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Hey, I saw you like React, can you please drop some learning resources for the same.

Hi!

Sorry I took a while to answer, but here are my favourite react resources:

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The official react docs -- the best written resource! And since react recently updated their docs, they are even better imo. This is your best friend.

Chat GPT -- this is your other best friend. Need specific examples? Want to ask follow up questions to understand a concept? Want different examples? Wanna know where your missing semicolon is without staring at your code for hours? Don't be afraid to use AI to make your coding more efficient. I use it and learn from it all the time.

React project ideas -- the best way to learn coding is by doing, try these projects out if you don't know what to do or where to start!

Why react? -- explains beneficial concepts about react

Video:

Udemy react course (this one is paid, but udemy often have big sales, so I'd recommend getting this one during a sale) -- I have been continously referring back to this course since starting to learn react.

Web dev simplified's react hooks explanations -- I found these videos to explain with clear examples what each hook does, and they're very beginner friendly.

About NPM -- you need npm (or yarn) to create a react project, and for me working with react was my first step into working with packages in general, so I really recommend learning about it in order to understand how you can optimize the way you use React!

How to fetch locaIly with react

How to fetch from an API with react

Alternative to using useEffect in fetching!?

debugging react

And, speaking of using AI, here are Chat GPTs suggestions:

React.js Tutorial by Tania Rascia: This tutorial is aimed at beginners and covers the basics of React.js, including components, JSX, props, and state. You can access the tutorial at https://www.taniarascia.com/getting-started-with-react/.

React.js Crash Course by Brad Traversy: This video tutorial covers the basics of React.js in just one hour. It's a great way to get started with React.js quickly. You can access the tutorial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBws8MSXN7A.

React.js Fundamentals by Pluralsight: This course provides a comprehensive guide to React.js, including how to create components, manage state, and work with data. You can access the course at https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/react-js-getting-started.

React.js Handbook by Flavio Copes: This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to React.js, including how to create components, work with props and state, and manage forms. You can access the handbook at https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-react-handbook-b71c27b0a795/.

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Codeblr tag game - realization

@a-fox-studies thank you for tagging me in this!!

At what point in your life did you decide that the world of computers was the one for you?

Heh this is a long one... So read if u want to know some code-es lore :p

But tldr: My dad was a software/computer engineer and his dedication and working spirit is my biggest inspiration, but programming was never a passion of mine - languages were my big thing. This was until I took a programming course and realized that programming is just like learning languages, but with rules that actually apply.

I want to tag: @xiacodes @web-dev-with-bea @compooter-blob @alica-tech @lazar-codes @zoeythebee @cloudycodes @04kid

Programming was always around me when i was younger. My father was a software systems engineer, so when i was a kid i would see him work on matrix looking code, and sometimes he'd even let me press buttons!

But i wasn't really interested in learning anything about computers... I was instead interested in art and especially languages, which was my biggest interest and passion. Then my dad passed away, and following that I'd get more and more interested in programming during my teens, partly to honor him and my family, because on my dad's side almost everyone's a software engineer. I also had an email friend I met on omegle when i was 14-15, and he was 30 something, which... now that i think of it, it was probably pretty a little weird that he wanted to be my friend... but anyways, he was a software engineer and explained what coding/programming was and following that I made my first webpage using only HTML and CSS, in my notepad hahaha!!

But... I didn't do much after that, until I was in my second last year of high school. I signed up to take a programming course for my next and final year. I've always been curious, and wanted all the knowledge I could get, so when a programming course was offered I had to take it! But it was just another small drop in my big lake of interests.

I don't think I realized that computers and programming was what I wanted to do until I visited my family in Mexico 2 years ago, weeks before starting that programming course. For some reason I always saw programming and computers as something out of my reach - i couldn't possibly learn this. However, to prove me wrong, my cousin, who studied software development at the time, showed me his projects, and what he was doing. And, I realized that omg - I could also be doing this? It's within reach!

And then I started learning python in school and I was kind of discouraged, it was so difficult! Most people had previous experience, and seeing what they could already do I felt overwhelmed, thinking I should also be doing that. But I kept coming back to the thought that this is just like learning a language: if I just expose myself to more and more content it will start making sense, and sooner or later I'll be able to form my own sentences and the computer will listen to me.

