My space to create and experiment with coding in different langauges and on various projects.
5 Jan 2021
After Christmas I picked up a book on Python development from the library. It had a section in the back about developing graphical user interfaces in python using the Tkinter library. It seemed fairly easy and gave it a go and have been enjoying tinkering with this library.
Related Course: GUI Development with Python and Tkinter
Course by: Teclado by Jose Salvatierra
Learning Platform: Udemy
23 November 2020
Currently working on developing websites with Django. For the un-initiated, Django is a python based web-development framework. I am enjoying using it over the Flask framwork as it comes with more set-up from the start, so your website comes with many things already organised for you. For example, an admin site is built in and a super user can be created with a simple command.
Related Course: Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp
Course by: Jose Portilla
Learning Platform: Udemy
5 November 2020
Started doing a Udemy course on python and SQL. 'The Complete Python/PostgresSQL Course 2.0'. Will come back to this course in time. Helping me interact better with databases.
Related Course: The Complete Python/PostgresSQL Course 2.0
Course by: Teclado by Jose Salvatierra
Learning Platform: Udemy
19 August 2020
Started trying to program in C# outside of Unity in order to develop my skills in that language. Was working on developing a hangman game when I gave it a rest for a while. Hope to come back to this game some time in the future.
Related Course: Complete C# Masterclass
Course by: Denis Panjuta
Learning Platform: Udemy
15 July 2020
Working on game development with the Unity Game Engine. Was enjoying how quickly you can get the basics of a game working. The only downside that I found was that the coding was highly based on the API and so it seemed to be that you would learn a lot that you could only really use inside Unity (skills not very transferable).
Related Course: Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D
Course by: GameDev TV
Learning Platform: Udemy
26 November 2019
Purchased an electronics kit for my Raspberry Pi
I bought the 'Freenove Ultimate Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi' from Amazon. It had all sort of amazing things inside it including: a breadboard, buttons, lights, diodes, and so much more. I had fun working through a number of the first few tutorials (which can be seen via the education link on this website). I stopped because I saw more of a future for myself learning webdevelopment then I can see myself building electronics. Nonetheless I would really like to keep going with this project when I have a bit more time.
22 November 2019
I decided to do this course as I was struggling to productively use Linux, but wanted to use it for my Raspberry Pi computer that I had purchased, and in general because Linux is a free operating system that I could use on any machine.
Related Course: Linux Mastery: Master the Linux Command Line in 11.5 Hours
Course by: Ziyad Yehia
Learning Platform: Udemy
13 October 2019
Purchased a Raspberry Pi 4 B
I had found out that the latest model of Raspberry Pi was powerful enough to be run as it's own computer and I had to have one. At the time most of my programming was being done on an iPad, as my kids always used my old laptop.
15 September 2019
I made my first full stack website through this course... which was really cool. It was a website to help you track the staff retention at your workplace: The Retention Game. I did however find using Flask fairly difficult, and decided that in the future I would learn Django instead in order to take my original concept and upgrade it.
Related Course: Python and Flask Bootcamp: Create Websites using Flask!
Course by: Jose Portilla
Learning Platform: Udemy
24 May 2019
This was my first full stack webdevelopment course. I did most of the front-end half of the course but got a bit stuck when it came to using Node on the backend and didn't like using Node at that stage. Instead I decided that I wanted to jump over to using Python for backend webdevelopment. As such, I stopped completing this course and moved over to a Flask course instead.
Related Course: The Webdeveloper Bootcamp 20XX
Course by: Colt Steele
Learning Platform: Udemy
13 April 2019
This is the course that got me really started on my programming journey. I purchased it as I studied for my final post graduate exam... and haven't stopped learning since!
Related Course: The Complete JavaScript Course 2019: Build Real Projects!
Course by: Jonas Schmedtmann
Learning Platform: Udemy
20 Dec 2018
Purchased a Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+
I had heard from a random guy I was chatting with, that his son's were right into working on Raspberry Pi's. I didn't know what they were at the time... but it sure sounded interesting. I went and googled it and before long I had bought myself one and was learning about linux and imaging operating systems and all sorts of cool things that I had never been able to do before.
15 October 2002
Studying Information Technology at University
Had to build a website in html for a University subject and I absolutely loved it! This really was my first occassion to experience the joy of building something on a computer and I couldn't get enough of it! Unfortunately as I also failed a University subject on C++ in the same year... It would take me years before I really threw myself into programming again. The reason I failed C++ was that I had so little support to be able to understand it. If I had all the resources available to me back then that I have now (Youtube, Udemy, good quality internet, 4G internet), I probably would have been fine.