![]() ![]() I can figure out what a PHP file does and understand a bit of jQuery, but if you asked me to sit down and write the most basic of programs, I’d be hard-pressed to do it. My bookshelf is full of massive tomes on everything from ActionScript to Processing. I’ve gotten halfway through The Rails Tutorial and Learn Python The Hard Way. You’ve read books, you’ve subscribed to online courses, and you have a bunch of folders littering Dropbox with half-completed code and copied exercises. You’ve attempted to learn programming before with a few different languages. How about this, does this sound familiar, too? So I thought a review of learning resources and tools would be a good first step. ![]() With the constant influx of new tools, techniques, and frameworks, it’s hard to figure out where and what to start learning. Like a lot of people, though, I’m intimidated by the current JavaScript landscape. Being a web guy, the obvious language to learn: JavaScript. ![]() But there’s still that voice that keeps telling me I need to tackle programming that I’ll never be fulfilled until I learn how to develop my own ideas and projects from scratch. Hell, I’ve even written a few books and spoken at conferences around the world. I’ve written a bunch of articles on design, coding, HTML, and CSS. I’ve served in a variety of roles in the tech industry for close to a decade. But, you have a little voice in the back of your head that keeps whispering, “It’s time for something new, for the next step in your career. You’ve been in the tech industry for a number of years, you know HTML and CSS inside-and-out, and you make a good living. ![]()
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