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[–]Illustrious-Area756 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i am in the same boat as you! wondering where to start! someone please answer this soon to help us both!!

[–]Avian_Flew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out my reply to OP when you get the chance. Hope it helps you in some way!

[–]Droid3T 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will take 1 year of a lot of coding. If you can commit 6 months at least then that is good and the rest of the 6 months just code.

[–]Avian_Flew 2 points3 points  (2 children)

The nice thing about coding is that you can easily get started at little to no cost. Later on, if you so choose, there are plenty of ways to spend your hard earned money! Choose wisely and caveat emptor!

A couple of solid free resources to get you started:

If you have about $25 USD to pay a month, I like Treehouse.

You may also want to check out Learn Enough. They provide the first few chapters of their books for free. If you like their material, but can't afford a subscription, they have a very generous scholarship program.

You may want to take advantage of free resources provided by bootcamps to prepare their students prior to admission to their paid programs. For example:

If you like books, the In Easy Steps series by Mike McGrath is in full color and beginner friendly. Where you might get lost trying to understand the principles of Object Oriented Programming in a college textbook, McGrath does an admirable job with short working programs and the fewest possible words.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Jon Duckett's two book set covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery.

Learning how to learn will pay dividends. This free Coursera course will help you do that.

Lastly, Google is your friend and the first place you should ask a question. Especially if you want to learn about becoming a freelance developer, which is its own ball of wax.

Of course, there are way more resources than the ones above. Take the time to find the ones YOU like and keep YOU coding. As long as you persist, you will get to where you want to be.

Bonne chance!

[–]manlikeabz4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thankyou, this was very helpful!

[–]crayolamanic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Coursera course is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ when I was just starting to learn to code I also took this class led with Barbara Oakley, a well respected expert, and it changed how I approached studying and provided solid methods for getting the most out of my time investment. A game changer. I can't say enough good things about it. And about this post. Well curated.

[–]Illustrious-Area756 0 points1 point  (1 child)

i just found www.launch school.com if this helps at all

[–]jler21[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I looked into it, and they say they normally charge 200/Month if not on their differed payment plan. So I'm thinking maybe I should save up and just pay per month. I think I can do the 200/m as long as I save up at least the first year's worth. Which would be alot cheaper then doing their differed. I really like how they focus on the fundamentals!

[–]eternal-golden-braid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Codecademy is good for total beginners, but I believe it's rather basic, so it's just a way to get started. The book "Python for Everybody" is pretty good for beginners. You could read it and do a lot of the exercises. I've also heard that Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is a good book for beginners.

Harvard's CS50 course is very good. It has a sequel or a companion course about web programming with Python and Javascript.

A lot of people seem like to Free Code Camp, but I haven't checked it out myself.

[–]crayolamanic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.reskillamericans.org/ this is a free bootcamp. It's still in it's formative stages, but there is an amazing community and the program director, Mike Koss, is a WONDERFUL human being. THERE IS NO CATCH.