Amateur Web Coders

[JoshuaInfinity]

Hi, I'm currently in the midst of learning how to code a website. Specifically, I'm learning HTML 5, CSS and Javascript and intend to learn PHP and Ajax as well.

I'm wondering if there are other newbies or amateurs in web programming in this section. We could network together and exchange tips and help each other out during the learning process.

so if you wouldn't mind just drop me a PM or post your no. here. If this group gets big enough we could even organise regular meet-ups.

 

[davidktw]

Hi, I'm currently in the midst of learning how to code a website. Specifically, I'm learning HTML 5, CSS and Javascript and intend to learn PHP and Ajax as well.

I'm wondering if there are other newbies or amateurs in web programming in this section. We could network together and exchange tips and help each other out during the learning process.

so if you wouldn't mind just drop me a PM or post your no. here. If this group gets big enough we could even organise regular meet-ups.

Post more and learn more

 

[specstator]

can check out udemy? or search for tutorials online also nowadays easier to get started for simple websites cos got more tools like wordpress, bootstrap, etc.

 

[natnai]

I started learning web development seriously about a year ago. I now have basic proficiency with what I would call a half stack (HTML5, CSS3, JS, jQuery, PHP/Symfony). By this, I mean I can create web applications which can be deployed to solve real-life problems (e-commerce being one example). Learned through a combination of codeacademy, codeschool, lynda.com, udemy, and copious amounts of reading - through which I discovered most books are rubbish.

 

[Fishology]

Learning web development here!

After getting ripped off by a "free-lance" web developer who charged me $400 for a job I can do using wordpress in 30 mins with no coding background, I'm going to learn it myself.....

1. Tried a little at HTML dog to get a feel of hand coding HTML from scratch

2. Signed up at Code School and finished the free module on HTML and CSS foundations (i like this site, might subscribe to it)

3. Signed up and tried out Codecacademy (not to be confused with Codeacademy). Fun and make me feel like a pro but they provide too much and while it gave me a basic understanding of how stuff works, I feel like it is too easy and doesn't go too deeply into the topic. Maybe I am asking for too much since you do not need to learn how to build a car in order to drive well.

Currently on their JQuery section, this is where they really give me too little to think about and I find myself blindly clicking on their hints and copy typing.

Looking for advice from the senior developers who are willing to help out a beginner!

 

[davidktw]

Learning web development here!

After getting ripped off by a "free-lance" web developer who charged me $400 for a job I can do using wordpress in 30 mins with no coding background, I'm going to learn it myself.....

1. Tried a little at HTML dog to get a feel of hand coding HTML from scratch

2. Signed up at Code School and finished the free module on HTML and CSS foundations (i like this site, might subscribe to it)

3. Signed up and tried out Codecacademy (not to be confused with Codeacademy). Fun and make me feel like a pro but they provide too much and while it gave me a basic understanding of how stuff works, I feel like it is too easy and doesn't go too deeply into the topic. Maybe I am asking for too much since you do not need to learn how to build a car in order to drive well.

Currently on their JQuery section, this is where they really give me too little to think about and I find myself blindly clicking on their hints and copy typing.

Looking for advice from the senior developers who are willing to help out a beginner!

Good you took matters into your own hands Feel free to post any enquiries you have and have me or the rest answering your doubts. Not necessarily answers, but might just point you on more accurate direction.

 

[natnai]

Learning web development here!

After getting ripped off by a "free-lance" web developer who charged me $400 for a job I can do using wordpress in 30 mins with no coding background, I'm going to learn it myself.....

1. Tried a little at HTML dog to get a feel of hand coding HTML from scratch

2. Signed up at Code School and finished the free module on HTML and CSS foundations (i like this site, might subscribe to it)

3. Signed up and tried out Codecacademy (not to be confused with Codeacademy). Fun and make me feel like a pro but they provide too much and while it gave me a basic understanding of how stuff works, I feel like it is too easy and doesn't go too deeply into the topic. Maybe I am asking for too much since you do not need to learn how to build a car in order to drive well.

Currently on their JQuery section, this is where they really give me too little to think about and I find myself blindly clicking on their hints and copy typing.

Looking for advice from the senior developers who are willing to help out a beginner!

Not pro like David, but personally, I think that learning JavaScript BEFORE jQuery is quite useful. I did it the other way around, and then got really lost in jQuery because I kept repeating code over and over again. I think if you learn JavaScript - the fundamental things like how lexical scope/closures/'this' works in JS, you'll be able to use jQuery to speed up development a lot more effectively.

This I think is because jQuery really leverages heavily on the JS prototypes, and if you just read the API, you might not understand how each jQuery method really works under the hood, which I think was very important for me. So I would say wrap your head around this/prototypes/scoping FIRST, then start to dig into jQuery (which is really a library for making shortcuts in JS).

After that, things will become a lot easier when you want to start leveraging jQuery in writing your own custom libs for future projects, coz you don't want to see a billion event handlers in your script just to handle minor variations in the algorithm...