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I recently finished a contract position, and wasn't really sure what to do with my life. I heard from some people that programming might be a good thing to learn, so I went and did it for six months. I think it was good to try it on my own, and would recommend the same for anyone interested in programming.
My passion for technology has grown quickly since I was young, even before high school. As such, the curiosity about "how computers work" pushed me to this new technology world.
By being autodidactic and dedicated, I ended up experimenting different types of programming languages such as PHP, javascript, Java, C+ and C#...but I quickly realized my fascination about Java, which defined my professional path.
But technology isn't my only passion. I love travelling and Crossfit.
Why travelling? I love to travel because it allows you to meet new cultures, taste new foods and learn to respect the differences, which I believe opens new horizons in my personal growth.
Why Crossfit? It is a very challenging sport that allows me to prove that I can exceed my self and conquer my fears and new challenges.
I started my career as SW developer in 1986 year on 8bit computer with OS CP/M and Z80 assembler. Next it was MSDOS, Turbo (Borland) Pascal, DBase, FoxPro, Windows, SQL, C++, Visual Basic, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, PostgreSQL, .NET, C#, ... From 1998 freelance developer. Today I'm mainly using C# and WPF with MSSQL. Now I decide to learm some modern JS framework - Vue.js and Quasar. And articles about Vue.js found by google lead me to dev.to web.
Hi everyone. I'm Cesar. I was first introduced to code in my summer job in high school. I worked for a nonprofit and we had to build a website. So that was my first introduction to html/css, but I wouldn't get my first computer until my first year of college. That's when I began working with Java and other programming languages.
I work with C#, java, sql, javascript. I am currently falling in love with working on the front end. I am looking into animations and React.
Aside from tech, I like to play basketball, play video games, and go hiking.
Welcome! I’m a fellow video game fan and React lover. Glad to have you. :)
I love your name!
Oh my,oh my....you are a lot of things.
Hi everybody! My name is Mat, and I'm from Lexington, Ky. I'm currently working to earn my React certification from Codecademy and eager to contribute to open source projects. Before this, I ran a record label for 10 years and worked as a freelance journalist for more than 15 years. I have a soft spot for nonprofits, and am passionate about and LGBTQ rights. Married to a great guy and bossed around by a rambunctious mini-Schnauzer!
Hey Matt, Any cool open source project you recommend?
You can check my project github.com/gkpty/almost_cms
Its an open source and free, serverless CMS and SSG. Its changes the way you make static sites
Built with ReactJS, Amplify, GraphQl, DynamoDB, Lambda, Amazon SDK.
let me know your thoughts
Hi Lucas! Just getting started so I dont have any recommendations quite yet! Will check out your project!
Thanks Mat, appreciate it
Hey this is actually pretty cool. I am building something similar, maybe we can chat about ways to collaborate? Check this out: stormkit.io, basically it’s a serverless hosting targeting modern web apps with server side functionality. It has built in support for ssr. Right now it could be used together with headless cms like prismic and contenful to build modern e-commerce/news websites. Was also thinking to add more features around this use case based on the demand. I’d love to hear your feedback
Hey Savas, Thanks for reaching out. Checked you project out, it seems very cool too!
Our project is fully open source, you can check our code
github.com/gkpty/torus_cms
Any ideas on how we could collaborate?
i will come up with some suggestions tomorrow :) its late here and im using the mobile phone so i could only read the readme file :) I will write you back once i can check more in detail. Peace!
Welcome Matt! I lived in Lexington from 2011 to 2017. I was just dipping my toes into learning how to code at that time otherwise we might have crossed paths! Have you taken any of the classes or workshops at Awesome Inc.?
Nice to meet you Ryan!
I was running a record label during that time, but I have just completed a React course through Codecademy. I haven't taken courses at Awesome Inc., but know of their program and respect what they do. Excited to start contributing to the React and JS community!
Hi Ryan!
I've posted some repositories on my Github page. Take a look when you have a moment. Any and all feedback appreciated!
Hey everyone. I'm Dwayne :). After reading a couple good articles from dev.to and hearing nice things about the community I decided to give the site a try.
I'm currently (as of April 2019) learning how to design and implement programming languages using the book "Essentials of Programming Languages by Friedman and Wand (3rd Edition)". It's difficult but rewarding learning from the masters.
My day job is as a full stack web developer for a Point of Sale software company. On a day to day basis I work with Ruby, PostgreSQL and JavaScript (React/Redux) among other tech. I dream of the day I get paid to work with Elm or Haskell or Rust.
