{"id":177,"date":"2016-03-20T01:47:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinna.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2016-05-19T18:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T18:28:29","slug":"learning-web-design-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinna.com\/learning-web-design-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning more Web Design and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lynda-150x150.png\" alt=\"Lynda Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lynda-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lynda-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lynda-20x20.png 20w, https:\/\/livinna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lynda.png 316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\nYears ago, I began writing websites by hand but I soon discovered WYSIWYG&#8217;s like Adobe Frontpage, Coffee Cup, then Adobe Dreamweaver and others. \u00a0After that, I began to use CMS&#8217;s like Joomla and then WordPress and template builders like Artisteer. \u00a0Thanks to all of these wonderful technologies, I&#8217;ve never had to actually learn HTML or CSS properly. \u00a0I love the idea that I can create anything that I want with nothing more than my fingers and my computers, so I decided that it was fine time to learn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like pretty much everyone else, I work a demanding 8 to 5+ job and that, along with my commute, errands, gym, and spending time with my partner, meant that I had to be pretty creative with methods of learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I started off listening to youtube tutorials while I worked. \u00a0There are a ton of great resources out there but, since the web is constantly evolving, some of them can be a bit dated.<\/li>\n<li>I soon progressed to signing up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynda.com\">Lynda.com<\/a>, an online learning company. \u00a0This is in no way an encouragement for anyone else to sign up with them, but I have found it fantastic for my needs. \u00a0It&#8217;s very video heavy, so I can easily listen to lessons while I work. \u00a0I also signed up for Udacity (but I didn&#8217;t love the way the videos were formatted), Treehouse, and others.<\/li>\n<li>I take my laptop to work and, every lunch break, I sit in my car and work on web development.<\/li>\n<li>I offered to make a free website for my hair stylist and used it as my first hand-coded, responsive project. \u00a0It&#8217;s not finished yet, but you can view it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinfamousblacksheep.com\/testing\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I downloaded every mobile app that I could find related to learning html and css and made sure to use those instead of facebook or randomly-surfing the web when I had a few moments to spare.<\/li>\n<li>I signed up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecodecamp.com\">Free Code Camp<\/a>\u00a0which is\u00a0an open source community that helps you learn to code and helps non-profits at the same time. \u00a0I think it is a fantastic resource and I&#8217;m really excited to get further into my challenges so that I can start getting more involved.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is all still a work in progress and it can be very frustrating. \u00a0So much of learning is done through doing, and when you don&#8217;t have as much time to devote to doing as you do to listening, it can be a pretty slow process, but I&#8217;m dedicated and I&#8217;m going to keep pushing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I began writing websites by hand but I soon discovered WYSIWYG&#8217;s like Adobe Frontpage, Coffee Cup, then Adobe Dreamweaver and others. \u00a0After that, I began to use CMS&#8217;s like Joomla and then WordPress and template builders 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