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Ten coding tips for newbies

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March 20, 2016
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Ten coding tips for newbies

Brief talk at L.A. Rails Girls March 19, 2016.

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March 20, 2016
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Transcript

  1. Ten coding tips for newbies Wai-Yin Kwan @Endless_forms

  2. Tip 1 Acceptable: I don't want to code.

  3. Tip 1 Not Acceptable: I can't code.

  4. Tip 2 Coding is a big world, find your niche.

  5. Tip 3 Attend Meetups. Free learning, free networking, free food.

  6. Tip 4 Don’t: Compare yourself to others.

  7. Tip 4 Do: Ask “What did I learn today?”

  8. Tip 5 Best way to learn is create projects.

  9. Tip 5 Best way to learn is create projects. No

    one is gonna hire you for doing a tutorial.

  10. Tip 6 Embrace FAIL...

  11. Tip 6 Embrace FAIL... it means you are learning something

    new.

  12. Tip 7 Your coding BFF: Git

  13. Tip 8 Your coding BFF: Comments

  14. Tip 8 Comments

  15. Tip 8 Comments

  16. Tip 9 Your coding BFF: Internet, especially Stack Overflow

  17. Tip 10 Tech world isn’t very diverse…

  18. Tip 10 Tech world isn’t very diverse… but it can

    be.