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Starting Your Coding Journey: Time, Patience, Grit

Coding requires time, patience, and grit. Good coders are determined problem-solvers, resourceful, and creative. Learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript using library resources, online training, and tutorials. After basics, choose a language: JavaScript, jQuery, MEAN stack. Languages like Ruby, Python also explored. Get help from Google, Stack Overflow, and teaching sites. Visit skokielibrary.info for more resources.

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Starting Your Coding Journey: Time, Patience, Grit

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  1. Stephen Delaney sdelaney@skokielibrary.info • Time to learn to code

  2. Setting expectations

  3. Coding requires: Time Patience Grit

  4. Good coders are: Determined problem-solvers Resourceful Creative

  5. What to learn

  6. Where to start? HTML CSS JavaScript

  7. Where to learn

  8. Library resources: Online training and tutorials • Treehouse • Lynda.com Classes like this one!

  9. Where to get help

  10. Stuck? Google Stack Overflow Documentation • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript Teaching sites: • http://learn.shayhowe.com/ • https://css-tricks.com/almanac/

  11. After the basics?

  12. What’s next? Pick a language!

  13. JavaScript • jQuery • MEAN stack http://mean.io/

  14. JavaScript • MEAN stack • MongoDB: Database, NoSQL • ExpressJS: Fast and minimalist web framework for Node.js • AngularJS: JS framework • NodeJS: JS platform

  15. Ruby • Sinatra • Ruby on Rails • Active Record • SQL: MySQL or PostgreSQL

  16. Python • Flask • Django • SQL: MySQL or PostgreSQL

  17. Questions?

  18. Want a copy of this presentation? Visit skokielibrary.info/events/handouts/ where this presentation will be available for four weeks. • Thank you!

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