How did I get started as a developer?
I’m often faced with this question, and these are the 3 resources that allowed me to dive into coding.
Udemy
“The Complete Web Developer Course” by Rob Percival
A video lecture series that served as my first exposure to the world of web develoment. I was introduced to HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MYSQL, Bootstrap, Wordpress, and APIs.
My first website was about my brother’s dog, Blu, and it looked like an ad straight out of Craigslist. But it sure was awesome.
Codecademy courses
| Language Skills | Web Developer Skills |
|---|---|
| HTML | The command line |
| CSS | How to make an interactive website |
| Ruby | Ruby on Rails |
| Javascript | Angular.JS |
| jQuery |
Bloc
My remote mentorship with Bloc motivated me to teach myself. It also kept me accountable for my learning and I truly enjoyed the project-based curriculum. I enjoyed working one on one with two mentors with different approaches. Chris and Jeff helped with avoid the pitfalls that I might have experienced completely on my own and often times, pushed in the right direction.
Learned how to use the command line, Git, and GitHub
Learned the fundamentals of Ruby, Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, DOM scripting, jQuery and Angular.js
Built applications (using Ruby gems/APIs, create user stories/wireframes)