Month: March 2019

D47: break;

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I started my coding journey inadvertently in December of 2018, while looking for a fun way to encourage my daughter in the STEM arena. A lifelong Lits lover (with the Lits BA to prove it), I didn't know where to start, but stumbled across code.org and, while testing out the course to make sure it was suitable for her, I discovered that coding was something I wanted to pursue.

D42: Eureka!

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I've read a great deal about coding since I've started this journey, much of it very (maybe even a bit too) encouraging ("Anyone can code! Here's how to go from novice to engineer in 6 months!"), but some of it more grounded in a realistic understanding of what it takes to actually make it in the field.

Day 32: Discovering Entities

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One of my favorite things about coding is how it feeds into my innate curiosity. There's always something new to learn and the answer you need is surely out there somewhere, if you know where to look and how to phrase the question. Which is how the Free Code Camp user story that briefly stumped… Continue reading Day 32: Discovering Entities

Day 31: Fun with Technical Documentation

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Based on what I've read and the podcasts I've been enjoying, it's pretty clear that the one challenge most beginner coders have in common is figuring out where to start. Part of the problem is that it's pretty tough to know where to start if you don't know where you want to end up, but it's impossible for a newbie to figure that out until they've gotten started. It's an ouroboros of coding confusion and I completely understand why anyone might throw up their hands and walk away before their first console.log('hello world').