Thanks for all the feedback! I know this question was off topic. So far Codecademy is helping me since it gives me some guidance. I have enjoyed it so far. I have 25+ exercises in Web Fundamentals so far. And any where from 6 to 25 exercises make up one lesson, my achievements<http://www.codecademy.com/users/0range/achievements>so far.
But yes, I might end up at some local meetings soon. I will also try Greg's tips. Maybe after Web Fundamentals I will start Python? They offer so many, jQuery, JavaScript, Projects, Python, Ruby, PHP, and APIs. There are 6 "Units" in Web Fundamentals. Right now I am in Unit 3 HTML Structure: Tables, Divs, and Spans. Then Unit 4 into Intro to CSS. But again, sorry for going off topic, and if yall don't mind keep any tips coming. Michael On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:07:04 PM UTC-5, Greg Donald wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Michael Butler > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Honestly I don't have a specific goal > > Yeah, you need something to build. > > > and I do already work in a totally unrelated field. > > So build something unrelated. If you want into web development, build > a simple inventory system or shopping cart as a first project. Learn > to take data from an html form and put it into a database, and then > learn to get it out of the database and drawn back into html. > > > Where would you advise someone like me, no experience at all to start? > Web > > development and move into Python or Ruby? Or straight into a programming > > language? > > Python is a great first language. Ruby is slightly more exotic but > has a high fun level, I'd learn it second. At some point in learning > web development you'll want to learn Javascript to do anything cool. > Later you'll grow tired of writing tons of home grown code and you'll > want to learn some frameworks like Django, Rails, and jQuery. > > > > -- > Greg Donald > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
