How to Teach Yourself Coding

With the amount of resources at our disposal, learning how to code simply requires patience and an idea of where to start looking..

Originally published on millennialmoderator.com

I began my coding journey with Myspace, just as I’ll bet many of you have. Sure, maybe Myspace wasn’t as complicated as other programming projects of the time (definitely not compared to today), but the HTML/CSS/JS languages needed to embed customized audio players and backgrounds are the same languages used today on websites. There’s just less accessibility today to get under the hood and make changes. So if you’re considering or have already dove into the coding world and choose the self taught route like I did, here are a few tips to set you up for success.

Get acquainted with coding terminology

Coding is a language and like languages, there are many of them. Some of the most common coding languages used in 2019 are Python, Java, Javascript, Swift (for mobile applications) and C++. Each language has its place, depending on what exactly you’re trying to build or…