The latest articles on DEV Community by Elodie | DIY Developer (@liloo2040). https://dev.to/liloo2040 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%2F105164%2F33ce9174-8482-4fdd-9e75-b1c071231178.png https://dev.to/liloo2040 en Elodie | DIY Developer Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:16:42 +0000 https://dev.to/liloo2040/nevertheless-elodie-coded--22dc https://dev.to/liloo2040/nevertheless-elodie-coded--22dc <p>In 2001, I got to discover (in a quite random way) how to make a website and it was just a hobby at this time. </p> <p>Actually, while I was studying English and Spanish in college (and even earlier than that), I worked on my first pages with Front Page (I agree, not as awesome as VSCode!), but this is how it started.</p> <p>Few years later and since my professional career looked like a dead-end; after a long research I did a coding bootcamp about 3 years ago. </p> <p>With new ways to write code (Git, new IDEs, Linux...), "thinking in code"; I found my purpose and every piece of the puzzle started to fit into each other.</p> <p>18 years later after my first pages and lines of code, I can't believe how much technology and languages have evolved.</p> <p>Now, I keep on working on a language I used to hate a long time ago - that I am loving more and more while almost everyone find it "outdated" (PHP), with new tools (Symfony, Composer, Symfony Components...) and that doesn't stop me to learn/discover other languages that I barely used until then.</p> <h2> I continued to code in 2019 because... </h2> <p>-I wanted to<br> -I love creating things, and not just visual ones!<br> -I love keep on learning<br> -this is what I love doing!</p> <h2> I deserve credit for... </h2> <p>-participating to several hackathons<br> -done some PRs for some open-source projects (including Hacktoberfest)<br> -building projects on my own and helping others (if/when they need help)</p> <h2> I hope to see my developer/tech community... </h2> <p>-having more and more female developers<br> -more respectful and more honest towards each other (#buildupdevs)<br> -doing more workshops, meetups and events</p> wecoded