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From never writing code to becoming a Python dev in 19 steps

Cat McGee on July 03, 2020

Twitter | YouTube | Instagram Hello fellow geeks! After circulation of my previous post and Twitter thread, I've received a lot of responses askin...
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Vaibhav Khulbe

Wow. That covers A-Z. Thanks for compiling this :)

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Cat McGee

No problem, hope it's useful!

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Vaibhav Khulbe

It is! I left the coding in Python last year. Guess now I will dive into this :)

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Cat McGee

Awesome, good luck!! DM me on Twitter if you ever need help!

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Vaibhav Khulbe

Thank you! For sure! Also, if you need help in frontend/design let me know 😁

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JAYNE CLIFFORD-GREEN

Cat, you are a great role model thank you! I dabble with html and css, but find JavaScript a pain! I am so determined to become successful.

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Cat McGee

Thanks Jayne! You can do it, determination is all it takes. Good luck to you and if you need any help feel free to message me!

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JAYNE CLIFFORD-GREEN

Aw thanks Cat. By the way, I love your name! I love cats!

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Cat McGee

Hahaha thank you, me too!

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Mike Minton

great post - well done

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danidre14

This is some solid advice, will this work for JavaScript? Or do you have steps in JS specifically?

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Cat McGee

Hey! I’ve written one to become a frontend web developer which includes a lot of Javascript, but not a ‘Javascript developer’ per se (I’ve mentioned nothing about Node in there.) Hope that helps!

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Mohit Mahajan

That really gave me a push to get into it.
Thanks a lot !!

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Mohammed Umair

I just started learning Python in Jetbrains academy, it's pretty cool, my previous programing knowledge is helping me a lot.
Thanks for the thread, saving it for the future reference.

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Gabriel Vieira

Hey, a course based on the book Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, is free in the Udemy.

udemy.com/course/automate/?couponC...

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Matt Curcio

Hi Cat,
Great article, comprehensive.
But, I thought Python does not need to compile. I thought it was an interpreted language. ;))

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Elucian Moise • Edited

I see steps here that I have yet to follow to complete my Python training. Great work!