The latest articles on DEV Community by AJ Makhl (@ajmakhl). https://dev.to/ajmakhl https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F205979%2Fd800cb40-06f2-4748-a698-1d0efe7261da.png https://dev.to/ajmakhl en AJ Makhl Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:42:58 +0000 https://dev.to/ajmakhl/what-is-coding-524g https://dev.to/ajmakhl/what-is-coding-524g <p>Hey I have a question. Or some. 🤔</p> <p>IDK if I’m actually going to get a conversation going here but it’s worth a try.</p> <p>There are so many open source projects out there all doing so many beautiful things and they are being built by... Developers. Engineers. Etc.</p> <p>I’m talking mostly about nodejs stuff. </p> <p>There seems to be a form of layers that all projects follow.</p> <p>Projects like React, create-react-app, Apollo, Prisma, and not just using them but building them.</p> <p>Projects that you build to be used by others.</p> <p>Modularizations... Unit testings... Authentications... HOCs... config files... database this and that... handling files... I mean I could go on and on...</p> <p>This all seems like rocket science with noodles(node_modules) as a beginner frontend developer who builds components with ReactJS. Who Uses firebase cause it’s so damn easy. Who maybe can build a hello world express server...</p> <p>I know you don’t have to know everything.</p> <p>My point is...</p> <p>For all you awesome devs who work or are getting into backend development and building API’s and contributing to the open source community.</p> <p>Where did you start?</p> <p>If you could go back in time... Where would you start?</p> <p>How long did it take (you) to be able to look at a project for the first time and start thinking about how you can contribute?</p> <p>Sorry for the weird grammar. 🤪</p> <p>Thanks for any input. 😇</p> node explainlikeimfive productivity