Learning to code - the next step to starting my business!

[TrevorPrice]

Hey, all! Just thought I would keep you guys updated on my progress with my business thus far.

For starters, I used the WADM to determine that it was probably a better option for me to learn to code myself rather than outsource it. I used money and time as my two biggest factors when determining what to do and I rationalized that I'd rather learn a new skill and spend little to no money doing it than pay however much it would cost a web developer to make a website.

I just picked up a copy of "JavaScript & JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development" and I am working through chapter 1 today. So far, so good. I am, admittedly, a little overwhelmed at the moment because I just want to get this business off the ground, but I understand it is a process and I'm willing to endure what I have to to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible.

If you have any further advice for me please feel free to comment!

Thanks!

 

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[lobo]

Awesome! I'm currently learning to code as well.

 

[alexkuzmov]

Hey, all! Just thought I would keep you guys updated on my progress with my business thus far.

For starters, I used the WADM to determine that it was probably a better option for me to learn to code myself rather than outsource it. I used money and time as my two biggest factors when determining what to do and I rationalized that I'd rather learn a new skill and spend little to no money doing it than pay however much it would cost a web developer to make a website.

I just picked up a copy of "JavaScript & JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development" and I am working through chapter 1 today. So far, so good. I am, admittedly, a little overwhelmed at the moment because I just want to get this business off the ground, but I understand it is a process and I'm willing to endure what I have to to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible.

If you have any further advice for me please feel free to comment!

Thanks!

Hey Trevor,

for learning how to code I recommend you checkout this thread: EXECUTION - F*ck it, i'm learning to code

As for JavaScript & jQuery
jQuery is a bit old and its not very popular lately.
Alot if not most frontend/fullstack devs have moved onto JS frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Flutter or AngularJS.
Thats not to say that jQuery isnt useful, but its not as relevant as it used to be.
That being said, jQuery is still king when it comes to having JS scripting on pages where speed is the most important metric.

If you want to know a bit more about app speed, some basics, check out this thread: Speed is what you need

I`ve been a developer for about 12 years so if you have any questions, post them here, happy to help.

 

[TrevorPrice]

Hey Trevor,

for learning how to code I recommend you checkout this thread: EXECUTION - F*ck it, i'm learning to code

As for JavaScript & jQuery
jQuery is a bit old and its not very popular lately.
Alot if not most frontend/fullstack devs have moved onto JS frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Flutter or AngularJS.
Thats not to say that jQuery isnt useful, but its not as relevant as it used to be.
That being said, jQuery is still king when it comes to having JS scripting on pages where speed is the most important metric.

If you want to know a bit more about app speed, some basics, check out this thread: Speed is what you need

I`ve been a developer for about 12 years so if you have any questions, post them here, happy to help.

Wow, thank you so much! I will definitely check these out! I am just getting through chapter 2 which is just the basics of the JavaScript language, so maybe what you’ve recommended will go nicely with those basics being under my belt now. I’ll give you a follow and I’ll be sure to let you know if I have any questions. I’m trying to do it on my own as much as humanly possible because I feel like it’ll be 1. more satisfying and 2. nice to have a new skill that I can use.

Thanks again for the information!

 

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[CoolNerd]

You can't go wrong with learning the basics of Javascript, since the basics (variables, conditions, loops, switches, functions, classes, ...) are almost identical throughout all programming languages, and you need to understand those to move forward.

Alot if not most frontend/fullstack devs have moved onto JS frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Flutter or AngularJS.

Agree with this, it's the future of web development. From personal experience, I recommend Vue.js for web. It's been designed to be easy to learn.

 

[TrevorPrice]

You can't go wrong with learning the basics of Javascript, since the basics (variables, conditions, loops, switches, functions, classes, ...) are almost identical throughout all programming languages, and you need to understand those to move forward.


Agree with this, it's the future of web development. From personal experience, I recommend Vue.js for web. It's been designed to be easy to learn.

Sweet, thanks for the info! Not that I’m trying to take the easy way or anything but I think right now I just want to be able to get the website up and still learn to code along the way so I can fix issues that might come up.

I’ll definitely look into Vue.js!

 

[kleine2]

Hey, all! Just thought I would keep you guys updated on my progress with my business thus far.

For starters, I used the WADM to determine that it was probably a better option for me to learn to code myself rather than outsource it. I used money and time as my two biggest factors when determining what to do and I rationalized that I'd rather learn a new skill and spend little to no money doing it than pay however much it would cost a web developer to make a website.

I just picked up a copy of "JavaScript & JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development" and I am working through chapter 1 today. So far, so good. I am, admittedly, a little overwhelmed at the moment because I just want to get this business off the ground, but I understand it is a process and I'm willing to endure what I have to to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible.

If you have any further advice for me please feel free to comment!

Thanks!

Hi Trevor, I've been a software developer for 20 years.
In addition to what was mentioned about jquery being pretty old and unpopular.
You might want to look into taking an online course.
You could get these on a lot of different sites for a very low cost (I am talking spending around $50 not much more).
The advantage over a book is that it gives you a structure to learn in.
What is really important in learning to code is getting the hands on experience, so having exercises and doing them and then someone talking through how you could have done them can be very valuable compared to reading a book.
My 2 cents.

 

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