how long does it take to learn coding?
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BusinessSmack
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If you study and read about the topic I would say in 3 tops months you'll know most of the major moving parts eg. main frameworks, cutting-edge, favorite languages and why, etc. and be able to write simple projects. From there you'll be moving much faster as you have some project experience
It all depends on how much effort you put into it.
You could just "dabble" with HTML for years and still not really get it.
You want to dive deep.
It all depends on how much effort you put into it.
You could just "dabble" with HTML for years and still not really get it.
You want to dive deep.
Depends, if you have ZERO experience it may take couple months. If you have time and a basic concept of how things work you can be proficient within a month tbh. I'm not sure if you meant JavaScript instead of java or if you indeed want to learn Java, if it's the latter one it might take longer (also depends if what you want to do).
There was a thread with free UDEMY courses here on BHW, take a look there if I'm not mistaken I saw couple free web dev courses.
scorpio89
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Depends, are you going to spend 2 hours daily on learning HTML, CSS, JS, PHP etc. or 10 hours. Anyways, I suggest you to start on the front-end first (HTML, CSS, JS) and when you start feeling confident enough with it, then learn back-end (server side languages like PHP or Ruby on Rails and MySQL database). Of course this is not all, you should learn popular frameworks like Bootstrap, jQuery, Angular etc. This is very tedious process and you need to constantly learn new things because this web development world is changing all the time.
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I've been watching tons of udemy courses, but mostly skipping through them, so I can see whats possible,
and then at the same time building my projects, and just going back and forth between the udemy courses,
and sites like stackoverflow. I don't recommend just watching a course, do a bit of both, so you stay motivated,
and move your projects forward, even if its ever so slightly.
and then at the same time building my projects, and just going back and forth between the udemy courses,
and sites like stackoverflow. I don't recommend just watching a course, do a bit of both, so you stay motivated,
and move your projects forward, even if its ever so slightly.
zerolimit
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What kind of coding do you want to do?
HTML and CSS are easier to learn so I suggest you start from there.
PHP and Java are programming languages, which means you need to learn algorithm first. Which is quite a blocking for some people, but if you understand algorithm PHP and Java just a language. Like learning a new language, you need to learn the grammar first, after that it just exchanging vocab which you can google easily.
And if you want accurate time how long do you need to learn all of them, it really depend on how much expertise do you want. HTML and CSS is easier, in 1 week you may be can tweak it without getting frustrated anymore.
Hope this help.
bigot
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You're looking for "JavaScript" not "Java".
I would start with learning basic HTML. First learn how to slap together a simple page with only HTML; different colors, sizes, etc, without CSS. Then read up about CSS and practice it until you understand and appreciate the ability to slap a style on every tag/class/etc. without editing your HTML. If your CSS update doesn't seem to work, try a hard refresh first (Ctrl+F5, or Command+F5 if you're retarded).
For learning HTML and CSS, you don't even need hosting. Just throw ".html" and ".css" files into a folder and go nuts! That knowledge will be enough to put together static pages and make them look pretty. Google "W3C Validator" and run your HTML through it to see if you screwed anything up. Master these two, this could take anywhere from 1 week to many years, depending on your previous experience, how good you are at learning, and how much time you put in per day.
Then you can go on to JavaScript. I always advise learning raw JS first. But nowadays every dumbass "programmer" and his dog recommend learning a library before learning raw JS first. Once you have a decent understanding of JS, look into jQuery, it's a JS library that makes life a little easier. You will struggle to learn jQuery if you don't understand how JS works first.
PHP: If your pages must be dynamic, you're gonna have to learn basic PHP in the middle of all that. I'd suggest leaving PHP until last as it can be very simple; like always putting the current year at the bottom of your page. Or it can be very complex; like reading from a database, manipulating the data, etc.
I understand your frustration of hiring devs who suck at their jobs. If you can put up with it a little longer, then do so, and learn PHP last of all of these.
The reason I suggest PHP last is because at the end of the day, all PHP output will be text on the server side. On the client-side, it will be read as HTML, CSS, or JS. If you don't understand HTML/CSS/JS, the best understand of PHP will not help you figure out a problem rooted in HTML/CSS/JS, even if that text is generated by PHP. A little convoluted but I'm not sure how to explain it better.
Best of luck, feel free to PM me any time if you need some guidance on your journey, or a real developer, lol.
Writing Package
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Wonderful advice! Thanks so much, Bigot! I don't even know how nobody thanked you for it. You should definitely make a guide when you get the chance
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it a hard quistion to ansaw .
depends on your abilty to learn everyone diffrent .
a 15 year old can learn in 24/hr children seem to eat code easly.
avarage basics 3 months knowing a lot .
then you need to code every day and study more complicated scripts .
php for life meaning it need updating as time keep going.
you need to learn the following.
html
css
php
mysql
apache
all the above need mastering take time and pratice.
from there you need to learn.
ajax .
javascript.
xhtml.
html5.
wp.
wp programming .
css stylesheets for wp.
when you no everthink above and master it all .
can adapt to any programming language then all work in very simluar order.
if it to make bots for internet marketing then learn phyhon.
if you want money then learn
c++ to create fantastic apps
a lot of programming lanuages are made from c++
depends on your abilty to learn everyone diffrent .
a 15 year old can learn in 24/hr children seem to eat code easly.
avarage basics 3 months knowing a lot .
then you need to code every day and study more complicated scripts .
php for life meaning it need updating as time keep going.
you need to learn the following.
html
css
php
mysql
apache
all the above need mastering take time and pratice.
from there you need to learn.
ajax .
javascript.
xhtml.
html5.
wp.
wp programming .
css stylesheets for wp.
when you no everthink above and master it all .
can adapt to any programming language then all work in very simluar order.
if it to make bots for internet marketing then learn phyhon.
if you want money then learn
c++ to create fantastic apps
a lot of programming lanuages are made from c++
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bl4ck26
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- Aug 21, 2017
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HTML,CSS- probably a mnth
PHP code just to do the data connectivity could b simple (understand the basics of PHP and u are good to go)
SQL knowledge is needed if u need database connectivity
Go through java once and for making your website do terrible things when getting clicked u can use jquery (lil bit of understanding of the code )
and u can fetch almost anything u need in your webpage from the internet
and make it work for u according to u by making minor changes(Everything is available in internet -predined codes untill u stick with webpage development)
EXPERT DEVELOPER DOSNT EXIST
PHP code just to do the data connectivity could b simple (understand the basics of PHP and u are good to go)
SQL knowledge is needed if u need database connectivity
Go through java once and for making your website do terrible things when getting clicked u can use jquery (lil bit of understanding of the code )
and u can fetch almost anything u need in your webpage from the internet
and make it work for u according to u by making minor changes(Everything is available in internet -predined codes untill u stick with webpage development)
EXPERT DEVELOPER DOSNT EXIST
Homertid
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- Aug 30, 2018
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Thanks for asking. Coding can be learned in a variety of ways. You could learn it online or by coaching classes face to face. But it depends on your teacher how well he teaches and your passion to learn, how hard you want to learn coding. You can search online for the websites of coding learning.
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Does that depend on IQ as well? I mean someone with sharper memory has better chances to learn faster ?