There is a right and a wrong way to learn how to code. This is a brief story of what not to do. I first wanted to get into SEO because of my marketing background. Then I heard to be good at SEO you need to know HTML so I picked up HTML. I thought it was boring and thought hey making Apps looks cool so I ended up learning a little bit of Android and then Objective-C.
I dabbled with a few other technolgies and never stuck with anything for longer than 6 months. Coding was hard but I was going about it the wrong way. Here is what my journey has looked like so far
- SEO
- HTML/CSS
- Started Android course on coursera creating playful apps(none coding but still hard) 4.Objective-C BNR was way too hard for beginner 5.Treehouse(HTML/CSS) did not finish intro got bored 6.Java(For Dummies started and gave up after 3rd chapter) 7.Swift(ThinkFul) wasted 1k big fail 8.Java For Dummies(Finished) 9.Beginning Java Objects 1/4th of way (890 page book) 10.Android App development intro on Udacity- finished
- Java Treehouse almost finished halfway through Java Data structures
- Java Code Academy-Completed
- Android Sunshine App course(Mobile App) gave up when backend coding kicked in
- Big Nerd Ranch Android.. did not complete did 5 chapters
- Head First Android DNF- gave up at Fragment section //Javascript and Treehouse/Front-End Masters/Big NR 16.Back to Treehouse Front-End track almost done 17.Front End Maters JS crash course 18.Big Nerd Ranch Front-End Book
- Signed up for Flatiron Communuty Driven Bootcamp
It was fun to explore programming languages and different dev tools but now I’m ready to become a full stack developer.