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In this short post, I want to share with you the most important piece of advice I ever received when I started out as a programmer. It was so simple and yet packed with power! When I started programming in the late 80's, there was no Internet and
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So who will benefit from The Becoming a Programmer Series? I know it sounds like a cliché, but the idea was to build the courses I would have loved to learn from when starting out. Something that guides me one step at a time, leaving no gaps in the process.
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In the previous post, we discussed the problems we will face when starting out on our journey to become a programmer. We identified four questions that we need answers to: 1. Where do I start? 2. What do I learn? 3. When do I know enough? 4. Where do I
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In the previous post, we saw that the answer to the question, "How do I become a programmer?" is not a simple one. And here is the reason why... To become a programmer, you need to know a lot of things about a lot of things. But before
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The goal of this post is to look at the question, "How do I become a programmer?" How do I Become a Programmer? This is a loaded question! Unfortunately, an online search may give you something like the following suggestion: * Pick a programming language * Do some courses covering
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My name is Deon Slabbert and I started my professional career as a pharmacist. I left university with a B Pharm degree and a BSc (Hons) degree in Pharmacology. This extra degree came in handy when I did my 2-year compulsory military service from 1988 to 1989. This placed me
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Welcome to my Becoming a Programmer website. My name is Deon Slabbert, and I am a Fullstack Software Developer. I have been a full-time, Fullstack software developer now for the last 38+ years, and I hope to teach you how to become a Fullstack software developer as well. I build