Become A Developer

Joshua Plicque

Joshua Plicque

Joshua Plicque

April 2014

What is a Rails Developer?

Rails Developers doHTML

Rails Developers doCSS

Rails Developers doJavaScript

Rails Developers doThe Command Line

Rails Developers doHTTP

Rails Developers doSource Control (GIT)

Rails Developers doRuby

Rails Developers doRails

Rails Developers doText Editors

Rails Developers doDeployment

Rails Developers doTesting

Why Become a Developer?

Why I Became a Developer

17 Year Old Girl Rides A Lamborghini from School

Allen Wong

Bruh… I Wanna Make Apps

What You Should Know

About Me

My First Website

My First Website

I Sold You A Rails Project

The Project

7 / 12 Chapters

Naw

5 months

800 hours

My Advantages

Complete Commitment

Learn Ruby first?

Learn Ruby first?

Learn Rails first?

Learn Ruby first?

Learn Rails first?

You Need A Project

3 Days to InstallCucumber

Be Humble Ask For Help

You Will Hit Brick Walls

The Project Will Carry You

Doggedness

Google the Error Message

Errors Are Your Friend

Errors Are Your Friend

StackOverflow may not be enough

Get Involved

I came to every RubyJax meeting

You Need A Mentor

Micah Shaun John

I never become a Rails Developer

without them

They were garbage at one point.

They were garbage at one point.

It’s OK!

Bootcamps

Get Committed

Get CommittedGet a Project

Get CommittedGet a ProjectGet Involved

@gohard_everyday