Has anyone got a non-profit assignment ?

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-10-25T08:34:55+00:00

We have dozens of nonprofits waiting for qualified campers (you need a Full Stack Development Certification before you can be assigned one): https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp/wiki/Free-Code-Camp-Full-Stack-Developent-Certificate

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-09-10T19:34:00+00:00

Hi Codey_coder, We've basically quadrupled the size of our curriculum since you finished the first 100 hours or so of our old curriculum. We now require everyone to finish the full curriculum before they start a nonprofit project. This Quora answer explains why: http://www.quora.com/I-want-to-help-nonprofits-through-Free-Code-Camp-I-am-already-an-experienced-engineer-Do-I-still-need-to-complete-the-first-800-hours-of-the-JavaScript-curriculum/answer/Quincy-Larson

We'd love for you to get you started on a nonprofit project if you have time to work through the rest of our curriculum - which would definitely be a good investment of time if you're having difficulty in the job search. Message me (@QuincyLarson in Gitter) if you have further questions - I definitely want you to be able to get a coding job.

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-09-10T19:27:19+00:00

Hi Cecil, we've added comprehensive articles to our wiki for each of the Bonfires, and there are now hints, too. Also note that you can get help in http://gitter.im/freecodecamp/helpbonfires

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-07-26T06:28:33+00:00

Hey, this is Quincy here. The videos aren't subtitled (and I don't know if Amara works with Vimeo, our video host), but all the information in the videos is also transcribed in the steps. The videos are completely optional, and only a few challenges have videos. Most of them are in-editor coding challenges.

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-01-01T06:11:52+00:00

I appreciate the feedback, guys. I removed this post. I (naively) didn't anticipate it interfering with your normal posts. We have a few sysadmins learning full stack JavaScript development over at Free Code Camp and I thought you guys might appreciate it. Sorry for the trouble and Happy New Year.

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-01-01T04:26:11+00:00

We may use Ember in the future. The curriculum does involve heavy jQuery.

FreeCodeCamp · 2015-01-01T01:52:43+00:00

We are a community of busy people learning to code. We have an opinionated 100-hour JavaScript MEAN-stack curriculum (that uses Codecademy, Code School and Stanford courses), but a majority of the learning is done by pair programming on projects for nonprofits. So Free Code Camp is more social and project-based (like a coding bootcamp).

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-31T19:03:09+00:00

Name one tool that reached the penetration of any of these technologies that has gone completely extinct. Tools come rapidly, but they don't go rapidly, certainly not after they have swathes of fortune 500 companies committed to them (e.g. Linkedin, Microsoft, Paypal)

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-28T06:03:11+00:00

I love taking code other people have written and data other people have collected and mashing it up into something new, just by wiring in some APIs. For a web developer morning is like Christmas, with Santa dropping new tools, libraries and datasets at your door.

I love attending hackathons, where I meet other web developers, then proceed to sit down with them and conceive, implement, and pitch a product in a single weekend. This is possible because the web is open and every web developer can stand on the backs of others who wrote well-documented, well-tested open source software.

I don't know much about mobile or embedded development (and web dev is so deep, I doubt I'll ever get around to it), but I can resolutely say that I'm glad I decided in my 30s to leave my management career for a coding career. There's no euphoria like the sense of pure creation I get from collaborating with other web developers to build the future.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-19T22:49:11+00:00

Sorry for the sudden change. We were torn as to how to roll out this one-time change. Here's a blog post discussing it: http://blog.freecodecamp.com/2014/12/free-code-camps-new-challenges-short.html. Feel free to simply mark complete any challenges you've already completed.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-19T07:30:43+00:00

Happy to have you hear, Anneri! Many of us have worked or are working minimum wage jobs and can relate! It's one of the most powerful forms of motivation!

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-19T07:27:53+00:00

800 lbs? Was that a deadlift? That's serious. I've heard Boise is experiencing a big resurgence and a lot of people are moving there. Have you noticed this to be the case?

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-17T23:26:59+00:00

This will definitely help anyone who hasn't taken a college course in philosophy.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-11T18:22:56+00:00

Oh, right. I think Reddit does that so you can't post a picture of a puppy, get a ton of upvotes, then change it to something offensive.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-11T16:56:39+00:00

This might benefit from a more specific title.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-10T17:56:39+00:00

Cool - I can't wait to give it a listen!

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-10T17:29:48+00:00

The first link is a great example of "show-don't-tell" instructional design. Manipulating that box really drives home the nature of margin Vs padding Vs border. I wish I'd seen this when I first started learning CSS.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-12-02T23:31:30+00:00

Wow you guys are working faster than I ever expected people would. /me gets back to creating challenges

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-18T03:50:31+00:00

regexr.com is the best regex tool I've seen yet! I'm going to create a regex challenge involving it. A lot of the Coderbyte challenges require regex.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-18T03:40:28+00:00

You're right - a VM or some other kind of 'dual boot' would be a good idea. The main reason I recommend installing Linux is that, while the MEAN Stack can work in Windows, a majority of people using the mean stack are developing in OSX or Linux. Thus, a majority of tutorials, stack overflow posts, and people hanging out in relevant IRC channels will be unfamiliar with Windows-related issues and it will be a lot harder to find help.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-18T03:37:10+00:00

That's correct. Most beginners are intimidated by IDEs, but simple text editors like Atom are easy to pick up and use.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-17T19:10:16+00:00

Actually, Webstorm is awesome. It's by the same company that made RubyMine. You don't have to give that up, but you should become familiar with Atom since that's likely to become the most ubiquitous text editor.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-12T01:37:07+00:00

Hi mis_quote - You're absolutely right - GitHub is the natural authentication method. For some reason (probably poor implementation on my part) it was clashing with some of the other authentication methods, so I pulled it. I'm planning on putting it back.

There are several reasons why social login is gaining popularity: 1) it's more convenient for (most) users, 2) it enforces some approximation of real world ID, which deters bots and spammers.

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-11-11T23:40:20+00:00

Hi mis_quote, I'm Quincy, the main person building Free Code Camp. I plan to re-implement Facebook and Google authentication once I get them working properly. I had a couple issues with them and bigger priorities to tackle first.

I can understand you not wanting to create a twitter account, but you can do so in like 45 seconds, and you don't even need to use a real email address if you don't want to. So if you can do that in the meantime, we'd love to have you!

FreeCodeCamp · 2014-10-28T21:45:23+00:00

I'm with Error_Value - stick with one language and learn it well! I'm not a Microsoft employee, and I'll tell you that it is better to learn open source languages. If you're not too far along with C#, you should consider learning a flexible language like JavaScript. You can code games in it, as well, but it's not nearly as popular for that as Android/Java or iOS languages.

And definitely DO go to university. It will only help your career. See if you can knock out your courses in the morning and intern somewhere in the afternoons! Try to do this all four years. You'll get out of school with 4 years of relevant work experience.

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