The latest articles on DEV Community by olearyxyz (@olearyxyz). https://dev.to/olearyxyz 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%2F295538%2F1359a2db-28ea-4980-9740-45290f9102d9.jpeg https://dev.to/olearyxyz en olearyxyz Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:47:45 +0000 https://dev.to/olearyxyz/beginning-at-the-beginning-of-the-beginning-2pd0 https://dev.to/olearyxyz/beginning-at-the-beginning-of-the-beginning-2pd0 <p>I am new. Not just to dev.to, but to the developer world, in general. I have no formal background in CS, and no genuine experience in it. I am starting. I have heard/read many thing about self-taught devs taking courses at/in Udemy, utilizing khan Academy, and EdX (I, too, briefly took CS50x via EdX but life complications came up, and I had to drop it).</p> <p>So I will get to the point - if you had three (or perhaps more) suggestions on where to start with Web development (I know a bit of HTML, CSS, but feel I must learn JS), where would those places/resources be?</p> <p>Such as: </p> <ul> <li>online courses</li> <li>must-read books for starting in Web development</li> <li>general advice</li> </ul> <p>Thank you for your responses :)</p> advice help beginners olearyxyz Wed, 18 Dec 2019 06:46:50 +0000 https://dev.to/olearyxyz/hello-world-this-is-my-first-post-3f4p https://dev.to/olearyxyz/hello-world-this-is-my-first-post-3f4p <p>I have nothing I need help with at the moment, though I hope to help others who may need it in my downtime. </p> <p>A bit about me:</p> <ul> <li><p>I am a total beginner, just did the "Hello World" tutorial on Github not long ago.</p></li> <li><p>I have familiarized myself with HTML and CSS in the past via W3schools, and then forgotten most of it, then re-learned it.</p></li> <li><p>I write, mostly. About a number of things. Some of them being technology.</p></li> <li><p>I practice minimalism. Too much, perhaps.</p></li> </ul>