I really wish programming tutorials for absolute beginners were exactly like that. Like please program my dumb ass to learn programming.
Ideally a tutorial would Just assume I know nothing at all. In fact, assume I’m some medieval serf from 1320, motherfucker. Assume I’ve never heard of a computer before, never mind used one. Assume I’ve lost two dozen children to the plague, scurvy, smallpox, and conscription into wars with neighboring fiefdoms. Assume I’m currently imprisoned in the oubliette for hiding grain under my floorboards. Assume I speak in such a thick accent from bumfuck nowhere that it is entirely unintelligible to both contemporary nobility and modern English speakers alike. Assume I’m illiterate. Assume I’ve never washed my penis before. Assume I’ve never wiped my ass.
I’m talking about a tutorial that involves a thorough description of each and every click of the mouse. Rigorously define every single word that has programming relevance. Leave no stone unturned, if you’re even slightly vague about any step I guarantee you I will fuck it up! It’d be sick as hell if such a lesson plan existed for every common programming language
Maybe help me understand this post?
There are plenty of programming textbooks that are 1000+ pages long that go through exactly the exhaustive tutorials you’re looking for, from the simplest concepts to the advanced tricks. I know this because I am not a programmer by profession and I had to learn from scratch to perform certain tasks for my work.
However, I would not recommend this approach at all. Trying to teach/learn everything is the fastest way to make a beginner lose interest in a subject. You might think this is what you need, but you will quickly find yourself getting exhausted and having to muster the will power to endure through each and every section, and in the end you either give up, or you start skipping sections, which is the point of why tutorials don’t follow this approach.