Web developer crafting code from the tropics, based in Costa Rica. I work hard so my dog can have a better life. I also love traveling and eating delicious food!
I've been on the same boat, but whith holes in it 😂
It literally took me a year, from the moment I thought about writing my portfolio to the moment I actually coded something I thought it was worth publishing.
Since I was a backend developer, I started learning Nodejs as a way of learning Javascript. Then I moved to React. And then I went to back to learning deep Javascript foundations I was lacking.
When it comes to CSS, oh God, basically trial and error, looking for code examples and tweaking them. I purposedly jumped on an opportunity as a front end developer so I could learn more.
When it comes to UI, I'm definitely not the creative type. There's a controversial quote "good artists copy; great artists steal", I think one way to get better at UI is by taking inspiration from awarded sites and mocking them, and then tweaking them until it transforms into something you can finally say "ok, this looks more like me".
Confidence will eventually come and you'll be able to design your ideas from scratch, because you won't get held back by the thought that you're not technically good enough.
Nowadays most from my learning is coming from frontendmasters.com
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I've been on the same boat, but whith holes in it 😂
It literally took me a year, from the moment I thought about writing my portfolio to the moment I actually coded something I thought it was worth publishing.
Since I was a backend developer, I started learning Nodejs as a way of learning Javascript. Then I moved to React. And then I went to back to learning deep Javascript foundations I was lacking.
When it comes to CSS, oh God, basically trial and error, looking for code examples and tweaking them. I purposedly jumped on an opportunity as a front end developer so I could learn more.
When it comes to UI, I'm definitely not the creative type. There's a controversial quote "good artists copy; great artists steal", I think one way to get better at UI is by taking inspiration from awarded sites and mocking them, and then tweaking them until it transforms into something you can finally say "ok, this looks more like me".
Confidence will eventually come and you'll be able to design your ideas from scratch, because you won't get held back by the thought that you're not technically good enough.
Nowadays most from my learning is coming from frontendmasters.com