To Node Beginnings....

I'm officially starting my coding journey today, July 27, 2023. Initially I was hesitant at first because I know that I tend to stop learning something when I know I'm not quite passionate about it. Its been a week now since I dove into this journey. I've downloaded Mimo and been doing exercises on there. Even started TheOdinProject, watched youtube videos, llistened to podcasts and I've come to the conclusion that the best program for me is freecodecamp.

I'm the type of person who needs a strict school schedule in order to learn. However, that wasn't really something in my budget, considering I had already gone to undergrad for biology. I've looked into Oregon State and their online program, plus some bootcamps. I think its best to just start for free since there are so many resources! There's even this cohort run by Leon Noel. I've looked into that as well and the third cohort is supposed to start in September! I'm definitely going to do that since there's more structure. I'm too excited about coding though so I'm going to get ahead now!

So far I've learned quite a bit of html from Mimo and freecodecamp. I figured this is the best place to start with since I sell stuff online. I could always use this in the future to create my own website. Hoping to learn some CSS and javscript soon after. But small baby steps first.

Some of the things I feel like I might forget is that <main> should be about the important highlight of the page to help with SEO. Also, <!-- --> is used to add comments to a code, without it actually appearing on there.

<ul> and <li> use for lists. There's just too much too learn. One step at a time. ul = means "unordered list"

<ol> is used for an ordered list where things are numbered on the list instead.

The three types of self closing elements I've learned about so far are <input>, <img>, & next line <br>. Oh and now <meta>. Although, I have to try to figure out what that means as I'm not quite sure.

Maybe my first mini project should be some website that is used to gather survey information or a form for registering clients.

Well, just finished my first guided coding with freecodecamp. I noticed it was a lot of information and didn't quite breakdown all the information down like the books I've read and Mimo. It may be good to do a combination of all to enhance my learning.