Two months On...

What happens after Rails Girls?


- Tech Events Organiser working in London
- Tried to teach myself programming many times
- Attended the first Rails Girls London!

    "What the hell do I do now?"


    "Crap. I'm on my own"
    "I'll teach myself and become an amazing rails dev!"
    "I can't do it"
    "I really can't do it"
    "Let's just try!"
    "But how do I know if I'm doing it right?"

    What I did

    "Learn Ruby the Hard Way"
    http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/ - Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

    Ruby track on 'CodeCademy'
    www.codecademy.com/tracks/ruby - Solving problems through recall, with lots of challenges. 

    API tracks on 'CodeCademy'
    http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/apis - How I can use different services with Ruby

    Currently: Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails Tutorial

    tHINGS TO HELP


    Twitter
    http://www.twitter.com - Ask your friends! Find some ruby/rails devs. 
    StackOverflow
    http://www.stackoverflow.com - If you have a question and you can't find an answer
    GitHub
    http://www.github.com - Want to build something? See if its been done before and learn from them

    Immerse Yourself


    "Ruby Weekly"
    http://www.rubyweekly.com - A Weekly Newsletter
    "The Ruby Show"
    LRUG - London Ruby Usergroup
    http://www.lrug.com - A Monthly Meet-Up
    Hacker News
    http://news.ycombinator.com - Popular Tech News

    Good Luck!


    @Charlotteis

    Two Months On...

    By charlotteis

    Two Months On...

    In which I talk about my journey to be a rails developer, two months after attending Rails Girls London (April 2013).

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