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Welcome to DEV!

  1. Leave a comment below to introduce yourself! You can talk about what brought you here, what you're learning, or just a fun fact about yourself.

  2. Reply to someone's comment, either with a question or just a hello. šŸ‘‹

Great to have you in the community!

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webdevwanderer

I just started my studies in a University taking a degree in IT, and i am really into learning web development, that's why i make some advance self-learning about the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript from site to site. But now, I just feel like i don't know where i am going about my self-learning.

Could you please give me some advice in what should i do? I want to practice and enhance what i've learned but i don't know what activity should i do. I don't know where i should start and really confuse about it. I keep on reading development information from articles to articles, signing up to some free coding sites, but i don't really have the solid path in where i should go in my learning, and this makes me frustrated.

I really appreciate your insights and advices, thanks.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Build a creative vision in your mind, something you want to invent - something related to programming... your dreams will help guide you through the challenges of life. BTW, I'm working on some cool projects, and have internship openings...let me know.

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Nyangayenzou Ashley Dube

Hook me up I would love new challenges in my coding journey

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webdevwanderer

Thank you!

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Would you be interested in a QA/QC software development internship?

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webdevwanderer

I am still a beginner :)
I'm not familiar yet with that yet. Anyway, thanks a lot.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

No problem.... if you want I can help teach you! Internships are for learning. :)

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aldinsab • Edited

Hey, welcome!

I am also new to the community but i am sure that you will learn more with time, i know thats how i gotten into it.

Just keep doing that and incorporate projects that you would want to do, thats how you build and learn new skills, it's all about repetition and getting it to be part of you.

For example, you can start by creating your website, which can follow in creating website for friends that need a website. This can then hopefully get you out there and bring in potential clients. This will help you gain experience and help set up contacts.

Good Luck with your studies!

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webdevwanderer

Thanks a lot for your inspiring words.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Hey! Have you tried freecodecamp.org? Perseverance is worthed! I'm learning too.

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webdevwanderer

Yeah, i'm in freecodecamp.org as well. Thanks for your uplifting comment.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Have you tried web scraping with selenium and python? I am learning so much about frontend and backend just by doing some cool projects. I've got ideas for productivity apps and a social media platform... you really need a goal to push through everyday

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webdevwanderer

No, not familiar yet. I have some basic knowledge of python, but i focused yet in the basics of front-end development.

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Virej Dasani

Check this video out, it'll give you an idea of what selenium is and how it works:

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webdevwanderer

Thanks šŸ‘

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Wolalaaa

Hello
Have you heard about "the Odin project" ?
Me too i'm a newbie, learning on freecodecamp and i discovered theodinproject.com/home and frontendmentor.io/ recently.

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webdevwanderer

Thanks for sharing this, i will check on this šŸ™‚

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webdevwanderer

Hey, thanks a lot for sharing this, i've just checked and signed up now, i think this one is great and and a big help for our development path. Thanks a lot šŸ˜Š

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silverback lubakyoyašŸ„‹

I think we in a similar position šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

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EO4Wellness • Edited

Hello, and welcome. For the coursework, it is hard to know what to recommend without knowing what you've already studied.

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webdevwanderer

Thanks for your message. I am now in in the path of frontend development. HTML, CSS and Javascript in particular. Taking some courses for Python and some backend stuff as well, slowly learning.

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Chuks Gold

Hello

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

hello bulldog

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sid

Hello

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Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

Welcome!

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aldinsab

Hello!

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Hamza Hayd

Hello Human, another newbie for the platform here.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

me too! hello human **could be a selenium bot

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Are you interest in working on some cool coding projects? Let me know...

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Hamza Hayd

Yea, what kinda projects do you have in mind?

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Well, I'm working with a company called Entre, and we are looking for QA Testers and developers for our new social platform. It's a great platform for all entrepreneurs.

As a side project, I have a new cool idea for a social media productivity app. It's called Social Eclipse... it might become open source, but I just started.

joinentre.com/

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Hamza Hayd • Edited

Sounds interesting project.

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Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

Every expert was once a beginner...

Welcome šŸš€!

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

damn, I needed to hear this. Thank you for those words...

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šŸš© Atul Prajapati šŸ‡®šŸ‡³

Your welcome šŸ˜ƒ

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INYANG INYANG

I'm happy to be here....looking forward to learn.

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Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

Welcome INYANG!

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Hey! What are you working on at the moment?

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webdevwanderer

Hello, my goal is to become a web developer, i am self learning that's why i got interested to be here in this community to learn more from everyone here. Thanks for having me here šŸ™‚

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Julia Flash

Thanks for joining the community, happy to see you here!! I am self-learned developer too! You came to the right place, Dev has a ton of valuable information at your fingertips! Remember that if you encounter bugs and errors a lot? We all go through that, its always a part of the process, and you might have to try and fail a million times before something clicks and you get it. That was the biggest lesson I learned from a developer mentor. Good luck to you! :)

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webdevwanderer

Yeah, you're right, i used to read some of those informations from the web and it really roused my interest ended me to come here and join. Thanks a lot šŸ™‚

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Coderslang: Become a Software Engineer

Welcome šŸ„³

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webdevwanderer

Thank you :)

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BrunaSSS

OlĆ”!! Eu sou nova nesse mundo de tecnologias estou em transiĆ§Ć£o de carreira! Originalmente, sou biomĆ©dica. PorĆ©m, fiz um bootcamp para desenvolvedora front-end onde obtive conhecimentos em Javascript, HTML e CSS. PorĆ©m, eu nĆ£o sei como continuar a minha jornada quais outras linguagens comeƧar a estudar, alĆ©m do mais gostaria de construir um portfolio, mas nĆ£o sei qual projetos fazer tambĆ©m ( como, o tema e a tal da motivaĆ§Ć£o ) Quanto tempo leva para eu obter uma seguranƧa para me candidatar a vagas assertivas de Dev Front-End? e tambĆ©m como usar minha antiga profissĆ£o para acrescentar nessa nossa jornada? Sou do Brasil-SP.
ps: Procuro um Mentor tambƩm ou atƩ vaga de estƔgio para poder me aprimorar!
Obrigada a todos desde jĆ”.

