Learning to code with Dreamwidth
Aug. 21st, 2013 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettOkay, so several of you have at this point mentioned that you'd like to start learning to code/develop etc with Dreamwidth, or that you'd like to volunteer for Dreamwidth, but you're scared of getting started. I'm doing a lot of work trying to encourage new volunteers at the moment (largely because of the amount of joy I get out of this work!), so -- what would help you feel more comfortable with reaching out and poking around?
(For the record, yes, this is me volunteering to mentor any of you!)
I know that finding the time can be a major issue, and not necessarily something I can help with, but -- as I say, I can mentor; I can point you at people with the knowledge to handle the thing you're trying to deal with; I can introduce you to people in IRC, if you want to hang out there; I can give you a guided tour of the wiki, and make additions to it at your suggestion; I can help you get set up to develop and I can help you choose a bug to work on; I can talk to you about non-dev volunteering options. These are all things I actively want to do for you. So. What can I do? <3
(For the record, yes, this is me volunteering to mentor any of you!)
I know that finding the time can be a major issue, and not necessarily something I can help with, but -- as I say, I can mentor; I can point you at people with the knowledge to handle the thing you're trying to deal with; I can introduce you to people in IRC, if you want to hang out there; I can give you a guided tour of the wiki, and make additions to it at your suggestion; I can help you get set up to develop and I can help you choose a bug to work on; I can talk to you about non-dev volunteering options. These are all things I actively want to do for you. So. What can I do? <3
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Date: 2013-08-21 07:39 pm (UTC)The way I started with Javascript was actually the Coursera Computer Science 101 course, for what it's worth, which stood me in really good stead when it came to getting my head around similar languages (i.e. having that much JS under my belt meant I could read Perl at least a bit).
In terms of learning your way around Github and your Dreamhack, given what you say about CSS & HTML, I think the three one-liners I'd pull out from the masterlist for you to choose between would be:
If you'd like me to make a decision for you (because I know that three can still be decision paralysis!), I'd probably pick 5217, because it will take the least exploring and double-checking (which I have been known to find nerve-wracking, so). I'm aware that these are bugs which don't do much to introduce you to JS/Perl, and you absolutely don't have to start on things not-in-those-languages (or learn JS elsewhere first!), so let me know if these aren't up your alley & I'll pick out a different selection.
I'm around on IM (kaberett at gmail dot com) and also in Freenode IRC (I can explain how to do that if you would like me to!)
You can absolutely do this ♥