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Floor Drees
August 16, 2013
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Rails Girls Eurucamp
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August 16, 2013
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Transcript
Learn Rails they said. It’s easy they said.
“You should use JavaScript for that.”
Some days just looking at Avdi’s Objects on Rails made
my stomach cringe.
I’d like to share what I’ve learned, starting learning programming
in the evening hours August last year.
Hi.
I had worked as a community manager for agencies and
startups for 5 years...
... I wanted to ‘make stuff’ again
... I wanted to pick up on something new.
“All programmers have been coding ever since they were potty
trained.”
The mathematics you’ll have to deal with are as basic
as sums and subtractions.
No real decision process on what language I’d be learning.
None
None
None
None
I absolutely loved it, BUT...
Start with the basics
REALLY learning HTML/CSS helps to create a proper understanding of
constructing decent syntax.
Codecademy fucking rocks and so does Codeschool.
JavaScript will continue to suck (better dig into it fast)
First CSS. Then Bootstrap. Maybe.
Inspect ALL the elements
Get to learn the lingo
Ask a co-worker or friend to be your mentor
drop by a local user group
#pairwithme
Don’t fake it till you make it.
You will feel stupid, and give up.
You will research stuff, and get your ideas from questionable
sites. (and give up)
You will start putting even more hours in learning to
try and get to your coach’s level and will burn out. (and give up)
Start teaching others right away
Learn a different programming language simultaneously (in the same language)
Just maybe not Java.
Controlling everything from the Terminal makes you feel like you’re
in the matrix.
The downs
Ignore the people that hate on your parade.
Get over the imposter syndrom.
Don’t mind people saying “it’s super easy”. It’s really not.
The ups
Prepare to be amazed by people putting a lot of
time in making kick-ass tutorials and stuff...
Through Ruby, I have developed a more logical and efficient
way of problem solving.
It’s not all dorm rooms and cold pizza.
So... wrapping up
starting with the basics inspect ALL the elements digging into
JavaScript asap getting into BDD learning the lingo don’t fake it (until you make it) learn a different language use the terminal for everything get yourself a mentor start teaching others right away
You’ll be fine.