How I Started Learning to Code

 

            When the iPad came out, I was one of the first in my university to get it. I was mesmerized by it and by how much easier it made my life as a college student. Back then, there weren't many apps. I found myself wishing there was an app that did this and did that. That motivated me to learn to code.

            I don't remember how I came across Codecademy but I immediately fell in love with its interface and interactive method. Have in mind that this was just a few short months after its launch. The only course they offered was JavaScript. Unfortunately, university and a whole mountain of other reasons deterred my learning process. I put learning to code aside for a couple of years.

            On 2013, I signed in again into Codecademy and felt like a kid in a candy store (or, well, just me in a candy store). There were so many courses!

            I decided to visit my old friend JavaScript whom I didn't remember well. The new interface was lighter and I liked it even more. I didn't like JavaScript as much so I ventured into HTML/CSS and raced through it. I finished it before I finished the JavaScript course.

            I learned a lot through this courses but I didn't feel prepared so I looked for other resources which I will talk about on my next post.