THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

Jamal O’Garro + Felicia O’Garro Co-founders of Code Crew Software Engineers + Instructors Tech808 NYC - November 9, 2015

OUR STORYCODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

MONTH ONE

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

DECIDE THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO LEARN

• The first step is deciding that you want to do this

• Learning how to code isn’t hard but it ain’t easy

• Mental preparedness is key

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

CHOOSE A CLEAR AND DEFINED GOAL

• Launch my personal website

• Build my first iPhone app

• Develop the MVP for my business idea

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LEARN A LANGUAGE

• Ruby

• Python

• JavaScript

• Swift

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MONTH TWO

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

WORK THROUGH A BOOKCODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

• The Ruby on Rails Tutorial

• The Django Book

• Express Web Application Development

• Big Nerd Ranch Guide to iOS Programming

TAKE A VIDEO COURSECODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

• Coursera

• Skillshare

• Udemy

• Udacity

• iTunes U

BUILD SOMETHING SIMPLE

• Landing page for your personal brand or business

• Simple mobile app like a “Todo List”

• Build your own blogging platform from scratch

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MONTH THREE

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START WORKING ON YOUR IDEA

• If you build something you’re passionate about you’re more likely to finish

• Plan to finish approximately one or two features a week

• Don’t be too ambitious — only build the features that are key to your app or business

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JOIN THE TECH COMMUNITY

• Tech Meetups

• Reddit

• Stack Overflow

• Blogs

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DON’T GIVE UP!

• Keep working on your app

• Contribute to open source projects

• Start your own tech blog

• Find a mentor

• Teach what you learned

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RESOURCES• Coursera

• edX

• MIT Open Courseware

• Stanford Online

• iTunes U

• Khan Academy

• Udacity

• Codecademy

• Code Crew Self-Study Curriculum

• Codestars Curriculum

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS

THANKS MUCH!!!

Jamal O’Garro + Felicia O’Garro Co-founders of Code Crew Software Engineers + Instructors Tech808 NYC - November 9, 2015

CODE CREW | THE TEN CODE COMMANDMENTS