When I started this journey I really didn’t know what to expect. Would I be able to learn enough to get a job? How long would it take? What kind of job could I get? I had originally thought that after four months of learning, and given my background in design, I might find a …
Spring is here and soon that will mean being able to sit outside! For me that’s a good and a bad thing. Good because I love the outdoors, hiking, biking, golfing… bad because I love the outdoors, hiking , biking… you get what I mean. Spending time at the computer becomes harder for me as …
It’s been about a week since my last update. I’m still working through the Flex Zombies and freeCodeCamp courses and I’m focusing most of my time on the JavaScript portion of the course on freeCodeCamp. As you progress through the various courses available online, you may find your ‘path’ changing. I began my journey with …
Recently I’ve been exploring ways to showcase my work as I progress. I had originally intended to take web pages I’d built, add them to my web site, add a link, include a couple jpg’s (screen captures) of my code, and be done. Then I learned about GitHub, an online site to post your web …
This week is one of many future ‘updates’. As well as writing posts on specific items I’m going to try to do a weekly update of where I’m at and what my plans for the immediate future are. Last week I finished two projects, posted them to Git Hub and linked them to my website. …
Learning to code is difficult, especially at the beginning, especially if you’re trying to learn on your own. Courses at colleges or universities are good for beginners because they give us a sense of direction but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it on your own. Way back, in 1995, I purchased my first computer. …
It’s been a few weeks since I set up this blog and I’ve yet to post but like they say in coding ‘you can’t just study it you have to do it’ so here’s my first of hopefully many posts. A brief recap as to where I am in my pursuit of learning to code: …