tensazangetsu20:

Find out if the ram is upgradeable to at least 8 gig before buying.

Aside the upgrade, is it good enough for someone that is looking at going into UI/UX design?

chariisGRACE:


Aside the upgrade, is it good enough for someone that is looking at going into UI/UX design?

Yeah If that's what you can afford it's cool.

tensazangetsu20:

Yeah If that's what you can afford it's cool.

Thank you very much, Sir.
You dey try abeg.
The RAM is upgradeable.

@tensazangetsu20,

can you recommend books or videos on data structure & algorithm.

deept:
@tensazangetsu20,

can you recommend books or videos on data structure & algorithm.

I already did in the article and comments.

Good day boss, I have started html,css but there some aspects that are not clear enough and I need a mentor &I need some materials to practice little projects. How can you be of help.

tensazangetsu20:
Everyone that knows me off Nairaland knows I am a huge pessimist but when it comes to tech or the tech industry in general I am the greatest optimist you can find. I believe tech has the potential to change people's lives and it has done so. It is also the only industry that thrives on merit. No one cares what school you went to, what grades you had. What people care about is what you can do. You can't say the same about engineering or law or medicine.

I made this same thread last year and after working professionally for a while now, I believe there are some things that are important but I overlooked and I am making this again to guide the newbies on the right path. This thread is subjectively my own opinion but you can do your own research before picking up a path to stick to.

The focus on this thread will be on web development and the path to learning it right as I believe web development is the most profitable aspect of programming a Nigerian can get into. There are other fields but I don't know how profitable they are or how easy they are to break into.

If I was to start learning web development today in order to get a junior web dev role, I would start like this :

I would learn HTML. This is practically the easiest path and I believe absolutely everyone can learn this. After that, I would move to CSS. This is where the problem starts and by this level, people start to give up. I believe CSS is easy especially with the right course and I would always recommend Maximillian Schwarz CSS the complete guide course as that course made me not fear CSS. As you are learning these things, please build alongside. Dont just watch videos and sleep and think you have known them. Trust me you haven't known them at all. Implement the knowledge to cement it.

Once you are comfortable with CSS move on to Javascript. At this level, 80 percent of self-learners have given up. It's most people's first programming language and honestly, as a first language, javascript isn't easy. I also recommend the javascript course from Maximillian Schwarz. I still believe it's the best javascript course ever made and I still refer to it in my daily job as a developer.

Now this is where it gets tricky, I usually tell people to move on to React after Javascript, and rightly so but once you have learned javascript and you have found yourself to be very comfortable with it, start learning data structures and algorithms. I used to say this isnt important at all and was a waste of time but after working as a dev for more than a year, trust me I was just being very stupid. You cant even be a programmer without solid fundamentals in data structures. It doesn't matter whether you are a platform developer, a frontend developer, a backend developer, a WordPress developer or whatnot. You need your data structures and algorithms. It's like building a house on sand. Sooner or later it's gonna come collapsing. How do you even implement infinite scrolling in React without knowing graphs and how they work? Thats just one scenario. Double for loops in salesforce will break your org beyond proportions you cant imagine and a whole lot of other scenarios I cant even list out here which I have experienced for myself.


You don't need to spend 8 hours a day figuring out data structures and algorithms once comfortable with javascript. I recommend an hour or two a day. Learn the basic data structures (arrays, LinkedList, stacks, queues, graphs, trees) and the basic sort algorithms even if you don't understand it initially, cram it. Every day repeat what you have crammed then solve questions on leetcode easy to medium. No one will ask hard to a junior dev even medium is also very rare but just do it. Aside even learning data structures to be a better developer, its also the path to the very highly paid jobs. The earlier you learn them the better job hunting will go for you. Just imagine it like this, it takes you 4 months to be comfortable with javascript and you need like another 4 months for react, a platform and your projects and you are solving 1 to 2 dsa questions daily in the 4 months up to react. When ready to job hunt, count how many questions that is instead of waiting for when you have everything and you start job hunting to start learning it and you start failing interviews everywhere. The earlier the better even if you dont understand cram. Companies use the same questions which are available online.

Next is a javascript framework. I recommend React, I won't even advise my enemy to waste their time with vue but some will do it and still come online to cry. The react ecosystem is big and getting bigger. You have gatsby, you have blitzjs, you have Nextjs. Even in blockchain and web3 go and check most of the jobs require proficiency in React. Learn React !!! Enough said.

At this level, you should have your projects beautiful nice designs well created and implemented. Create a CV and start job hunting. Dont limit yourself to Nigeria. Apply everywhere. UK, US, Japan, Sweden. Tech transcends borders. Apply to jobs like a mad man.

At this job hunting stage, leetcode should be increased to at least 4 hours everyday and learning should still be done after React I recommend a platform. Same as my thread last year but most platform dev interviews are still algo based so no issue for you there.

