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How do I really learn coding?

1st December 2012

My answer to How do I really learn coding? on Quora

Build real websites. Find a project and work on it. A personal blog is a great project as it can be simple to start with and get more complex over time.

Posted 1st December 2012 at 4:29 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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