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Learn to Code Without Wasting Time & Money

Aleksandr Hovhannisyan on January 04, 2020

Note: This is a syndicated post. If you'd like to, you can view the original on my dev blog. I remember reading a short story in high school abo...
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Arupam kumar saha

Honestly, This is the best article on "how to start programming" I have ever read in my life . By reading this one would understand that this article was written purely with the experiences . I honestly needed this type of articles.
Thanks a lot for such an amazing article .
I was same searching which language to learn then which development to learn web or mobile or AI/ML . TBH I do have those two Udemy courses and with 5 percent progress , though bought it 1 year back hahaha. I am same . I too started googling stuffs and learning after getting fed up of courses .
Thanks again keep posting such articles

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Aleksandr Hovhannisyan

Thanks for the kind words, Arupam! I'm glad people can relate to this πŸ™‚

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Akor Augustine Uji

For instance, the names of clients I entered get replaced by the names my colleagues entered on the app. We use different username and password

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Aleksandr Hovhannisyan • Edited

Thanks for reading, Akor!

Unfortunately, I don't think this is the best place to ask for that kind of help. I can't really help since a number of things could be wrong.

If you're working with other devs on this project, I would recommend asking for one of them to look into the bug. You may also want to consider posting your question on StackOverflow with a minimal, reproducible example of what you're doing.

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Akor Augustine Uji

Thank you. This is quite helpful.

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SJellen

Everything you said is 100% true.
Especially about Udemy courses.

That having been said I signed up for CodeCademy pro as a yearly subscription and have gotten alot out of it.
That combined with the app got me up to speed. Also I needed something to keep me on track at first. At the very least It got me to come back everyday and kept me focused. Scrimba is also a good resource,
But now as I start to put together a portfolio is when my learning really skyrocketed.

Also those code challenge websites(and i've signed up for alot) I'm sure would be great if I was a teenager or hobbyist but as someone trying to change careers, they are discouraging and distracting.

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Aleksandr Hovhannisyan • Edited

Glad you enjoyed the read!

You know, I actually have to second Scrimba, minus the fact that a lot of their courses are now paid. It's understandable, thoughβ€”they gotta make a living somehow, right?

The platform is magic, and how it works is beyond my comprehension. It helped me quite a lot when I was getting started with React :)

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Kevin Gustavo

Brilliant article, thank you very much for sharing it. I'm new in all these things, so... it can be really useful for me. πŸ”

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Aleksandr Hovhannisyan • Edited

Glad you enjoyed it! Good luck πŸ™‚

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Akor Augustine Uji

Great article. Just what I discovered learning to code.