Develop Coding Skills: A 10-Step Practical Guide to Going From Total Beginner to Confident Junior Developer

Andrew Colton

Break into the tech industry and master foundational programming skills with this roadmap for total beginners. Perfect for focused learning during a commute, this guide turns abstract concepts into bite-sized lessons. Leave behind the anxiety of...

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Opening Credits

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Coding Is Not Magic What Programmers Actually Do

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Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Choosing Your Destination Setting a Realistic Coding Goal

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Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Picking Your First Language and Simple Tools

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Chapter 4: Chapter 4 The Building Blocks Variables and Data You Can Think With

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Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Teaching the Computer to Decide Conditions and Loops

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Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Thinking Like a Programmer Breaking Problems into Steps

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Chapter 7: Chapter 7 When Things Break Debugging and Understanding Errors

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Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Your First Mini Project Building a Simple Text Based Game

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Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Making Code Useful A Tiny Data Tracker Project and Version Control Basics

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Chapter 10: Chapter 10 From Beginner to Junior Developer Building Habits and a 90 Day Plan

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Closing Credits

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