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by JoshMilo 4816 days ago
While there are plenty of online resources for self learning, what will give you an edge is to find a mentor that can provide feedback for your questions, steer you away from bad practices, and give you a roadmap/advice. You can start with HTML and CSS yourself because they're the easiest. I would recommend going to a coding bootcamp or taking a course at your local community college. They cost money but provide structure that can speed up your learning.

Online self-learning resources: http://www.codecademy.com (Free) http://www.codeschool.com ($25/monthly) http://www.lynda.com ($25/monthly) http://www.learnable.com ($29/montly) http://www.teamtreehouse.com ($25-$49/monthly)

Coding Bootcamps: http://www.thinkful.com (Online) http://devbootcamp.com/ (San Fran) http://codefellows.com/ (Seattle) http://www.starterleague.com/ (Chicago) https://www.hackerschool.com/ (New York)

There are several more, google is your friend :)

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By so many offers of online self-learning resources, it’s always nice to hear a second opinion – so thanks. I’m already learning HTML @ codecademy (after that CSS) and I will try to go to a Boot-camp or something similar, to get the whole picture. Hope to discuss about some coding problems on Hacker News soon ;)