The latest articles on DEV Community by Riley Van Ess (@rileyvaness). https://dev.to/rileyvaness 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%2F96991%2Fa4ca995e-42eb-427c-b32b-e4dc18d20487.jpeg https://dev.to/rileyvaness en Riley Van Ess Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:22:35 +0000 https://dev.to/rileyvaness/the-c-language--8mi https://dev.to/rileyvaness/the-c-language--8mi <p>How many of you on here program in C#? Do you use it for business or personal use? Do you like it?</p> csharp discuss Riley Van Ess Sun, 02 Sep 2018 07:18:10 +0000 https://dev.to/rileyvaness/how-was-it-when-you-started-to-code-3j0m https://dev.to/rileyvaness/how-was-it-when-you-started-to-code-3j0m <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Ffn9o034060rcd3bz3ajt.jpeg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Ffn9o034060rcd3bz3ajt.jpeg" alt="Alt text of image"></a></p> <h1> Learning Programming </h1> <p>A couple months ago, I set sail on trying to accomplish a coding bootcamp. I had always been interested in coding, software and technology in general. I feel as if I have learned a bunch in the last few months both on the front-end and back-end. I haven't really gotten that many opportunities to fully cement the skills learned since it has been a kind of "fly by the seat of your pants" adventure. I've got slightly less then a month less, and overall (even though my head really hurts), I would say it has been a positive experience. </p> <p>I realize that there are probably people on here that have a range of experiences in how they learned and got in to development. Every route of learning comes with it's pros and cons. I realize that learning all the time is one of the hallmarks and pretty cool aspects of this field. My question: How do you maintain your learning while not getting information overload? Obviously I have heard that those starting out in development try to compensate their lack of knowledge by trying to learn almost too much. </p> <p>I am really interested in hearing everyones stories on how it felt for them starting out, both their accomplishments and failures. As some one who thinks of themselves as sort of a slow learner, everything is all quite daunting at the moment. It does seem thoughthat peaks of accomplishments both personally and professionally could make it all worth it. </p> learning programming starting discuss