What to Expect When Learning to Code

Over the last few years, I’ve learned a lot about the process of learning to code as I’ve support students, both children and adults, as they worked their way through the first stages of learning. I wanted to make a video for my Learning Object project to share what I’ve learned and help new coders know what to expect, and to know what things are just a normal part of the process. Look below the video for links to resources and tutorials!

Resources

Online IDEs:

• Repl.it
• Codepen.io
• DartPad

Downloadable IDEs:

• Visual Studio Code
• Atom

Git and Github:

• GitHub
• Resources to Learn Git
• Become a Git Guru – Git tutorials from Atlassian
• Getting Git Right – Resources from Atlassian
• Git and GitHub Crash Course for Beginners, by Corey Schafer
• Git Tutorial for Beginners: Command Line Fundamentals, by Corey Schafer
• GitHub Guides: Hello World
• Git for Absolutely Everyone

Command Line/Terminal:

• A Command Line Crash Course, by Viking Code School Prep
• Command Line Crash Course, by FreeCodeCamp.org
• Introduction to the Command Line Interface, by DjangoGirls.org

Frustration Tools:

• Virtual Bubblewrap