I've always loved the logic of languages, how the syntax is built, and how verbs are conjugated in accordance to gender, numerus and time in different languages. But... there are always exepctions and irregularities you just have to learn. However, programming is all logic, everything has an explanation, even the seemingly inexplicable concepts. There is always a solution, and my creativity is the limit, and that is what keeps me going.

And then! I was looking at university educations to apply for, when on a whim I found out about my current school, checked what courses they offer and saw something about frontend development. I read the description, and realized that oh my god - this is my type of programming! I get to do design and art AND code? And since studying here, I have realized that, yeah, this is exactly my field, and I love computers and I just want to learn more and more and more, always, and there are so many rabbit holes to fall into within programming.

During my time in school, I would envision myself working with something static in the future; like just going to uni, learning a job, and then doing it. Then, I remember being on studyblr, and seeing the quote "now is the only time in your life when your full time job is to learn" and I took it to heart, and that is what kept me motivated - I thought, what a privilege to just learn for a living. And that is exactly what working with software will be (:

My biggest weakness is finishing writing shit lol, my feedback in on essays was always: ok great, but dont have 3 different points where we think its gonna end but we're met with yet another finishing paragraph. So I'll just end it quickly here, thank you for reading!

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Hiya, Loa here! 💗 Just wanted to ask have you made any New Years Resolutions yet for 2023? If you have, do you have any towards Tech? Would you mind sharing?

I’m asking around cause it’s so interesting to see everyone’s different answers to the question and seeing their new goals within tech and programming for 2023!! 🥰❤️

(Also love your posts, well done on studying hard!)

Hi!! First of all: thank you for being my first ask!! I've taken some time to answer because I hadn't really thought about it at all before I saw this hehe. Such a great opportunity to reflect!!

I would say my tech/programming related goals for 2023 are:

Get an internship -- as part of my education i will go on a 27 (!!) week long internship starting in september next year, and I'm hoping to find a place where I'm able to thrive and learn, while also having fun. Ideally maybe even a paid internship! This broken down into smaller goals would be:

Make sure i have a good portfolio: design one and include projects from different languages/frameworks/tools I know (hopefully a few by then!)

Make sure I do projects on the side: this is to strengthen the skills i get from school assignments and make sure I am learning, and its fun :p

Network, network, network!! Go to events, talk to people, don't be scared to ask for someone's LinkedIn. My current teacher told us at the start of our course to treat networking like dating: when we meet someone more experienced than us or get a mentor, talk to them about their professional expertises, what do they do everyday, how has their journey been, etc. That way we establish a foundation, find out what we have in common -- and everyone loves talking about themselves lol.

Start my personal project -- I have an idea for a productivity app, similar to notion, which I'd love to start working on next year! as part of my studies we have a course which we can dedicate to such a project, but that isn't until August so i hope i get to start working on it a bit earlier. And hopefully share about my progress on here! hehe

And then for my non tech related goals:

I am currently super into improving myself, learning about psychology and gaining self awareness in relation to what I'm learning, and just generally growing and blooming as a person. (: So my goals for 2023 are to:

Start exercising and going to the gym: i actually love working out! it's so much fun, and to see what my body is capable of and pushing myself.

Start eating healthy: right now, I find myself eating irregular and not so nutritious meals... So my goal for 2023 is to start treating my body right by providing it with the nutrients it needs, so I can be my best self 💖

Set routines: I know I work best when I have routines, which i used to have when I was younger, so I want to get into this again! This is also kind of where my idea for this "productivity app" I want to create came from 👀

Make time for my old passions: I used to be super into learning languages and reading, which I am once again getting into!! I'm super happy about this, and my wish is to rediscover my old passions and make time for this in my schedule.

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This was a nice Christmas gift (: I've never been this successful with a Tumblr blog (even those I've had for years), and I'm so grateful for everyone in this community! My initial goal for this blog was to surround myself in a community with like minded people and i really feel like i have done that, and seeing all of your posts about your progress keeps me motivated!

I want to start posting more educational content to help myself learn concepts we do in class, but also to hopefully contribute a little bit heh.

Merry Christmas if you celebrate!! And happy holidays (: