Personal Journey: Learning to Code Through Online Gaming and Web Development
By
chistev
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A personal account of how the author learned to code as a teenager, starting with an interest in fantasy books and online text-based RPGs. Through gaming communities, they got involved in website and forum maintenance, which led them to ask for a PHP5 programming book as a Christmas gift around age 13-14. This initial exposure sparked their journey into web development with HTML and JavaScript.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledWhen I was a kid, I was really into fantasy books and online text-based RPGs.
I met some friends through one of those games, and they needed some changes made to their website and forum.
Then I asked my parents to get me a PHP5 book for Christmas. I think I was around 13-14 then.
This was one of few programming books I've read thoroughly, although I don't remember anything from it now.
After that I started creating websites, learning HTML and JavaScript.
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