A Roadmap for Learning How To Code - Part 2
This blog post is the sequel to Part 1.
In this chapter we are going to dive into CSS so we can learn the principles of how to layout things on a web page and understand how to build layouts!
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This blog post is the sequel to Part 1.
In this chapter we are going to dive into CSS so we can learn the principles of how to layout things on a web page and understand how to build layouts!
Joel Burton has recently joined the Rithm Team as part of our instruction team, teaching and supporting students throughout the course as they take the leap into full-stack web development. Here we learn a little bit more about Joel, his role on the team and his advice to all aspiring web developers.
Anna-Brit came to Rithm School (and graduated last month!) after dabbling in self-taught coding for years. Anna-Brit took some time from their current job search to share more about their experience with us at Rithm, advice for students, and their perspective on their company project with Groupmuse:
Recently, we've decided to grow the services we offer to students. One of the most significant changes involves our transition to bring the outcomes component of the curriculum in-house. More on that here if you’re interested.
With this transition comes a great sense of excitement, namely with our ability to take ownership around the entirety of the student experience. We’re actively shaping the outcomes portion to have even more continuity with the technical instruction and ultimately prepare our students earlier, throughout Rithm’s first ten weeks, to more seamlessly transition into their company projects and job search. That said, another component of the process that we find exciting is in crafting curriculum. And this week’s blog post is aimed at highlighting a section of that curriculum: outreach.
The most important tool for developers is that which lets us author code: the development environment. At Rithm School, we think it’s essential for all of our students to be on the same page as our instructors in using the same development environment. Thus, we are going to recommend using Visual Studio Code for our current and future students. Here’s why.
When you're working closely with students every day, you get really good at debugging. I pretty much see bugs all day everyday. Some are standard issues that I came across when I was learning the material myself, while others are really strange edge cases I may never have discovered on my own.
Helping students squash bugs is great, but what's even better is teaching them the skills they need to squash bugs on their own. In this post, I'd like to highlight a few of the techniques you can use to more effectively debug your code, and how to ask the right questions to help you track down the source of your problem.
At Rithm, we believe that one of the best ways to prepare students for jobs as web developers is by giving them opportunities to work on real-world projects. Working on personal projects can be fun, but working in a team or on an existing code base gives students insights into the day-to-day challenges of a developer that they might not otherwise learn. Our 5th cohort is nearing the end of working on these projects, so we spoke with our students Allie Antkowiak and Stephen Carrera to get their perspective on the experience.
In this blog post series, we will build a concrete roadmap to help you get started understanding the basics of programming. More importantly, we’ll help you figure out if coding is something you really want to do!
Like many of our blog posts, this is just one opinion and one way of going about things. We believe it’s most rewarding to be able to build things that you can see in the browser and easily share with others, so the first place to start with that is by learning some HTML and CSS. You’d be surprised how much you can get done with just a little bit of markup and styling on the page!
Jeremy Evans-Smith recently made the move from Oakland, to Michigan, then back to Oakland in a serendipitous series of events to join us as our Career Services Manager here at Rithm School. When he’s not busy setting up our new in-house outcomes program, he enjoys camping & wine tasting in the North Bay, dabbling in code, and curating Spotify playlists that everyone loves.
The difference between a computer science degree versus a coding bootcamp is something I often get asked about. I have put quite a bit of thought into it, since I have a second B.S. in Computer Science via OSU’s online professional CS program and have been teaching at Rithm for nearly 6 months.
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this blog are based on my experience with Rithm School and Oregon State University, respectively.