Casting Aside My Childish Ways

and coding like grown-up.

I feel like I’ve been making websites for a long while now.I first started around 2007 and learned by reading tutorials on the Programming BBS on Newgrounds.com (I’m 20 now) . I’ve learned a lot about programming since then, but the problem is that I pretty much set up websites using the same way — with FTP, and I only learned HTML, CSS and PHP.

Over time, I picked up bits about Javascript here and there. But I never bothered to learn more than that. Maybe it’s because I was focused on developing my design skills, distracted by other hobbies, or maybe because I didn’t know there was too much more to it. But I was able to earn decent cash by freelancing and I was content with that.

However, I realized that if I want to get a career doing what I love, I’d have to take it more seriously and learn the professional-level way of doing things. My interest in developing apps and not just websites has increased dramatically over the last year or so, and I’m learning that even though I have other talents, I think developing apps is definitely my strongest passion — and I think it’s my best skill.I’m tired of being a “jack-of-all-trades but master of none”. I want to become a professional, full-time developer.

I guess that’s what this blog will be about.

I’ve learned aspects C++ and Java from college classes, and I’ve been studying Javascript and, more recently, Ruby on Rails and Objective-C independently. And the more I read about topics like git, MVC and progressive enhancement, the more I see why it would have been useful to look into years ago. But I’m a “big boy” now, my eyes have been opened and I’m eager to see where this takes me.