Finding the code

Why am I learning to code?

I am seeing the first step of learning to code and program so to get to writing ML algorithms as a mission boot camp. If I am to be serious about my mission then I must be serious about where I train. But where I hear you ask do you start to teach yourself to code? I chose a Udacity nanodegree.

(New to the blog and wondering what on earth is this person on about talking about missions I just want to learn to code! What is this mysterious mission? Find out in my post here: The Mission)

Where to learn to code: finding Udacity nanodegree

The world of online learning courses and teaching yourself  to code can be somewhat daunting. With so much on offer how was I possibly supposed to find the right course for me? Given my predicament I did what any self-respecting millennial would do and turned to god, I mean google, for help. A few carefully constructed searches later I came across the below article reviewing the Udacity course. This was looking promising. I did some work cross-referencing with few follow up searches which this would indeed be a good place to start learning to code. It was time to get my programming journey started.

• Udacity review: The article I found that reviews the Udacity Intro to programming nanodegree in detail

In addition to this, the below article summarizes several other online paid for courses where you can start learning to code:

• 16 online coding courses: Summary of paid for courses for people learning to code

Best free online coding courses: some alternatives

I would like to note at this point that I am in the fortunate position where I am able to pay for a course to learn to code. However I have also found several highly recommended courses that are free to teach yourself to code. For example several of my friends rave about code achademy. Below are a couple of articles summarizing how the best free courses to learn to code I have found.

• Teach yourself: Some ways you can teach yourself to code
• Free courses: Online courses where you can learn to code for free

Once I had come to my decision about where to train about 30 minutes later I was signed up. I was assigned a mentor and am now ready to go. Fingers crossed it lives up to the hype. Off we go!