Hello!! I am new to this world of technology and I am in a career transition! I am originally biomedical. However, I made a bootcamp for a front-end developer where I got knowledge in Javascript, HTML and CSS. However, I don't know how to continue my journey which other languages ā€‹ā€‹to start studying, besides I would like to build a portfolio, but I don't know which projects to do too (like, the theme and the motivation) How long does it take for me to get a security to apply for assertive Dev Front-End vacancies? and also how to use my old profession to add to our journey? I'm from Brasil-SP.
ps: I'm looking for a Mentor too, or even an internship to be able to improve myself!
Thank you all in advance.

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Adriano Souza Costa

OlĆ” Bruna, seja muito bem vinda a essa nova jornada e pode contar nĆ£o somente comigo mas como toda a comunidade. VocĆŖ como biomĆ©dica irĆ” agregar muito usando tudo o que vocĆŖ jĆ” conhece a tecnologia.

1 - Quanto tempo leva para eu obter uma seguranƧa para me candidatar a vagas assertivas de Dev Front-End?
Resposta: Esse tempo e relativo, pois a sua preparaĆ§Ć£o vai ser o resultado do esforƧo e dedicaĆ§Ć£o que vocĆŖ ter para a tecnologia, mas te falo que isso pode se tornar muito rĆ”pido se vocĆŖ seguir alguns conteĆŗdos gratuitos que temos hoje como Rocket Seat e alguns outros canais de estudo na internet, se quiser algumas dicas tenho esse post aqui que pode ajudar dev.to/didisouzacosta/4-canais-no-...

2 - Como usar minha antiga profissĆ£o para acrescentar nessa nossa jornada?
Resposta: Nossa isso vai ser um diferencial tremendo, as duas Ćŗltimas empresas que trabalhei foram relacionadas a saĆŗde, entĆ£o vocĆŖ com conhecimento em tecnologia e tambĆ©m na Ć”rea da saĆŗde ia ter uma vantagem sem igual, se quiser pode acessar e acompanhar algumas oportunidades carreiras.consultaremedios.com.br/...

3 - Procuro um Mentor tambƩm ou atƩ vaga de estƔgio para poder me aprimorar!
Sobre o mentor, nĆ£o sei se tenho gabarito para tal, mas posso lhe oferecer total apoio e disponibilidade para trocas de ideias e orientaƧƵes, pois programaĆ§Ć£o e a coisa que mais amo fazer na vida, e poder passar esse amor para outros me faz muito bem.

Grande abraƧo e mais uma vez pode contar comigo, a comunidade e muito sucesso em sua vida.

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BrunaSSS

Obrigada, Adriano! Ter esse apoio e mostrar caminhos a serem seguidos jĆ” Ć© de grande ajuda!! Muito obrigada.

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webdevwanderer

Same feeling here. Don't know where to go in my learning.

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Gleam01

Hello @all
I'm Yassr HADJ, a fan of tech world. I'm a web developer using some front and back end technologies !
I'm here to learn tips and tricks to perfect my knowledge and to acquire a speed on my working way !
I also want to learn new things on network and system security, mobile dev, Docker, best practices on coding and others domains, etc.
I also want to share my knowledge and make some buddies here !

Thks for all !

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Awesome! I am new here too! I've started coding recently...I'm working on some cool projects and a cool internship if you are interested cause we got openings.

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John Gootee

Hi and good morning, DEVs!

I'm a full-stack developer in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I was a desktop app developer for 20 years, but have just learned web development in the last 2 years and have concentrated on Javascript development. I'm struggling to find an entry-level Developer job, but love to meet smart people and work on interesting projects.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Hey! I've just started coding on web... I've got some cool projects if you are interested.

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John Gootee • Edited

Cool, JohnGabriel. I'd like to learn more.

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JohnGabriel Nguyen-Truong

Sent you a connection request on LinkedIn.

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Alex

Hi all!

I'm happy to find this great site (accidentally i find link to "CSS Grid cheatsheet" on frontendfront). I like CSS and JS, but my work also required from me some knowledge of PHP, Mysql. Mostly i work in Wordpress.

I cant say how hard and stressful been first months, when you open PHP file and understand nothing :D and because errors in php so unforgiving (site just drops with some type of error), its 2x stressful. But I passed this, and now work with calm.

Also, english not my first language (first been JS... oh i'm kiddin), and working in webdev improved my knowledge of this language. Without some basic knowledge of english you cant find good and modern guides or solutions. Now in internet i use english more than my native language.

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Conrad Trost

Hey, everybody! Iā€™m a React developer establishing myself in the freelance space. I love making portfolios for local musicians and artists here in Dallas, Texas. Iā€™m looking to improve my design techniques and back-end knowledge to create more complex projects!

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