You can also start looking at backend too but honestly if you have followed everything here, getting a job should be very easy.

tensazangetsu20:


Yeah If that's what you can afford it's cool.

Good morning sir, how do you watch your tutorial? Do you divide the screen and code along with the tutor or you code after you are done watching the tutorial?

chariisGRACE:


Thank you very much, Sir.

You dey try abeg.

The RAM is upgradeable.

Please, when can I find a system with that spec and amount?

oluwaniyi66:

Please, when can I find a system with that spec and amount?

Me sef I Shock.
My friend/boss who went to Lagos bought it for me.

chariisGRACE:


Me sef I Shock.

My friend/boss who went to Lagos bought it for me.

Please drop the person's details so that I can reach out to him.

oluwaniyi66:

Please drop the person's details so that I can reach out to him.

I am very sorry, I can't.

Thank you. Someone in the data analysis field should please do a thread like this, it'll be helpful

chariisGRACE:



I am very sorry, I can't.

OK.

jbreezy:
How much comfortable should i get in Javascript before jumping to react sir? I've learnt html and css...learnt those in 2 weeks and I've been practicing everyday..learnt all beginners' curriculum on javascript for 2 weeks (from variables to DOM) ...and I can say I know hw js works..Just wanna know if it's not too early to jump into react...Learnt python in less than 2 weeks (actually got me well prepared for JS) before I started js tho but pended going deeply cos I decided to delve into wed development...(Although I'm still going to get back to python jst for the fun of it)...So I'm just wondering if I should just study for more advanced books before I move into React cos I don't wanna get stuck
I used Learning Javascript by Ethan Brown and Eloquent Javascript to learn Js..Studied the two front to back...

Please how do I start to learn HTML and CSS?
Please recommend sites, videos, materials I can use to start.
Thanks

Laryfrosh:


Please how do I start to learn HTML and CSS?
Please recommend sites, videos, materials I can use to start.
Thanks

Check MDN web docs. They have nice tutorials and documentation on Html and CSS. Best of all it is free.

oluwaniyi66:


Good morning sir, how do you watch your tutorial? Do you divide the screen and code along with the tutor or you code after you are done watching the tutorial?

Personally, I watch videos on my phone which is connected to my earbuds (this helps to easily pause the video when necessary) then code along with laptop.....I hope this helps

Laryfrosh:


Please how do I start to learn HTML and CSS?
Please recommend sites, videos, materials I can use to start.
Thanks

The ans is on the 1st post on this thread

kennethfranc:

Personally, I watch videos on my phone which is connected to my earbuds (this helps to easily pause the video when necessary) then code along with laptop.....I hope this helps

So full of wisdom. Thank you for being a blessing sir.

Pls boss...is it advisable for a newbie to start of programmming with python Everyone that knows me off Nairaland knows I am a huge pessimist but when it comes to tech or the tech industry in general I am the greatest optimist you can find. I believe tech has the potential to change people's lives and it has done so. It is also the only industry that thrives on merit. No one cares what school you went to, what grades you had. What people care about is what you can do. You can't say the same about engineering or law or medicine.

I made this same thread last year and after working professionally for a while now, I believe there are some things that are important but I overlooked and I am making this again to guide the newbies on the right path. This thread is subjectively my own opinion but you can do your own research before picking up a path to stick to.

The focus on this thread will be on web development and the path to learning it right as I believe web development is the most profitable aspect of programming a Nigerian can get into. There are other fields but I don't know how profitable they are or how easy they are to break into.

If I was to start learning web development today in order to get a junior web dev role, I would start like this :

I would learn HTML. This is practically the easiest path and I believe absolutely everyone can learn this. After that, I would move to CSS. This is where the problem starts and by this level, people start to give up. I believe CSS is easy especially with the right course and I would always recommend Maximillian Schwarz CSS the complete guide course as that course made me not fear CSS. As you are learning these things, please build alongside. Dont just watch videos and sleep and think you have known them. Trust me you haven't known them at all. Implement the knowledge to cement it.

Once you are comfortable with CSS move on to Javascript. At this level, 80 percent of self-learners have given up. It's most people's first programming language and honestly, as a first language, javascript isn't easy. I also recommend the javascript course from Maximillian Schwarz. I still believe it's the best javascript course ever made and I still refer to it in my daily job as a developer.

Now this is where it gets tricky, I usually tell people to move on to React after Javascript, and rightly so but once you have learned javascript and you have found yourself to be very comfortable with it, start learning data structures and algorithms. I used to say this isnt important at all and was a waste of time but after working as a dev for more than a year, trust me I was just being very stupid. You cant even be a programmer without solid fundamentals in data structures. It doesn't matter whether you are a platform developer, a frontend developer, a backend developer, a WordPress developer or whatnot. You need your data structures and algorithms. It's like building a house on sand. Sooner or later it's gonna come collapsing. How do you even implement infinite scrolling in React without knowing graphs and how they work? Thats just one scenario. Double for loops in salesforce will break your org beyond proportions you cant imagine and a whole lot of other scenarios I cant even list out here which I have experienced for myself.


