That's the thing :P If you don't use it you forget it. The other side of that though is if you go back to it it's like riding a bike. You only really need to learn once. After that it's all recollection.
It's not so much forgetting it entirely, it's more forgetting all of the obscure elements. I've been a hobbyist developer for almost 20 years, and I'm still looking up the syntax for certain HTML elements on most projects.
I do it often as well, that's why I was sure to put "basics" in the suggestion haha. It's kind of like Othello. Their old boxes used to say "a minute to learn, a lifetime to master"
THIS is an excellent article. I can't vouch for all of these services but the MIT courseware is fantastic. This should keep you busy for a while. Try them all! Start a discussion some day about your favorites! :)
So you have successfully managed to to both cause me spend an entire day glued to that site learning python and as a result having picked up a new hobbie. I'm not sure whether to thank you or curse you for adding to the list of things to try squeeze into my already limited time. Haha oh well....ok so back to functions. ..
Haha, I was having great fun. I kept telling myself, "I'll just do one more lesson." Next thing I knew, it was 12 in the evening sheesh :P only frustration is that they obviously require a you to use exactly the same variable names as they give you for checking your answer. This resulted in one or two occasions where the reason I was getting told me answer wasn't write was because I used a capital letter where they asked me for a lower case letter or something like that. But I understand it makes their marking process easier so its not an issue.
Basic HTML Here
I got up one morning and thought, I'm gonna learn HTML. Took me 30 mins, promptly forgot about it the next day
That's the thing :P If you don't use it you forget it. The other side of that though is if you go back to it it's like riding a bike. You only really need to learn once. After that it's all recollection.
It's not so much forgetting it entirely, it's more forgetting all of the obscure elements. I've been a hobbyist developer for almost 20 years, and I'm still looking up the syntax for certain HTML elements on most projects.
I do it often as well, that's why I was sure to put "basics" in the suggestion haha. It's kind of like Othello. Their old boxes used to say "a minute to learn, a lifetime to master"
codecademy is the best. I wish their CSS course went a little more in depth, but it's still great for getting a basic foundation.
I absolutely agree, but there are a ton of other great services out there that take it way further than Codecademy for the intermediate stuff.
Exactly. It's almost hard to choose which service to use.
Could you recommend some of these other great services?
THIS is an excellent article. I can't vouch for all of these services but the MIT courseware is fantastic. This should keep you busy for a while. Try them all! Start a discussion some day about your favorites! :)
So you have successfully managed to to both cause me spend an entire day glued to that site learning python and as a result having picked up a new hobbie. I'm not sure whether to thank you or curse you for adding to the list of things to try squeeze into my already limited time. Haha oh well....ok so back to functions. ..
If you had to pick one, I'd prefer thanked. I'd rather not be cursed for the rest of my life! ^_^ Glad I could be of help! Keep coding!
Haha, I was having great fun. I kept telling myself, "I'll just do one more lesson." Next thing I knew, it was 12 in the evening sheesh :P only frustration is that they obviously require a you to use exactly the same variable names as they give you for checking your answer. This resulted in one or two occasions where the reason I was getting told me answer wasn't write was because I used a capital letter where they asked me for a lower case letter or something like that. But I understand it makes their marking process easier so its not an issue.