The JavaScript Journey

So it has been quite a bit of time between the beginning stages of this blog and NOW. I took quite a break from this Udemy course, but I want to ensure that I stick with it. Luckily, I haven't been out of practice because... Well, I have had nothing to practice yet. Yes, it's sad, but I always try and look on the bright side. Anyway, Let's see how long this section takes. My connection is a little slow, so the accuracy of time may not be spot on.  But at this point, I'm just getting some ideas as to what my objectives are. I don't anticipate this to be life changing... It seems pretty straightforward, though. The thing I like about this course thus far is that the instructor is really disarming. He makes me feel as though I really CAN do this, and he makes me confident that he isn't going to leave me behind. So that's cool. So to recap what I have learned, I need Google Chrome and Sublime Text (editor) before we jump into code. And the next sections ar

So we are essentially going over the table of contents here, and I appreciate a "what to expect" kind of thing. Colt lets the user know right upfront that there isn't a lot of coding that is happening until we get to the Intro to HTML section. He talk about something called "Bootstrap" and talks about making projects, and I have to admit, it sounds a little scary... He does talk about how the JavaScript (JS) portion of the course is interesting, so I will make sure to stick with him. He does claim, though, that everything involves HTML and CSS to some degree, but once we get into JS, we will be building "robust" apps and not just web sites. So I'm pretty stoked about that. I'm pretty stoked that at some point we will make a game, and I am also stoked that he refers to it as a "legit project." Moving from front-end to back-end seems scary. Seems evenly split, though. Honestly, I'm not even sure what "back-end&quo

**NOTE** The parenthetical (X Minutes) is how much time I spend on each of the modules in the training I am taking. I may stay consistent with this. I may not. --- So  I am starting this blog to document my journey to learn JavaScript. So let's start at the beginning. I have always wanted to learn to code, but I never wanted to be a "coder." I didn't want to sit in front of a computer for forty hours a week writing code for some company. But the thought of coding has always fascinated me. Recently, I decided to learn how to code using Python. I picked up a Udemy course that was on sale, and I slowly went to work. I was actually quite happy with my progress, and it didn't seem as daunting as expected. I had no idea what I wanted to do with it when I was done, but I just wanted to do SOMETHING. Fast forward a few weeks to the CUE National Conference in Palm Springs, CA. I visited the booth of an online gamification platform that I love called ClassCraft . It