I signed up for Code Academy about a week ago to access tutorials for JavaScript and Ruby, and I like how they email me little messages every once in a while. The funny thing is, I’m not usually a fan of this. I can’t stand arbitrary marketing emails, and with the November election coming up, my political affiliations are trying my patience! Anyway, I actually enjoy the little messages from Zach Simms, CEO of Codecademy.
I have been questioning which language to focus my novice coding energy on, and have concluded that I need to figure out a couple things:
- Which language feels easiest to me
- Which will help me do the things I want to do
Yesterday, I decided my mission is to figure out something I want to do in order to address the second question. Well, it’s like Zach psychically picked up on my thoughts, (and I know that’s what internet marketers everywhere want me to think), because I awoke to find a very helpful little message in my inbox this morning, and thought I would share!
Via Zach Simms, CEO of Code Academy:
People often ask me what programming language they should learn, and I always say the same thing: “It depends.”
Want to be more web savvy, or build a website? — start with Web Fundamentals. This covers all the basic HTML and CSS you’ll need to know to understand the web.
Want to make a game or app? — give JavaScript a try. This dynamic language will let you create interactive apps that you can use on a smartphone.
Want to process data or explore databases? – Ruby or Python are your best bet.
Psychic energy or internet marketing? Does it really matter?
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