Who codes and where do you hang out?

[IrvinaYalom]

Is there a place here for coding folk who do coding-y programme-y tech things?

I am currently teaching myself with the aim of eventually becoming a full stack web developer and would quite like to chit chat with people who understand what I mean when I say things like: "how the fuck does the this keyword work in JavaScript?".

If I'm not alone in this (or if there's a place I've failed to find where you all congregate) please do let me know!

Oh and thank you so much for that info Stupo, you've got me furiously googling!

I work for a tech consultancy , pm me :)

I know heaps of full stack devs - we employ over 100 of them so fair amount of knowledge I can share!

Actually I think Shopify (liquid) is worth learning. I get asked a lot for online shops, and much of the time all they need is a Shopify store with some upfront adaptations to the code and the occasional help with code updates. I'm planning on making that an area I study this year.

I've found my people! I've been wanting to get to grips with coding for years...

Since having kids not really (they’re so young and I just don’t have the time) but once they’re a bit older and more independent I’d like to get back into things. My only issue is, the easiest way is to contribute to open source projects but so many of them are soooo badly managed. Not sure if I’ve got the heart for it really.

Hobby projects on my own are fun but never going to be much because you need more skill sets than just programming to make a good product and I lack most of them.

I’m more into backend stuff. Prefer languages like C, Objective-C, Haskell, lisps etc. I actually don’t hate Java even though it’s such a normie language either.

Really what I like best though is learning things, what I like about C is it forces you to learn more about computer architecture than a higher level language. I’d like to write my own language and compiler someday just for the fun of it, but like my conlangs (of human languages) I feel a little sad that it will only ever be something private to me and not something anyone else ever cares about.

I've been writing code for over 30 years, but scientific software not 'tech'. C++ and Perl nowadays but I started in ... Fortran.

I'm a bit late to the IDE/editor part of the discussion, but Visual Studio seems to be the flavour of the month at work. I'm still using IntelliJ (when I actually write any code these days) or, ahem, emacs

My DD did web programming at school last year and they used Visual Studio. I thought I should probably try it but never got round to it.

I did use Sublime before I switched to Atom, but it annoyed me by uninstalling something I really liked - I can't even remember what it was now - and I was so pissed off I threw it away and tried something new.

I actually think I should spend a day or two learning how to use my editors properly.

I'm learning JavaScript through an app called grasshopper. It's okay but I feel like it's leaving massive gaps.

In my teen days, I was pretty damn hot with HTML and built the website for my guide group so I'm confident that I can figure it out. (Not that they're directly comparable)

I used to use VS on windows, but preferred working on Linux ... now use vi in a Cygwin

I read something once about the fall-off in the numbers of women who code, which suggested that women tended to prefer more direct systems (eg command line, working directly on source files) rather than fancy GUIs - I don't know if it's true or not.

Errol, I love vim but vi?!

Although after getting into lisp I can see the appeal of emacs.

For big projects I can see the appeal of something like visual studio though, it’s overkill for hobby projects.

I like vi it's quaint.

@IrvinaYalom
Hi irvina. Would love to be involved in a coding thread. Would be great that it's mostly women and mums too so I don't see a problem keeping it here.

I am learning to code too. Lets be friends!! Im currently looking after my 7month old and as i was a contractor before, i have no job to go back too and decided to retrain to get into the games industry as a programmer/environment artist
Have started with java script but really just as a way in. Once I have the fundamentalsi plan to move onto python and c#.

I have access to lynda which is the training resource associated with linked in. So far it's been great. My background is in graphics/3d design and landscape so I plan to code so I can do both front and back end stuff.

Regarding graphics stuff. Best way to learn is projects. Think what you want to create then try to do it. Some selective googling for the stuff you don't know. You tube is excellent for learning different photos hop techniques.

Is there anyone here who codes/learning to code to get into the games/visual effects industry? I'm interested how you get started. Free lance/from home/with a company etc. I suppose I plan to start by working for small indi companies or single projects but dont know how realistic this is or where to go to get started. All kind of a pipe dream currently as I'm still learning but it's all making a lot of sense so I am confident I can do it if I put enough effort in! X

Used to be a full stack dev, now work more on the back end dev, so Oracle/SQL, C#, powershell, python etc.

Happy to chat if needed

I've found my people too. I code for a living - at the moment I'm working with SAP - but I love what I do and want to do more of it. I really want to get a raspberry pi and play about with it but not taken the leap yet. Anyone got one?

I've got a pi zero but never really done anything with it.

Pp talking about not having certain skills to complete a project.

Surely between us we have those skills? May I suggest joining forces if anyone has a project in mind? I would be happy to contribute graphics skills if of any use.

Well I’d quite like to make something like “endless reader” for iOS except for the Welsh language. Purely because I think my kids would like it, but I could never make something so polished.

I'm 22, been a developer for about 3.5 years, first job was an apprenticeship after college.

I'm about to go on maternity leave which is a scary prospect, it being male dominated industry not known for part time employment is kinda worrying me.

I have a few app ideas I want to try to work on my React skills but I'm so bad at starting, really just need to sit down and do it but... yeah. I've got some graphics/art skills from college plus a designer DP so it shouldn't look too horrific, I've like 0 business skills though. I also know I'm not currently suited to freelancing, I need more structure.

Iamnotacerealkiller you can totally code with a little baby, right? They sleep all the time so I can make the next big thing during the many naps?

There's a games arm of the company I work for, they make casual mobile games with Unity (C#).

• you can totally code with a little baby, right? They sleep all the time so I can make the next big thing during the many naps?

IME, unfortunately not! On the upside, I found I could debug fiendishly difficult code written by someone else while my head felt as though it was stuffed with cotton wool from sleep deprivation.

The three month till walking window is ok for getting stuff done. Forget about it once they can walk though.

Would be great that it's mostly women and mums too so I don't see a problem keeping it here.

Does chat still get deleted after 90 days? The move from MNHQ to change that wasn't too popular so I don't know what the outcome was.

Errol & Die damn it, so I need to come up with and execute a million pound idea in the next few weeks... great. Should probably get on that, I have the house and the car and stuff picked out already.