiently than by manually incrementing the number in the file name by 1 over and over again, but can't for the life of me figure out how to download a file from a web link via command line, let alone write a recursive script to batch download. I'm also unable to search for more conventional resources, like dozens of python and windows tutorials and forum posts that have already explained these features and solved this problem, on my current internet connection.

 

[Johnathan Smikey Johnathan Smikey]

I feel programming would be useful for me in most cases. I want to be able to utilize all of my computer and make software for myself and others for our benefit.

Downside is, when I do try to learn programming, I tend to forget about it because I have no use for it, nor could I find a way to practice and utilize it. I am trying to learn the basics of Unreal Engine so that I can learn to both use that engine and keep my knowledge with C++ by actually using and practicing it.

(I am aware I am finally using my account after a long hiatus)

 

[KaiserMk7]

I feel programming would be useful for me in most cases. I want to be able to utilize all of my computer and make software for myself and others for our benefit.

Downside is, when I do try to learn programming, I tend to forget about it because I have no use for it, nor could I find a way to practice and utilize it. I am trying to learn the basics of Unreal Engine so that I can learn to both use that engine and keep my knowledge with C++ by actually using and practicing it.

(I am aware I am finally using my account after a long hiatus)

I've not been active for so long that I would have ever met you, but welcome back nonetheless. If by some chance you haven't already firmly developed good programming practices and thought patterns, you might consider consuming the free Harvard CS50x courseware recommended in the Godot docs.
https://cs50.harvard.edu/x

 

[χKai]

Learning ASM to program NES, SNES, and PS1 games would be a sort of longterm goal of mine. The only thing really in my way of studying this would be the lack of hands-on experience I could perform if I had a working computer. I am currently working to rectify the situation and intend to devote as much time as I am able into the projects I have in mind.

They're a secret to everybody.

 

[null.problem]

What are you personally looking to accomplish that necessitates programming knowledge? What feels like an insurmountable obstacle to that goal at present? Let's help each other to better understand and work through these problems and to grow.

For instance, I presently want to download a set of sequentially named files more efficiently than by manually incrementing the number in the file name by 1 over and over again, but can't for the life of me figure out how to download a file from a web link via command line, let alone write a recursive script to batch download. I'm also unable to search for more conventional resources, like dozens of python and windows tutorials and forum posts that have already explained these features and solved this problem, on my current internet connection.

Slightly off-topic, but I wanted to point you in a possible direction for your specific problem. You can use curl (or wget) to automate downloading from the commandline - if you run a mac/'nix system you probably already have it, or you can get it for windows. Then you just need to use your chosen programming language (or even the terminal/powershell) to run curl over your targets and save them.

Depending on what/where/how much you are downloading from, you might have to learn about rate limiting (not hammering the site fast like a bot) and possible user agents (how your machine identifies itself). Depending on your skills and target this could be a really good beginner project (or a challenging one).

 

[PrismRed]

I feel programming would be useful for me in most cases. I want to be able to utilize all of my computer and make software for myself and others for our benefit.

Downside is, when I do try to learn programming, I tend to forget about it because I have no use for it, nor could I find a way to practice and utilize it. I am trying to learn the basics of Unreal Engine so that I can learn to both use that engine and keep my knowledge with C++ by actually using and practicing it.

(I am aware I am finally using my account after a long hiatus)

Welcome back! My aspiration is similar I guess, I wanted to make stuff for myself, just for fun, and I kinda have.

I've been programming for years and one thing I learnt is that you have to accept that programming world is way too vast it's impossible to master all of them. But we can learn, never be afraid to make mistake or asking dumb questions.
The struggle? Finding people generous enough to explain kindly.