non-technical learning resources Although I have been coding for longer than 100 days now, I wanted to recap my first #100DaysOfCoding from earlier this year. I’ve bolded resources that I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn how to code, become a developer, or try something new. Stack Overflow and YouTube tutorials were also key in completing projects and tying smaller lessons together.
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completed Codecademy’s Learn JS track and started various Code School paths
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finished Hack Reactor Basic Prep - This really forced me to read and become comfortable with documentation while learning the basics of JS.
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did a live coding interview
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completed 4 projects (1 data visualization + 3 back end) with FreeCodeCamp - After completing the tutorials above, I dived into small projects before enrolling at Flatiron School. I didn’t know about setting up MVC patterns but coded along with video tutorials that I watched over and over to understand. GitHub, Heroku, and Git became more important to me at this point.
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set up my local dev environment - I didn’t want to do this for the longest time but am thankful for cloud9, codepen, repl.it, and Learn IDE.
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acquired 473 points at the Flatiron School in 7 weeks with HTML/CSS, Ruby, SQL, OOP, Sinatra, Rails, JavaScript, and React lessons - I took the route of completing as many labs as possible and doing the projects at the end. This was a personal choice, and I enjoyed gaining various learnings before tackling projects.
Prior to Flatiron School, Hack Reactor Prep and FreeCodeCamp were my go-tos and definitely set up confidence and skills. There is no shortage of resources, and I hope that whatever you choose works for you!
I’m currently on my second #100DaysOfCoding and am focusing on algorithms with base cs, created by a Flatiron alumna!