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Women On Women : SHE//HER//THEY - Erin Johnson - Full Stack Web Developer & Creative Technologist



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Erin Johnson began her career studying first a Bachelor of Fine Art followed by a master’s in museums and Galleries. Before long, she realised through her work that there was an opportunity to combine her passion for Art, with her passion for problem-solving and so made the transition to Software Engineering.

Helpful links that Erin suggested to get aspiring developers started:

- https://www.freecodecamp.org/ Free Code Camp - one of my favourite resources. It is free and for most of the JavaScript resources you can code directly in the browser, so you can get started without needing to install anything. This is great if you're interested in front-end web development, although there's more things added all the time!  By creating an account you can also get the founder's email each week, which is also a great resource, as he'll link to articles or new courses on YouTube you can access for free. 

- Chris Ferdinandi's daily developer tips email: https://learnvanillajs.com/ I still keep them in a folder and refer to them, there are loads of great tips and sometimes he will walk you through how to solve a specific coding problem. He also runs a course, although this is paid. 

- https://learnrubythehardway.org/book/ Learn Ruby the Hard Way - it's not actually 'hard' so much as 'thorough'!  Via this link you can access the book online for free. Ruby is a fantastic beginner-friendly code that can be used for backend-end development, and it's great to learn and build as you get more comfortable working with code.

- https://www.codewars.com/ Code Wars - once you get even more familiar with coding and want some practice, this is great for getting you into thinking about how to solve problems with code. They have different levels of difficulty. 

There are also many options that are paid (some nominal, or have a free entry-tier) such as codecademy, Udemy, Coursera, and Edx.org (Harvard and MIT). Getting started is one of the hardest steps - so Free Code Camp and Learn Ruby the Hard Way are great in that you can work through them linearly and build up your confidence.
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