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the best thing is to come up with an idea for a web application and start trying to build it. that'll help you formulate the questions that'll lead you to the online resources you need.
you can also pick an existing web site to make a simple copy of.
or pick an open source project to dive into and try to understand (e.g. an online forum or blog app)
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Amazing. No Google search led me to an answer this helpful. Thank you for your input on languages also...it seems there is quite a debate between Java and Python.
Python's a good language, but it's a soft-typed interpreted language. Which means it will let you get away with certain things. It is also has some differences in syntax from a lot of other languages that might give you some trouble when you switch. C/C++, Java, PHP, Perl, Javascript and many other languages share a lot of common syntax. Python's still really similar, but it deviates in some key ways. It also tends t…
...like reading what she just typed in? Yes. Python will let her "get away" with reading her code. ;-)
Here's a link to the Beginners Guide to Python...
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Well aren't you lovely. A starved for attention (supposedly) smart (MIT) girl? Overweight pathetic "Cosmo" reading male? Please make up your mind. Or..I'm an Econ major taking my FIRST course in computer science with ZERO background experience in this space at all. I'm looking for advice and guidance as a humble beginner. If you were looking for literature and daily publications on Austrian Economics or other heterod…
Sheesh, there's one in every thread... Thanks for starting this topic, ladydude. I've been looking for the same sort of advice/extracurricular materials, myself. This one's on my wishlist. As in, I wish I had the time/cognitive tenacity to read it: http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Programming-Volumes-1-4A-Boxe...
This is what I don't get about women, they rally for women empowerment, equal rights and this and that, then you go about flaunting your female charm (not specifically talking about the thread).
Seems like you were starved for attention and couldn't answer your own questions, so you decided to waive your female bait, twice, to see if you can sucker any of the dorks into helping you with your homework. Congrats on nailing two suckers so far!!!111oneoneone~~ A (supposedly) smart (MIT) girl like you should already know all the programming (manipulation) instruction you need can be found in the pages of Cosmo. Y…
Well aren't you lovely. A starved for attention (supposedly) smart (MIT) girl? Overweight pathetic "Cosmo" reading male? Please make up your mind. Or..I'm an Econ major taking my FIRST course in computer science with ZERO background experience in this space at all. I'm looking for advice and guidance as a humble beginner. If you were looking for literature and daily publications on Austrian Economics or other heterod…
If you do post such list, please let me know.
Don't just pick the easy route when you have to solve a problem, try to pick the 'best' way and see if you can follow through. That is the way you learn.
EDIT: I should add that we are definitely a welcoming bunch, but I'd try starting over with a new username that doesn't loudly announce your gender. It's not the fact that you're female, it's the fact that you're announcing you're female, as if to imply that you should be treated differently because of it. Apologies if this sounds harsh.
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Sheesh, there's one in every thread... Thanks for starting this topic, ladydude. I've been looking for the same sort of advice/extracurricular materials, myself. This one's on my wishlist. As in, I wish I had the time/cognitive tenacity to read it: http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Programming-Volumes-1-4A-Boxe...
(Fuck my karma, but I just need to say this) I just hated how he presented the point. But that does not change the fact that leading the question with her gender and institute is actually pathetic. Have you ever seen a post like "Male Stanford philosophy major wants to learn neural networks"? This is what I don't get about women, they rally for women empowerment, equal rights and this and that, then you go about flau…
What I'm trying to get at - there's no point looking for contradictions in a group that doesn't abide by a single idealism. Now if the OP tells you that equal treatment is of the foremost importance to her, then feel free to rub the contradiction in her username in her face.