Hey T! I'm also in the same boat as you (30s, never coded before, busy learning). It's not easy keeping focused, however, working on some passion projects has really helped me boost my skills.
I started with my portfolio, but realised I had no real projects. I made some basic ones, but now I'm trying to build ones that help me either in my personal life or in my career.
Young developer with lots of projects ranging from buisness models to small project mockups, love tech and writing. Into Tech blogging, also a young dev consultant
You can learn the Blockchain tech and ita terms. After that you can go into it's languages. You can use Solidity with Remix IDE or Embark( it allows u to deploy dapps) or Prysm or Truffle to test the frameworks used.
hello! yes I'm aiming to switch careers.. I've just started a 6 month Full Stack course, and have done a small amount of js previous.. I'm not 100% sure where I want to go but so far really enjoying js the most!
Good luck! I went to college for programming but had some motivation issues a while back. I've been actively trying to improve my skills so I can get this going again.
It's going pretty good. I'm happy with how my new personal website turned out and I'm currently trying to make 2 projects to display on it. Most likely a landing page and then some sort of bigger full-stack application or just implement an API. Not too sure yet.
Unfortunately I can't remember much off the top of my head. I've saved a lot of resources but they're scattered around my bookmarks.
I'll try to list a few though:
CoderFoundry on YT - Great for portfolio reviews, project ideas, teaching you how to get hired, learning full stack development and a lot more.
DesignCourse on YT - If you want to improve your UI/UX skills. Also does portfolio reviews which is great especially coming from a UI designer because he teaches you how to sell yourself using proper layout and good design skills.
Kevin Powell on YT - You'll learn all things CSS. He explains it better than anyone. He keeps up with modern CSS as well.
TheNetNinja on YT - I used to watch him in the past but I haven't recently because I honestly forgot. My friend recommended me this channel a few years ago. Teaches a bunch of technologies mostly backend related I believe? I could be wrong though.
TraversyMedia on YT is also great.
Well turns out these are all YouTube channels. Still great information though! I wish I had more resources to link but I can't think of much at the moment.
Hey Ezaz - I actually started with .js last year for a project, and did do some HTML breifly around 1998.
I am learning js/python/Java and some other languages atm :)
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Hello, Hola, Ahoj, G'day . . I am learning coding for the first time as a mid 30's lifelong tradesman.. this world is fascinating.
Hey T! I'm also in the same boat as you (30s, never coded before, busy learning). It's not easy keeping focused, however, working on some passion projects has really helped me boost my skills.
Hey Marco, awesome - same boat! Passion projects is something I need to get kickstarted properly, I think it will really help.
I started with my portfolio, but realised I had no real projects. I made some basic ones, but now I'm trying to build ones that help me either in my personal life or in my career.
What kind of things are you working on at the moment, is this all with .js?
Hey! Are you trying to switch careers or are you doing it as a hobby? Also what do you want to create?
I want to develop web3 dApp, any guidelines?
You can learn the Blockchain tech and ita terms. After that you can go into it's languages. You can use Solidity with Remix IDE or Embark( it allows u to deploy dapps) or Prysm or Truffle to test the frameworks used.
Thanks for the knowledge🙏🏽
hello! yes I'm aiming to switch careers.. I've just started a 6 month Full Stack course, and have done a small amount of js previous.. I'm not 100% sure where I want to go but so far really enjoying js the most!
Good luck! I went to college for programming but had some motivation issues a while back. I've been actively trying to improve my skills so I can get this going again.
Awesome, how is it going, do you have some good resources? I have found YouTube to be an endless source of info
It's going pretty good. I'm happy with how my new personal website turned out and I'm currently trying to make 2 projects to display on it. Most likely a landing page and then some sort of bigger full-stack application or just implement an API. Not too sure yet.
Unfortunately I can't remember much off the top of my head. I've saved a lot of resources but they're scattered around my bookmarks.
I'll try to list a few though:
CoderFoundry on YT - Great for portfolio reviews, project ideas, teaching you how to get hired, learning full stack development and a lot more.
DesignCourse on YT - If you want to improve your UI/UX skills. Also does portfolio reviews which is great especially coming from a UI designer because he teaches you how to sell yourself using proper layout and good design skills.
Kevin Powell on YT - You'll learn all things CSS. He explains it better than anyone. He keeps up with modern CSS as well.
TheNetNinja on YT - I used to watch him in the past but I haven't recently because I honestly forgot. My friend recommended me this channel a few years ago. Teaches a bunch of technologies mostly backend related I believe? I could be wrong though.
TraversyMedia on YT is also great.
Well turns out these are all YouTube channels. Still great information though! I wish I had more resources to link but I can't think of much at the moment.
Wow heck yeah this is an awesome list thanks so much man! !
Hi Parker! Really happy to know that you're learning to code! Are you starting with Python too?
Hey Ezaz - I actually started with .js last year for a project, and did do some HTML breifly around 1998.
I am learning js/python/Java and some other languages atm :)