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John Matthews
30 PointsFull Stack Web Development
Hows it going everyone!? I've been coding since the late 90's and even went to a 2 year tech school for Computer Science, but ever since I've been out I've done nothing more than tinker around with little things here and there. . .made a couple of web pages(nothing too complex), made a few apps(same as before nothing too complex), and made a few rinky dink little games here and there. I'm currently working as a Data Analyst for a company but I'm not satisfied with working with Excel, Access, and VBA all day and I want to start learning to be a full stack web developer. . .something structured that will lead me where I need to go, course to course kinda like in steps(Example: Step 1: Html - Learn some stuff, take some quizes. . .Step 2: CSS, Step 3: Javascript, 4:PHP. . .and so on). I don't wanna jump around from place to place just guessing on what I need to learn next, I want to have a structured plan. What's the best way I can go about this on here?
2 Answers
Willian Welbert
25,913 PointsHi John! The most structured paths in Treehouse are Techdegrees you may want to check those first. If a Techdegree is not what you're looking for you can go for Tracks I suggest Front End Web Development for starters, then you'll have to choose a technology to go Back End, if you already know any you can start revisiting that, or, if you want to go for the most hireable/hyped I suggest Javascript/React.
Hope I answered you, best regards.
Robert Schaap
19,836 PointsIt's really very personal what to study where. I started at Lynda.com but some of the stuff just didn't work for me, so I moved over here. If you're looking for sort of a route, beginning with HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript is definitely the way to go. After that you have some feeling of what you can do and like, and probably need to spend some time looking around at what's out there. Do you try to go full stack immediately or begin in front/back end? Are you comfortable learning another language like PHP or Java, or would you rather stay with JavaScript and then look at a some frameworks?
In terms of tracks here, I'd recommend the web design and beginner javascript tracks to start with. I followed those up with the front-end web development and full stack javascript tracks as well. Before you hit a topic though, say HTML, go over to Codecademy and take their course on the topic first. They're not too long and very hands on. In the beginning it may be hard to learn just from video, so a bit of hands on practice could really help.
Really though, make your plan on what you think would work, but be prepared to adjust quickly if something isn't working. Don't rely on one source of information alone, Treehouse and Codecademy are great, but keep MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) in your bookmarks as a great reference. If you can't figure something out, go on StackOverflow or search on Youtube.
Ultimately, the best way is your way :) Good luck.