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Where to from Here?
Hey there. I recently finished the Web Fundamentals course and I was wondering; Where to I go from here? I really want to learn more, and I know there’s more to learn. Any tips on websites where I can learn more?
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Hi Alan, that’s a good question. We are by the beach looking at the Atlantic ocean. HTML, CSS, JS are the ocean. I’ve been doing this since 2004 and from my mistakes I have learned that if we try to grab everything at once we lose it all. Codecademy “web fundamentals” packed a lot of information. I would go back and redo it all over again now that you’ve got the whole picture in your mind. And every-time you have a question, Google it. But be careful because it is very easy to get sidetracked and lost. You best resource besides Codecademy is the http://www.w3.org/
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Hi Alan, I see that you have started JavaScript. I believe it is the way to go. After JavaScript learn jQuery since jQuery is what you really need but you also need to know a bit of JavaScript in order to understand jQuery. After that, PHP is a great candidate because the language is styled as JavaScript, they are both part of the C language family. PHP is what powers WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and part of Facebook. However, keep going back to HTML, CSS and also jQuery and become really good at them, they power the web. Practice, practice, practice. if you don’t do daily practice you will lose all you have learned.
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Hey Tony, thanks for the response. It’s really mapped out where I can go from here. But before I move on - Is there anything more I can learn CSS & HTML wise? There seems to be a lot I don’t know yet. Things like drop-down menus. Or is that not CSS?
Correct me if i’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that would be Javascript. I’m in the same boat as you as to where I should go from this point.
Drop down menus can be done in javascript but i would preferably do them with jQuery. That would also be my suggestion to do next. jQuery is very easy to understand and it is great to combine with css and html. Drop-down-menus can also be done in css3 but very few browsers support animations so it is very likely that you will be disappointed by looking at your website on an older browser. cheers
Hi Tony, I’m looking for a good young web developer. I don’t know know where to look. I thought that you might know someone. We want to redesign our website www.camdenboss.com Please contact me ([email protected]) for further info. Thanks
Hi Netollanta, I don’t know of anyone specifically available for the job. I would recommend to stay local if possible, I’m surer there are many great developers in the area. It may work out better if this person is local. Also check the following site for ideas: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ Thanks for asking.
Guys, I am a complete newbie (I’m just about to complete HTML+Css).I really want to practice it all- how would you recommend me to do that?I’d like to have something real to practice on,this way I’m sure I won’t give up on the whole thing :)Where to find some projects to practice on?
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Hi Alan, Tommy.. I must have missed Alan’s reply before. Yes, both CSS and JavaScript allow you to have drop down menus. Nowadays, thanks to jQuery, these things are done easier with JavaScript. Yes, there is a lot more to learn, it will never end. Just keep learning something new every day. Better than learning is practicing. I spent years reading and rereading because I read more than what I practiced and kept losing what I was learning. That’s why Codecademy is such a blessing. I wish I had this platform at my disposal when first got into coding.
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Awesome! Thanks Tony, this, and your comments above are exactly what I needed to hear.
same here thanks for the question and answer
Tony de araujo, please, I need a good software with visuals i can use to be practising. I am through with html/css
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I’ve kept a separate book to note down everything I’ve learnt from this site.It is not because I can’t come back to this site and recollect BUT to check whether I can understand and recollect everything at once just by turning a few pages ,with an advantage that I can even do it even without Internet and wherever I want.
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Note taking is a great idea as it helps locking concepts in the long term memory. it works for me even if I don’t ever read my notes again.
Yes,indeed.Tony,do you mind telling us,apart from teaching, how has this site helped you improve your professional life OR in some other way.
Hello Saneesh, Codecademy is my dojo. I use it for two purposes: to do my daily practice of basic syntax and to exercise my teaching skills. Teaching and learning go hand in hand. I actually learned all these basic skills many years ago in college. I wish Codecademy existed then, it would have made a big difference in my development and understanding. You guys are pretty lucky, lol!
Indeed. I sometimes wonder how skilled those who created this website are. We can’t thank them enough for what they did, and are still doing their best to make it more comfortable for starters like me. :)
Codecademy is backed up by highly professional engineers as well as other support professionals. The courses are written by volunteers, some are done by professionals others are done by advanced students. You can actually start writing lessons yourself, there is a button for that. It doesn’t mean you will get published since each written lesson goes through a litmus test but it is a good practice nevertheless.
hey toni, im learning web fundamentals from codeacademy….and i reach in Build a Resume Forum…..my question is that by learning html, css, javascript, jQuery etc.helps us to make our own website? or it is only for learning courses from codeacademy? or can i became website developer by learning this all courses? ? if im fool than pardon me! …….my story is that being a computer teacher in school, i don’t have an idea about coding….i have cyber though im dull in coding…..so futher more 1 day i watch 1 video about codeacademy and after that im learning code from it. it is really awesome. i like it to learn..so everyday after school iam learning code from code academy……..Tony i dont want to become mark jukeburg though i want to learn code….so do i become good developer by learning code? or what’s my future to go ahead..any way dont hesited to answer my questions thanks……
I think you should decide which part of the wide world of computing you like, get better at that, and take at least a part-time gig doing it. At some point you’ll need to decide whether to be a teacher (which in this case I suppose means teaching how to use applications) or a doer, whichever really makes you feel good.
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You can extend what you learn here at this website
http://learn.shayhowe.com/advanced-html-css/
He covers all the cool stuff, like Responsive Design etc..
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I think that this website will be my next learning station.
