How I became a Software Developer - 5 Years Later

1

React

#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 775 social mentions

2

jQuery

So I continued learning JavaScript and eventually jQuery , did a Pomodoro Timer and a Simon Game on CodePen and my final project was making my own GitHub Profile page. I got my certificate for the Front End Development Program on January 16th, 2017 and I would quit my job soon after. With this certificate I started sending CV's and applying for every Junior Developer role.

#Development Tools #UI #Software Libraries 87 social mentions

3

GitKraken

This experience was also invaluable because I had a walking fountain of knowledge sitting next to me and was really cool about answering my questions and pointing out all code style errors in countless PR reviews. I cannot count the amount of times he had to explain me the whole rebase workflow. What really helped me improve my Git knowledge was GitKraken and other similar tools.

#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 3 social mentions

4

Bootstrap

In a few weeks I had stopped playing Football Manager on my computer and managed to do some lessons while taking calls. I felt the HTML and CSS modules were really easy. My first project was a simple Bob Dylan tribute page using only HTML, Bootstrap and CSS. I started to feel some difficulty when I started with the JavaScript lessons.

#CSS Framework #Development Tools #Design Tools 326 social mentions

5

Free Code Camp

FreeCodeCamp is a website that offers you a complete course in Web Development, for free. At the time, the curriculum was slightly different and was split into Front-End, Backend and Full-stack certifications, now its less condensed, feel free to check it out on their website. To me, I really liked how they introduced new lessons and asked you to do an exercise on it.

#Online Learning #Online Courses #Online Education 576 social mentions

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D3.js

And so, April 20, 2017, was my first day at Frames. My job would be to make charts using the D3 library (which was also a part of the Free Code Camp curriculum) and vanilla Javascript. The company was quite small, there was a journalist who would use a backoffice to input data on chart templates, a senior developer to create and maintain the backoffice functionality and me, who would create and maintain the chart templates. Regarding the salary, I accepted the fact that I wouldn't be as productive as someone that graduated from a bootcamp or college so I was happy to take the 700 euro per month pay check.

#Javascript UI Libraries #Charting Libraries #Data Visualization 159 social mentions

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CodePen

So I continued learning JavaScript and eventually jQuery , did a Pomodoro Timer and a Simon Game on CodePen and my final project was making my own GitHub Profile page. I got my certificate for the Front End Development Program on January 16th, 2017 and I would quit my job soon after. With this certificate I started sending CV's and applying for every Junior Developer role.

#Text Editors #Programming #Code Collaboration 484 social mentions

I had already 'coded' some games while in high-school with a very specific game engine (that still exists), but I knew nothing of any real programing language. My friend knew this, in fact, we actually worked on a senior year project which involved creating a website. In this conversation, my friend recomended I checked out FCC and painted me a picture of what he heard about the IT scene:.

#Programming Language #Javascript UI Libraries #Influencer Marketing 3 social mentions