What it REALLY takes to become a web developer ? (and get your first job)
An honest return of experience of how I accompanied a dozen of people to become web developers
During my journey as a developer, I helped 3 of my friends to become developer. One was a former history teacher while the 2 others worked as accountant in the same firm.
In this post, I’ll share how I helped them to become web developer (using Ruby on Rails) and get their first job as a developer!
Why Ruby on Rails?
I’m a senior Ruby on Rails developer. So, obviously it was easier for me to teach them the arcanes of web development through this web framework.
But there is a way more interesting reason behind the fact that I made them learn this framework. The reason is that Ruby on Rails is based on the Ruby language which is a very easy programming language to learn. Indeed, the mantra of Ruby is Developer happiness first. And it achieves this goal by providing a syntax very close to English.
list_cart unless @cart.include? 'pineapple'Here, we can read this code as following:
List the content of the cart unless the cart includes a pineapple.