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I found this guide very helpful:
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my code not working Floating left and right
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"/>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header"></div>
<div class="left"></div>
<div class="right"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
stylesheet.css
div {
border-radius: 5px;
width:100px;
height:100px;
background-color:blue;
position:fixed;
z-index:1;
}
.left {
float: left;
}
.right {
float: right;
}
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Do you also have the following classes on your CSS? I’m asking because once I added them your CSS style passed validation for me:
div {
font-family: verdana;
border-radius: 5px;
}
#header {
z-index: 1;
position: fixed;
height: 60px;
background-color: #668284;
}
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I’ve edited your message to add some information.
The problem seems to be in your DIV class declaration Once I removed /*position:fixed; z-index:1; */ it worked.
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I think the best learning is to do practise. Go in to the real problem. Thus, you could make chunks in your brain - just you have to be more constancy. They are brain structures, which helps you automate most of the human activities; i beleve codeing is included. Codeacademy is for me such a blessing for I can learning by practise. Think I will redo some of courses and I hope there will be new ones. In the web there are some hiidden Codeacademy courses if you want go there you will find some well known topics but not only. But these on the official pages are for me more updated and valuable. I can look at W3S also and there are many many places to learn in the web. You can look at stackoverflow, tut+, codeschool. Also I find fun smarterer to check your skills. But most useful will be to do some project, something interesting to you.And doing it learn more than only by reading. First coding, after that learn again.
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I found a nice site, to practice what I’ve learned here. It’s Code Avengers
It basically teaches the same things, so it’s really just a recap. But it’s good practice, because everything they tell you do for practice, you have already learned here.
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Hey Alan
‘Just adding bit of more info’ - Apart from Codecademy, the best place to learn is
http://www.w3schools.com/ or https://www.khanacademy.org/
Good luck :)
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I’m asking myself the same thing. I have learnt a lot but I’m not sure I could just go and code a simple website from scratch just yet, a lot of other resources seem to be a total wall of text and aren’t nearly as engaging as what I have just learnt here. Really want to focus on HTML and CSS more before I go on to other things but I’m stuck!
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Hi Pete, one thing I would do would be to go to wordpress.com and start a new blog. In it use your new skills to post pictures, customize text, modify your basic layout, etc. If you don’t have anything to write about, write about HTML. Writing is also a way to (exponentially) learn. Best of luck.
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Hi guys! I’m curious about which coding environment to work with so many options out there.I’m talking about ease-of-use ,learn ability so forth. What’s your usage experience? Which is better for real life working purposes.I personally downloaded Microsoft’s Expression 4.
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This is what I’m struggling with right now too, what to do next. I went ahead and built a one-page personal webpage and didn’t run into too many issues with formatting and positioning with CSS. Right now I just need more content for it. Ideally, because I’ve already had some experience with HTML/CSS, I need to find someone that needs a small (1-3 page) website built for cheap. I guess I could do $100 websites for the rest of the year? LOL For me, it feels too soon to move to JavaScript at this point. I took a course in C++ when in college years ago so I don’t think grasping JS is going to be too much of a problem though. Right now, I need more experience with building planning and building webpages, then running into problems, then solving those problems.
Can anyone recommend websites where people post “jobs”, needing small websites built? For example, someone needs a one page website for their painting business….etc…Some people might think it’s too soon for something like that but it seems like the best way to learn.
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I don’t know where you are located but if you’re in the US you can post a free add on Craigslist. Just be careful, don’t publish your private information. The problem is that you may charge $100 but someone else will do it for free just for the experience. When I first started doing this I volunteered at local community centers. You’ll be surprise how many of them are in desperate need of help, not to build a website from scratch, but to maintain the current site they have. Maintaining websites is a great because you are faced with all sorts of problems and your awareness grows exponentially. As for not learning basic JavaScript, it may be a mistake. You need to be at least familiar with it in order to maintain any website. All websites use JavaScript nowadays. Good luck!!
Yeah, you’re right. I probably need to at least go over the basics of JavaScript on here, so that I am familiar with it more. I’m in the U.S. so I might try the Craigslist route. There’s also some freelance websites where I might could get a chance to build something, especially if I’m offering to do it for next to nothing OR even nothing. Thanks!
Try Odesk or elance - among others. Your competition there is global, so you won’t get hired if you charge much, but as long as that is not an issue you’ll get some gigs. What you will mostly need is to invest in a couple of domains with web hosting so you can put up a portfolio of stuff you have built; potential customers will want to see that.
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You can continue what your are doing. This site tells you everything you need to know. You should also get a book and right down everything you’ve learned. Like me my site is almost finished. And also that is a very good question ;-D Mother complete the hole entire CodeCademy and now makes websites for people. You should check some out and learn off her. She has a bit of tricks too.
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For me, i’ve learnt html/css with codeacademy, then when i started writing my own SERIOUSLY simple webpage with css layout, i started looking into other resources when i hit problems not covered here.
Ultimately for me it’s going to be practice my html & css till i’m comfortable using it and can alter things as and when i need without worry, while looking into sample page layouts etc to expand my understanding of design, useability and alternative layouts.
Once i’ve done all that and i’m happy (ahh, who am i kidding, i’ll never be 100% happy while there’s more to learn), i’ll look at learning to add some interactivity via javascript first, then decide from there.
That’s my personal plan, yours may be different, just some ideas for you.
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Great advice!
step by step
what do you think about http://codepen.io/ ?
Hi Ruta, I have known about it for a while but never tested it. It looks great: http://codepen.io/pen
Thanks Tony, I think I’m going to give it a try when completed Javascript course
I was also thinking the same thing, to redo it all over again, but i will try w3.org.
Really glad I stumbled upon this feed, will be retaking the course to improve with tables and positioning. Thanks for your wisdom and resources, tony!