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Eddie Morra

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Check out theodinproject.com .

It's fairly new, the history behind its inception is interesting. It basically has collected all the resources (free) from around the web and designed a cirriculum to take a complete beginner to employable junior web developer.It's designed as a full-stack cirriculum based on Ruby on Rails. It contains 1000 hours worth of material, which it claims is the amount of time necessary to get you to that level. The resources are interesting because it uses many from places like codecademy, treehouse, coursera and udemy to books like learncodingthehardway. Takes the relevant sections etc. Has a step by step process. Seems like the most comprehesive site that draws upon the materials covered in bootcamps. It doesn't feel like it's too short, or lacking. It's also project based so you learn by doing while at the same time building up your portfolio. Definitely worth looking into.

Best of all, it's free!
 
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I started The Odin Project last week and just finished the Web Development 101 module. I like that it holds your hand when needed, but also throws you into the deep end frequently.
 
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Sweet Pea said:
I started The Odin Project last week and just finished the Web Development 101 module. I like that it holds your hand when needed, but also throws you into the deep end frequently.
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Wow, that's fast! I'm still in Web 101 myself...Seems like a lot to cover..
 
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Eddie Morra said:
Sweet Pea said:
I started The Odin Project last week and just finished the Web Development 101 module. I like that it holds your hand when needed, but also throws you into the deep end frequently.
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Wow, that's fast! I'm still in Web 101 myself...Seems like a lot to cover..
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It is a lot to cover. I was in the hospital for the past month doing some inpatient clinical trials, so I was cranking out 10-14 hours each day. The first module seems all over the place. For example, they don't go into Git basics until you've used Git a dozen times already. And they don't teach you programming best practices until the end either. The Ruby module flows a lot nicer.
 
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Sweet Pea said:
Eddie Morra said:
Sweet Pea said:
I started The Odin Project last week and just finished the Web Development 101 module. I like that it holds your hand when needed, but also throws you into the deep end frequently.
Click to expand...

Wow, that's fast! I'm still in Web 101 myself...Seems like a lot to cover..
Click to expand...

It is a lot to cover. I was in the hospital for the past month doing some inpatient clinical trials, so I was cranking out 10-14 hours each day. The first module seems all over the place. For example, they don't go into Git basics until you've used Git a dozen times already. And they don't teach you programming best practices until the end either. The Ruby module flows a lot nicer.
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Yeah, I guess no cirriculum is 100%. I've been going over it piece by piece. They do give additional resources in most sections though so if one doesn't resonate there are others that might.

Also, I find that if I'm stuck or something doesn't make sense or if they don't cover something right away, I just google it, go to stack overflow or some other resource. It's actually good practice for problem solving. When they do eventually cover it, I end up having a better understanding because I've already had to work on it myself to find the answers.

What I like about it is the depth and the framework, the 1000 hours that is required to just enter the field and become a Junior Developer. The roadmap they provide has a direction. They don't candy coat it. None of this pay $50 a month and with just one hour a day for 3-6 months and you become employable nonsense. It seems that these online schools like treehouse, codeschool etc. just have you watch a bunch of videos (some really childish) do a little practice and voila you're employable. There always seems to be a new video or course that just scratches the surface, always making you wonder is this going to be enough. Hopefully when completed, the Odin Project will at least give you enough of a base to start and give you some kind of direction of the tools you will still need to continue....
 
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