You don't need to spend 8 hours a day figuring out data structures and algorithms once comfortable with javascript. I recommend an hour or two a day. Learn the basic data structures (arrays, LinkedList, stacks, queues, graphs, trees) and the basic sort algorithms even if you don't understand it initially, cram it. Every day repeat what you have crammed then solve questions on leetcode easy to medium. No one will ask hard to a junior dev even medium is also very rare but just do it. Aside even learning data structures to be a better developer, its also the path to the very highly paid jobs. The earlier you learn them the better job hunting will go for you. Just imagine it like this, it takes you 4 months to be comfortable with javascript and you need like another 4 months for react, a platform and your projects and you are solving 1 to 2 dsa questions daily in the 4 months up to react. When ready to job hunt, count how many questions that is instead of waiting for when you have everything and you start job hunting to start learning it and you start failing interviews everywhere. The earlier the better even if you dont understand cram. Companies use the same questions which are available online.

Next is a javascript framework. I recommend React, I won't even advise my enemy to waste their time with vue but some will do it and still come online to cry. The react ecosystem is big and getting bigger. You have gatsby, you have blitzjs, you have Nextjs. Even in blockchain and web3 go and check most of the jobs require proficiency in React. Learn React !!! Enough said.

At this level, you should have your projects beautiful nice designs well created and implemented. Create a CV and start job hunting. Dont limit yourself to Nigeria. Apply everywhere. UK, US, Japan, Sweden. Tech transcends borders. Apply to jobs like a mad man.

At this job hunting stage, leetcode should be increased to at least 4 hours everyday and learning should still be done after React I recommend a platform. Same as my thread last year but most platform dev interviews are still algo based so no issue for you there.

You can also start looking at backend too but honestly if you have followed everything here, getting a job should be very easy.


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Plesse as a newbie is it advisable to learn python as a first language?

Good Morning tensazangetsu20. I am looking to start react soon.
please what tutorial would u recommend for a total novice to react.
thanks in advance.

daintyprincess:
Thank you. Someone in the data analysis field should please do a thread like this, it'll be helpful

Look for a thread by a guy with the moniker, Ejiod

Zyzman:
Good Morning tensazangetsu20. I am looking to start react soon.
please what tutorial would u recommend for a total novice to react.
thanks in advance.

I would have said the react course by Maximilian but it's kinda outdated. Use any course you can find.

Hello @tensazangetsu20
Please I'll love to learn programming but first which kind of laptop can I get and also the specifications.
I await your response,thank you so much for all you do.

Opeade939:
Hello @tensazangetsu20
Please I'll love to learn programming but first which kind of laptop can I get and also the specifications.
I await your response,thank you so much for all you do.

Get something with at least 8 gig ram and at least a sixth generation core i5

tensazangetsu20:

Save up more. It will be a waste of money.

Chief I'm one of your avid followers, although I haven't been active on your thread until now. I have a hp probook 4320t windows 7 laptop, 4gig ram. I intend going into programming, but I don't know if I could do it with my laptop. I intend to ask further questions but this one is the more pressing of all my issues sir.

SarutobiEky:
Chief I'm one of your avid followers, although I haven't been active on your thread until now. I have a hp probook 4320t windows 7 laptop, 4gig ram. I intend going into programming, but I don't know if I could do it with my laptop. I intend to ask further questions but this one is the more pressing of all my issues sir.

See if you can upgrade it to at least 8 gig ram. If you can't just manage it like that and use it. When you make money you can buy an M1 pro.

tensazangetsu20:


See if you can upgrade it to at least 8 gig ram. If you can't just manage it like that and use it. When you make money you can buy an M1 pro.

okay boss.
Can I please send a pm? I'd love to have you as my guide sir.

Btw.. I already upgraded it to 4G from 2G
. it was originally 2Gig

SarutobiEky:
okay boss.
Can I please send a pm? I'd love to have you as my guide sir.

Btw.. I already upgraded it to 4G from 2G
. it was originally 2Gig

Yeah you can DM. You will struggle with 4 gig honestly if that's the maximum especially when you get to react.

tensazangetsu20:


Yeah you can DM. You will struggle with 4 gig honestly if that's the maximum especially when you get to react.

thanks boss. I appreciate the word of advice. Sending a dm right away.

tensazangetsu20:


Yeah you can DM. You will struggle with 4 gig honestly if that's the maximum especially when you get to react.

Good Morning Bros

I want to start a career in the tech industry. Starting with web development and I want you to be my mentor. If you don't mind, can I DM you?

Thanks

Well from the frontend developer community that I have seen on Reddit. Majority of them(more than 70%)say it’s dumb to even test a candidate on data structures and many of them have been frontend developers for more than 10 years.
That they have never had to implement those DS stuff on their day to day work. That it is even useless 99% of the time for frontend developers. Though few of them think it’s very important