PixelDrift

I started learning to build websites years ago, and now I'm a professional. I never went to college for it, I guess everyone learns differently but I just set an end goal, what I want to build and went for it. I feel that's the best way to get started, just come up with something to challenge yourself that you want to make and then go for it. The fundamentals of programming are the same no matter what language your using, it's a mindset, something you need to understand. Then come standards, and doing things the 'right way', because obviously there are always multiple ways to achieve the same goal, and no two people will code the same, and that's a good thing. Some people find online tools like treehouse and tutorials useful, some people prefer to just go for it and use google and stack overflow to learn as they go. Either way, don't be down heartened when you spend hours on an issue only to find it's a missing semicolon, we have ALL been there! Good luck and happy coding

I'm looking to buy a new laptop for programming. I've been holding off for the new Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch, as I've always wanted something premium to code on and I hear they're pretty good, but does anyone know of any alternatives that are great for programming that may twist my arm?

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