Aside from that I enjoy playing basketball, running, cycling, swimming, hiking (I'm pretty active) and living a plant-based lifestyle.
You're welcome, Dwayne. Plant-based lifestyle? Can you please explain that?
I love your profile.
Sure Biodun.
With respect to my diet, I don't consume any animal products. Learn more here.
With respect to everything else, if there is a plant-based alternative I'd gravitate toward that option because it's usually better for the animals, the environment or us humans.
Hi all! My name is Jan and I'm from Ljubljana, Slovenia. I've always been fascinated with computers and everything that came along with. When I first came across programming, I was about 12yo, and had a great chance to learn Pascal, but putting it of, never came throught. So it took me about 16 years to realise, that I want something more challenging than my regular job(I'm currently working in a paper factory in four shifts 'oh, the irony'). So I went back to school (Higer Vocational College, Informatics) and got the basics in C#, SQL, HTML/CSS...
Learning is a bit slow,because I have two kids(a toddler and a baby), but it's motivating, because I'm not doing it just for myself.
I came across this platform by accident and couldn't be happier about it. So I hope, that in the future, I'll be able to contribute and help other devs and devs to be, to grow.
Got a couple of hobbies to: playing games, reading and every possible technology I can study.
Hi! Dev.to started popping up on a lot of the aggregators I read to keep current. It also seems to be suffering less from the immense degradation over on Medium 0_0 (Anybody else remember how high quality the writing was on Medium when it was new??)
Anyways, I've seen some of the folks on here posting in the Fediverse and I am happy to be here!
We're happy you're here, too!
Thank you Jesse.
Fait Divers and not fediverse ! Don't deprecate my french please...
Welcome to Dev.to
I'm not entirely sure what you mean in the first part of your post. I support the Fediverse :)
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Oh sorry i was thinking it was such kind of buzz words taked from french that it’s hype to use
fediverse = federated universe (i.e. mastodon/GNU Social)
But really interesting that fait divers means “news” in French 🤔
I have a good felling about dev.to, I still am a new user, but my first impression is the it's better of good if compared to Medium
Well I hope you enjoy your time here! There is definitely a lot of talented folks posting on this site :)
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Hi everyone, I'm Guntur. I am just so excited about writing my experience about code. The first time I learned HTML in high school, I got a hug from her (my senior). Soo, I continue to learn about code, cause woman has always code and man should compile it. Haha
Hi. I am a learning FrontEnd web developer and excited to be on this awesome platform. As the saying goes "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.", I really want to go far.
Thank you.
Hi Everyone Myself Ashok I'm a Front End Developer having knowledge of Java script, JQuery,HTML,CSS, AJAX, Bootstrap,CSS3.
having great command on Programming languages include C/Java/C#, ASP.NET, VBScript, T-SQL, JQuery,XML, PHP.
Hi guys. I am a police officer from Poland... After work hours I master my programming skills...😏 I am in love with python but currently, I learn some javascript and react. Maybe I will become software/web developer someday...😊 At least I hope so. Keep your fingers crossed. Thanks in advance 😃
Here is my GitHub account if anyone wants to look at my projects.
Hi everyone. I am Therese.
I am studying computer science.
I am on my way to become a software engineer.
I have been coding for some months.
Hi, I'm Karno from Nagoya, Japan. I am working as a researcher about security auditing and communication, and I am not a software engineer now, but I've being interested into software engineering since childhood and I have the degree of information engineering. I am really desired to become a software engineer and I hope this place would be a first step of my new career.
I am learning English language but this language is very difficult for me and I am still repeating trials and errors. Please let me know if you have any information about a good linter for English. Thank you.
You’re doing a fantastic job already in your language skills. I wish I could be multilingual. And I wish you the best of luck in your pursuit of a career In software. You’ve chosen an excellent place to learn. Welcome!
Thanks
Pm me some apps to stop a spy on my friends phone and spy on the messenger spy
Hello! I'm Travis. I came across Dev.to while doing some self-study on Vue some time back, and I really liked the layout and the information passed through here. I've been creeping for a while and figured it's probably time to step out of the bushes! I *officially got in to software development at the end of 2017, with Lambda School, which I completed in June of last year. After that, I went on a 5 month hiatus journeying in to a Congressional Campaign as a tech consultant. I took December as a "vacation" because...campaign life was a killer to say the least! Since then I've been rebuilding what I learned and actively looking for my first dev role. Obviously took a wrong turn somewhere, heading in to May with no luck so far, so I hope to learn a lot from the community here and hopefully land my first official dev role very, very soon!