Writing my First "Hello World"

#webdev #html #css #javascript

I wasn't sure what I was actually doing or what was really happening, but after seeing an average developer with experience between one to two years earning around $45,000 dollars a year, damn I knew I had to start writing codes.

Yes no lies, I was drawn to developing by money and now I'm addicted because I've just fallen in love with creating things that comes to my mind.

After doing some research reading posts on Dev.to, Medium, and so many of other blogs from developers, I decided to start my developer career by going through the Html/CSS and then JavaScript path.

Prior to wanting to write codes, I had no experience whatsoever in computer science, "You're student Transportation Management in the University like what are you thinking about to even plan on becoming a programmer", words from my friends.

Thankful to the great developers community I was able to realize I didn't really need previous experience or even a certificate to start living my new dream, so I went on planning my way into becoming a developer, a challenge and path worth taking.

Now, I have made up my mind, I'm definitely taking this journey, but how do I begin? programming is difficult and I have no teacher, no mentor, just some random posts and articles I read online. Luckily for me W3schools came to my rescue. I visited the website, clicked on "Learn HTML" and then I clicked on try it yourself. I edited the current markup in the editor and decided to write "Hello World" because for some reason it was a popular phrase in the developer community.

Top comments (10)

Chris Neal • Jul 20 '20

Congratulations Sulaimon! I think joining a community such as Dev is the perfect choice for a beginner. I still have yet to look around and explore. Ask as many questions as you can and don't stop learning!

Habdul Hazeez • Jul 21 '20

I hope the following resource helps you:

FrontEnd Development: Zero to Hero

Habdul Hazeez ・ Oct 17 '19 ・ 4 min read

#beginners #html #css #javascript

If you need to talk about Web Development in general, reply to this comment or send me a Direct Message. My inbox is open.

In addition, welcome to DEV.

Dani Guardiola_ • Jul 21 '20

Hey Suilamon, glad to have you join the world of web development. Let me give you a little advice: try to use MDN instead of w3schools. Although the situation is different nowadays, w3schools used to be a terrible resource and there's even a browser extension that blocks it from appearing in Google results.

MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) is a community-driven site with high quality resources, guides, references and examples and I highly encourage you to use it instead :)