Learning to code is like learning a foreign language

This post was originally published on Coder-Coder.com [https://coder-coder.com/learning-code-like-learning-foreign-language/]. I know that sounds strange. The thing is, there are so many resources for learning to code that it can get easy to feel lost and overwhelmed. But approaching your coding education as if you were learning a different language will give

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How to choose the right online course or platform when you’re learning to code

by Code Girl How to choose the right online course or platform when you’re learning to code Photo by Callum Shaw [https://unsplash.com/photos/TLxaYmixZ3k?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/search/photos/learn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] There has never been a better time to learn to code. There are vast numbers of online courses and platforms for learning, ranging from

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Hacktoberfest: My Gateway to Open Source

> “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro Last month I set out my intention to start contributing to open source. And thanks to the annual Hacktoberfest [https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/] challenge, I submitted 5 pull requests. I also found a really cool project that I

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Why documenting your journey will lead to success as a developer

by Jonathan Puc Why documenting your journey will lead to success as a developer I recently wrote an article on how I landed my first job as a self-taught developer [https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-i-set-myself-up-to-land-my-first-job-as-a-self-taught-developer-43d326ea6b67] . One of the points I made was to build a personal brand by creating content and putting yourself

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10 tips for success when you’re learning to code

This post was originally published on Coder-Coder.com [https://coder-coder.com/10-tips-success-learning-to-code/]. If you’re teaching yourself how to code, you may have more questions than answers when you’re starting out. What do you need to learn? How do you figure out how to fix bugs? And how do you stay motivated when it just

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Teach Yourself Data Science: the learning path I used to get an analytics job at Jet.com

by Dan Stern Teach Yourself Data Science: the learning path I used to get an analytics job at Jet.com Image courtesy of Unsplash.com [http://unsplash.com]How can you go from zero programming skills to a job in technology or analytics? If you’re interested in learning these skills, whether for fun or for

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How I made the most out of my freeCodeCamp journey

by Catherine Vassant (aka Codingk8) How I made the most out of my freeCodeCamp journey My road map ?️ to freeCodeCamp [https://medium.freecodecamp.org/]beyond the curriculum A year ago, as I was finishing my bootcamp, a friend introduced me to freeCodeCamp [https://www.freecodecamp.org/] and I knew I had just found a great

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An introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Ruby

by Saul Costa Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm organized around objects. At a high level, OOP is all about being able to structure code so that its functionality can be shared throughout the application. If done properly, OOP can lead to very elegantly written programs that have minimal

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