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If you want to learn how to program to become a game programmer, check out The Game Programmers Roadmap instead
If you are looking for information on how to program your first game, look here: Programming your first Game

Programming for Non-Programmers
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Programming for disciplines that are mainly concerned with the creation of game assets doesn't require nearly as much knowledge about the subject,
as gameplay programming needs.
It is possible to learn everything that one needs to know in one afternoon.

Programming Languages
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While a programmer needs to know many different languages for different use cases, an artist only needs two.
Python and Bash/Batch are the two/three languages an artists needs.
All three of them are scripting languages and are compatible small in scope and features.

Python enjoys a high level of popularity as a scripting languages which lead to many software products implementing the option to script them in Python.
Bash and Batch on the other hand get interpreted by consoles and terminals.

Software
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For Writing Code
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While you can write code with any text editor, VSCode has proven to be a good mix of extensibility for programmers and user friendliness for non technical people.

For Managing Code
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Git is the most widely used Version Control System and is supported by a wide range of online vendors.

Knowledge
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You don't need to know much to reap the benefits of scripting.
Here is a quick check list which can be worked through in an evening:

  1. What are variables?
  2. What are functions?
  3. What is a for loop?
  4. How do I interact with a file?
  5. What is the command line?
  6. How do I call a program from the command line?
  7. How do I accept input from the command line

With this, you should be able to automate much of your daily tasks.

Guidelines
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There are some guidelines which you should follow, to keep programming easy even for larger pipelines:

Pure Functions
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No function should alter its inputs

BAD:

Py
def my_fun(arg1: int):
  arg1 += 1

x = 1
my_fun(x)
# x now is 2

GOOD:

Py
def my_fun(arg1: int) -> int:
  return arg1 + 1

x = 1
x = my_fun(x)
# x now is 2

Clear Names
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Naming is a genuinely hard problem.
But in many cases an honest attempt is way better for understandability of a third party than just using single letter variables

BAD:

Py
def fn(e, b, x):
  a = S()
  b = a ^ e / b
  return x * 3

GOOD:

Py
def fn(exponent, base, text):
  foundation = Foundation()
  new_base = foundation ^ exponent / base
  return text * 3

Sources
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Programming for Non-Programmers

Programming Languages

Software

For Writing Code

For Managing Code

Knowledge

Guidelines

Pure Functions

Clear Names

Sources