In 1996, I learned HTML. Loved it, wanted to keep learning to code. But I was in middle school, and things like baseball and basketball stole my attention. But I never stopped loving tech and the power behind code. So, after high school, I tried to learn to code again. I stumbled so many times along the way. I tried Rails and JavaScript and Python. I tried app development when it first became a thing. I just couldn't get over the hump. Everything was so abstract. I needed a practical reason to code.
That reason finally came to me years later when I was earning my MFA in Creative Writing. I wanted a more secure and private place for my writing than Google Docs. So I decided to build a solution for myself. That was the practical reason I'd been waiting for. So, in my early 30s, I finally learned to code. I built Graphite Docs and have continued coding since.
The actual how behind learning: YouTube, Stackoverflow, and Udemy. Those were my go-to solutions for learning how to program.
// , “It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness... but the monkey is serious because he itches."(No/No)
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*.csv(without knowing about Python CSV module).Is UserScript a language?
It's a cross-browser way to inject JavaScript into selected websites you don't own, e.g. via Chrome Extension (e.g. TamperMonkey).
Stylish is a cross-browser way to inject CSS.
Awesome. Sounds nice. Will look into it
In 1996, I learned HTML. Loved it, wanted to keep learning to code. But I was in middle school, and things like baseball and basketball stole my attention. But I never stopped loving tech and the power behind code. So, after high school, I tried to learn to code again. I stumbled so many times along the way. I tried Rails and JavaScript and Python. I tried app development when it first became a thing. I just couldn't get over the hump. Everything was so abstract. I needed a practical reason to code.
That reason finally came to me years later when I was earning my MFA in Creative Writing. I wanted a more secure and private place for my writing than Google Docs. So I decided to build a solution for myself. That was the practical reason I'd been waiting for. So, in my early 30s, I finally learned to code. I built Graphite Docs and have continued coding since.
The actual how behind learning: YouTube, Stackoverflow, and Udemy. Those were my go-to solutions for learning how to program.
Don't give up, even when you get frustrated.
graphitedocs.com
This, this is what I'm talking about when I tell people that The Cloud has lied to them about its control trade-offs.
I just had some major privilege management issues with two cloud hosted live document collaboration platforms today.
I don't have time for a demo at the moment, but you had better believe I'm bringing this up with our KM guys.
Haha.... Sounds too familiar