Description: Media maven turned coding apprentice. I’m 25 and I live in New York City. This is a diary of my quest to learn to code and to better understand the technical world around me.
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1.5M ratings 277k ratings See, that’s what the app is perfect for. Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna Blonde Girl Codes. Media maven turned coding apprentice. I’m 25 and I live in New York City. This is a diary of my quest to learn to code and to better understand the technical world around me. Posts Likes Ask me anything Archive Women Who Code NYC One thing I’m not very good at: keeping up with blogging. How do you guys stay on top of everything? I keep thinking of things I want to blog about and then li
ANYWAY, I went to a Women Who Code workshop in NYC this past weekend. It was a six hour workshop on HTML and CSS. By the end of the class, you have a “finished” website.
I’m a firm believer in meetups. I found this meetup through Meetup.com and it’s great for many purposes. Mostly, I think one of the hardest things about learning to code is the lack of group solidarity and mentors to ask questions. When you’re coding as a group, it’s actually a social experience and you can ask for help from your peers. One of the best ways of learning is figuring out how to do something together.