Written By: CodeKristi Learning to develop has been quite a journey: some days I felt excited and empowered with my new skills, and other days I felt hopeless after struggling for hours to figure something out... Finding my first job as a developer was a very similar experience. To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important … Continue reading Landing My First Development Job
Written By: CodeKristi Goal setting is the process of deciding what you want to do in your life and determining which things are relevant and which are ‘stealing’ your time. You then write down a plan of action to reach these things you want to do and to help you get the motivation you need … Continue reading Without A Goal, You Can’t Score! – 16 Steps To Effective Goal Setting
Written By: CodeKristi The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. ~ Sydney J. Harris My first real website design and development formed part of a course (or set of smaller lessons) on Team Treehouse’s Front-end Web Development track. I didn’t do anything really - I just copied what the teacher did, … Continue reading The 7 Basic Steps of Developing A Website
Written By: CodeKristi I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal. ~ Bill Rodgers So I haven’t posted blogs for quite a while now… I went away on vacation with my husband for two weeks, and the two weeks before that I was planning the vacation. That was a lot of fun! … Continue reading Learning vs Doing: Designing My First Website #2
Written By: CodeKristi The first draft of anything is s**t. ~ Ernest Hemingway The two apps I am using to learn HTML (SoloLearn & W3Schools) both recommended that when you start to program, it helps to initially use Notepad. So I did what they suggested. Also per their suggestion, I started with a “practise” website; … Continue reading Learning vs Doing: Designing My First Website #1
Written By: CodeKristi Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. ~ Mark Twain To code or program is really just you writing instructions for a computer in a funny and confusing looking language. And web development specifically, just requires you as a writer (or web developer) to save … Continue reading What You Need To Write Code: What an IDE is and how I chose one
Written By: CodeKristi Research Is Formalised Curiosity. It Is Poking And Prying With A Purpose. ~ Zora Neale Hurston I love understanding things. As a little girl, I would continue asking my dad questions until he would eventually run out of answers...! When I get curious about something, it will bother me until I find … Continue reading Blogging: To Host or Not To Host…
Written by: CodeKristi The trick is growing up without growing old. ~Casey Stengel We lived on a farm for most of my childhood. We had all the normal farm things: huge yard (surrounded by an even bigger farm); geese and chickens and cows and a lot of dogs; a river with a dam built in … Continue reading The only impossible journey is the one you never begin…
