From NEWBIE to a PRO?

[Snikfingern]

Hello eveyone, and thank you for letting me become a part of this community.

I have for a long time been wanting to learn how to code, or atlest get a general understanding of what it involves, and slowly but surley improve my skills.
The problem is that i have 0% experience within this field, and i'm starting 100% from scratch. Which is why i need your help to get the best start i can!

So, to my questions;
Does anybody have any trick to how i can "attack" this? Where should i begin, and what should i do?
I've been checking out a few of these different learning platforms (Team treehouse, codecadamy, udemy etcetc) and have decided to give it a shot.
Does anyone have any experience with these platforms, is there any better platforms, which platform should i use and can they provide me with enough knowledge to get a solid foundation?

I appreciate all the help i can get!

Thank you, and have a good day!

 

[Tealk]

Does anybody have any trick to how i can "attack" this? Where should i begin, and what should i do?

Find something that you enjoy, that interests you, that you would like to continue working on by yourself.
I myself just wanted to have a website and then I started with HTML and CSS and then it just became more.

 

[Snikfingern]

Find something that you enjoy, that interests you, that you would like to continue working on by yourself.
I myself just wanted to have a website and then I started with HTML and CSS and then it just became more.

Did you use any of the websites i mentioned, or similar?
They seem like a great place to start!

 

[Tealk]

Where I started with it, these pages probably did not even exist.

I just started in the middle of it all, looking for a design or a website that I could take apart and modify to learn from.
Otherwise I use :

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

SELFHTML-Wiki

wiki.selfhtml.org

 

[Snikfingern]

Where I started with it, these pages probably did not even exist.

I just started in the middle of it all, looking for a design or a website that I could take apart and modify to learn from.
Otherwise I use :

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

SELFHTML-Wiki

wiki.selfhtml.org

Ahh, i see
Thank you, i'll check them both out! :

 

[simong1993]

Welcome me i started with HTML & CSS as i wanted to build a website and its always a handy skill to have but moving on i moved onto PHP & SQL as that's what i preferred

I learned alot from W3 schools or i go to humble bundle and get the Ebooks cheap

 

[Snikfingern]

Welcome me i started with HTML & CSS as i wanted to build a website and its always a handy skill to have but moving on i moved onto PHP & SQL as that's what i preferred

I learned alot from W3 schools or i go to humble bundle and get the Ebooks cheap

I've been checking out Python and Javascript, atleast to begin. I'll definitly check those out! I do, also want to see if what codecadamy or something similar offers

 

[Malcolm]

@Snikfingern How's the learning coming? Do you have anything questions or need any help?

 

[Snikfingern]

@Snikfingern How's the learning coming? Do you have anything questions or need any help?

Thank you for the follow up! It's coming along, slowly but surely. I have done an introduction course on codecademy about some general terms etc, and now i'm stepping in to som actual language!

But i do actually have a question. They offer a few different paths (Data science, Web development, Computer Science)
My long term goal is to (If i can manage) become a software developer, but i'm quite unsure which of these paths best fit.
If you could help me with this, i would be truly greatful

 

[Malcolm]

Thank you for the follow up! It's coming along, slowly but surely. I have done an introduction course on codecademy about some general terms etc, and now i'm stepping in to som actual language!

Not a problem at all! I want to see you succeed
Is Code Academy treating you well?

But i do actually have a question. They offer a few different paths (Data science, Web development, Computer Science)
My long term goal is to (If i can manage) become a software developer, but i'm quite unsure which of these paths best fit.
If you could help me with this, i would be truly greatful

I would honestly say your best options would be Data and Computer Science. They seem more software related!

 

[Snikfingern]

Not a problem at all! I want to see you succeed
Is Code Academy treating you well?

Code Academy is such a great learningplatform, they have alot of different courses to choose. In other words, so far so good! I've only been practising for about one hour a day, but it helps!

I would honestly say your best options would be Data and Computer Science. They seem more software related!

I think so myself, but i personally do think its better to do courses to learn the basics of a few languages and take it from there
What do you think? And agian, thank you for the help!

 

[Malcolm]

Code Academy is such a great learningplatform, they have alot of different courses to choose. In other words, so far so good! I've only been practising for about one hour a day, but it helps!

That's great to hear! What have you learned so far?

I think so myself, but i personally do think its better to do courses to learn the basics of a few languages and take it from there
What do you think? And agian, thank you for the help!

I'd imagine that following the different paths will teach you different languages.