If you were born before the year 1999 you remember the “dark ages” of no Google, Facebook, twitter, YouTube, or personal web pages. If you told someone you were a blogger, they would have definitely looked at you funny, and might have thought you said booger maybe making a Revenge of the Nerds reference (Booger was a character in the hit 80’s movie Revenge of the Nerds). However, things are very different today. Source codes of various types are intermingled into our daily lives in almost everything we do, they are truly inescapable.
The need to understand the basics of programming is important and is going to increase in importance as the years go by. I know right now you are probably saying things like, “It looks too complicated…” or “I don’t know anything about computers…” well I can tell you from firsthand knowledge that YOU CAN do it, and it IS NOT too complicated. Remember when you were learning how to write, ride a bike, or the first day of school? Learning to code is really similar to any of your first experiences, the key is to start learning little by little, practice, and most importantly MAKE MISTAKES. Out of all those aforementioned keys, I feel that making mistakes is the best way to learn. When I first started learning HTML, which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language that your web browser reads to display a web page, I would make all kinds of mistakes. And guess what? I still do! The beauty of not being afraid to make mistakes or fail is that you learn what works and what doesn’t. The computer is only going to do what you tell it as long as you follow the rules. Some programming languages are more forgiving than others, but all in all, if you just start with the basics of HTML, you will be well on your way of learning the basics of coding. Subsequently, you can learn things like software programming algorithms, and that’s when things get more exciting because you will learn to make the computer do really cool stuff! In the end programming will give you an insight to our society and how things work, by allowing you to look behind the curtain and see the great and powerful Oz, and who knows, you just might turn it into a career! Don’t be afraid to start learning programming. If you never become some sort of programming genius, though you may, that’s okay. You can still take your knowledge and start a blog or create a simple landing page highlighting you, the sky is the limit! Below are some helpful resources to get you up and running. Good Luck! Below are some helpful resources to get you up and running. Good Luck! w3schools W3schools needs to be book marked into your favorites. They have tutorials on just about all the prominent programming languages. Also, you get definitions to all the acronyms that you might run across. YouTube Next is YouTube. The chances you have used YouTube at least once is pretty high, so now instead of searching for funny cat videos you can search for HTML tutorials. There are a lot of good videos and a few bad ones so just use some common sense when searching. Here is just one of thousands of videos. Lynda.com Next is Lynda.com. Lynda is also a great place to learn HTML5 and all kinds of programming languages. The tutorials do cost, but they are top notch and you can also start a free trial. Here is a link to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics on the job outlook for web programmers, just in case if you aren’t convinced enough to start learning how to program! Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
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