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5 Ways to Learn How to Code


I'm not a coder that having lots of experience in coding. In fact, I'm learning how to code in more difficult way that I'm sharing here. Before I learn how to code, I don't own any formal education in IT nor certification in coding.

I work as a AV technician at the beginning of my career, my job scope was to connecting the cable between the devices back in the rack. I discover my real passion while I seen how my company programmer doing amazing stuff with just bunch of code. I start to learn coding in a very difficult way, I ask the code from the programmer and read though the code. Of course, it took me a very long time to start to understand what my programmer coding about. Today, I'm going to share 5 more easier way to start to learn coding. Here we go:

1. Safari Online Book

Safari Online Book offer tons of technology e-book, journal, video and as well as online classes that you can register to. You can find all the resources that you need from beginner to expect. Safari offer 7 days free trial without collect your credit card information.  The subscription fee is S$52 for monthly and S$529 for a annual. 

2. Code School

If reading a book is too boring to you, feel free to explore code school. Personally, I enjoy code school very much as you learn it from watching a short video and playing the code challenge right after the video. Code school offer some free course, feel free to check it out. The subscription fee is USD 29/monthly and USD 228/yearly.

3. Treehouse

I seen a lot of treehouse advertisement whenever I'm watching Youtube video, their advertisement content is almost the same but different people, it's all about a person drop out from school or didn't start any formal education, they choose tree house instead, and they get a job for coding eventually. 
The subscription fee is USD25/monthly for basic plan and USD49/monthly for pro plan. The pro plan will offer you a better learning experience with their Code Challenge Engine, which you can learn coding by complete the challenge, it always the best method to learn something by "get your hand dirty". 

4. Library 


Well, library is the best place to learn everything with FREE. They are tons of technology book available in library, feel free to check it.

5. Formal Study 
Out of all the method above, formal study is most time consuming to learn coding. But formal study offer you more than just coding, you will learn many theory of computer, networking, security and so on. So it depend on why you want to learn coding in the first place, and there is no right or wrong about should I learn coding on my own or going for formal study.

One last thing....

Leaning how to code is a on going progress, there is no full stop in your journey as technology changes at rapid pace in this industry, so if you decided to learn coding, be ready to this long journey.


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