Michael, I am not sure if this was mentioned already but another resource you may want to try is Udacity. They have self paced computer science and math courses. The courses are free. They do a really good job and have beginning programming courses in Python and now Java.
Steve On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Michael Butler <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]> >> 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. > > > -- -- 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.
