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rusvik

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I'm finally writing code again, which I haven't done since writing garbled VBA code for my employer 10 years ago.

Right now, doing the Web Basics course with html,css,php and java.

How far can you get from Codeacademy only?
 


I'd suggest you concentrate on either Java OR PHP to start with, get decent at one, since they overlap so much, and you don't need both.

Unless of course you mean javascript, but if that's the case, shrug.
 
mattseh said:
I'd suggest you concentrate on either Java OR PHP to start with, get decent at one, since they overlap so much, and you don't need both.

Unless of course you mean javascript, but if that's the case, shrug.
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I meant Javascript.
 
Rusvik I'm just about to start code academy. Thanks for the recommendation in my other thread. What language did you start with?

How far can you get from Codeacademy only?
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On quora people were saying that code academy gives you the bits and pieces, but you need to work on real projects on your own to create the full skillset.
 
I'm all over codecademy after that recommendation. I learned most of html/css from w3schools, so I'm pretty much blowing through that portion on codecademy.

I think that between those two sites, you should have a pretty solid understanding of the basics. The rest should come in time as you experiment. I always learn the most by doing as much as I can with my current knowledge and googling when I get stuck.
 
Just a disclaimer. Seems there are frequent problems with getting the php/ruby/python courses running.
 
Why don't you guys try one of these:

udacity.com - great python courses for beginners.
coursera.org - loads of good stuff.

udacity courses are self-paced so there's really no excuse not to do it. I took https://www.udacity.com/course/cs212 and it was really good, though perhaps too complex for a complete beginner.

If you like codecademy start with something like https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101 then https://www.udacity.com/course/cs253 or https://www.udacity.com/course/cs215 or this one whenever they release it https://www.udacity.com/course/cs256

And after that try to land some client work, build a hobby site/project or start a simple SAAS.

edit: these courses are available on coursera right now: https://www.coursera.org/course/programming1 and https://www.coursera.org/course/programdesign (both very basic).

https://www.coursera.org/course/proglang - a good overview course for people with some (basic) programming experience.
 
CodeAcademy has been a great place to start for me. About a year ago I got into HTML/CSS there and it wasn't too much work at all. It was pretty fun. Having known those skills significantly put me at an advantage vs my coworkers at work.

I will say though that you will lose the skills you gain pretty quick if you don't have experimental projects to keep up with. I completed the PHP course, but have probably forgotten a lot of it because I don't actively use it. CSS I use almost daily though and it has only blossomed.
 
absolute said:
Why don't you guys try one of these:

udacity.com - great python courses for beginners.
coursera.org - loads of good stuff.
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Codecademy is a fine place to start and get introduced to the languages. I even ran through 5 of the course tracks for fun a few months back. Having said that, I completely agree with @absolute that all you self-learners should definitely check out udacity and coursera.

And if someone were to ask me what is the best first language for newbies, I would say Racket and as luck would have it there is a free introductory course that teaches it starting next week on coursera: coursera.org/course/programdesign
 
Decided to learn iOS app development.

Here are some links:

1. Downloads (2010-2011 Fall) | CS 193P iPhone Application Development
2. iOS SDK Essential Training (2012)Lynda[Team Nanban][TPB] (download torrent) - TPB[Team_Nanban][TPB]
3. https://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8708854/InfiniteSkills_Learning_iOS_Programming

Just went through the intro videos for Lynda. They recommend taking this course first before getting started with ios development: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/7901458/Lynda.com_-_Foundations_of_Programming___Fundamentals
 
mpbiz said:
Bump.

My new favorite is team treehouse. They have great video courses.
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I used Team Tree House for about a month. I followed the HTML + CSS course for the smells like bakin site and I was fucking impressed as shit. I literally built a website that looked legit.

Would recommend + ++

Only con is the monthly subscription so don't buy if you lose your motivation easily.
 
mpbiz said:
Rusvik,

Are you still programming? Any progress made?
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Yes, I jumped around learning bits and pieces of PHP, html/css to jquery before settling on Python, which I intend to focus on. Really like the simple syntax of Python.

I am going to be on that webapp startup time in a year or so, that is the plan.
 
I just heard about Team Tree House! Thanks for recommending it.

I'm also a newbie and I started learning from codeacademy. So kudos to them. I'm practicing what I learned now through editing some HTML/CSS codes of my friend's website.
 
codeacademy is one good option to start getting into programming. i learned from there.
but personally, i only learned the basics, and eventually improved programming skills through some programming projects.
 
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