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Where did you all learn coding?

I have one very basic code that was mainly copied from on here but I want to do more. So where did everyone learn this? Coworkers, books, Google, YouTube, classes, guy in a van down by the river??? What reading materials/websites/videos/classes/guys in vans by rivers would you recommend? I am going to take the free (until June) "VB.Net for PC-DMIS 301" class online probably this weekend. I see what you guys are having DMIS do with coding and I see how it can greatly help here at my job so I want to learn as much as I can. I'm the kind of person that is thirsty for knowledge and can't learn enough. My boss has had conversations with the owner and myself about sending me to classes at the local community college and they are all for it but that's on hold until this virus blows over.

Any recommendations you guys have are greatly appreciated.
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  • At university I took one class which taught VB6. It was pretty basic (no pun intended) but just being able to drag and drop controls onto a form and then do simple stuff (add items to a list box, change the text of a label depending on which radio button was clicked etc) was an eye opener.

    I then did a work placement and worked closely with the IT guy who was great with Excel (among other things) and then I learnt I could combine the two with Macros (VBA).

    I also did a great class on databases (in which we didn't even touch a computer once!) - probably one of the most important classes I ever took.

    I continued with this (VB6/VBA and databases) through a range of temp jobs after Uni and in my first engineering job, then when I went to work for Hexagon I took over VB duties for PC-Dmis related stuff.

    Apart from one class it's all self taught, however I think working with automating a piece of software you already know (like automating PC-Dmis or Excel) is a great way of learning, as you're already familiar with the objects (part programs, commands, or workbooks or worksheets etc) so it makes getting your head round objects and methods and properties much easier.

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  • At university I took one class which taught VB6. It was pretty basic (no pun intended) but just being able to drag and drop controls onto a form and then do simple stuff (add items to a list box, change the text of a label depending on which radio button was clicked etc) was an eye opener.

    I then did a work placement and worked closely with the IT guy who was great with Excel (among other things) and then I learnt I could combine the two with Macros (VBA).

    I also did a great class on databases (in which we didn't even touch a computer once!) - probably one of the most important classes I ever took.

    I continued with this (VB6/VBA and databases) through a range of temp jobs after Uni and in my first engineering job, then when I went to work for Hexagon I took over VB duties for PC-Dmis related stuff.

    Apart from one class it's all self taught, however I think working with automating a piece of software you already know (like automating PC-Dmis or Excel) is a great way of learning, as you're already familiar with the objects (part programs, commands, or workbooks or worksheets etc) so it makes getting your head round objects and methods and properties much easier.

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