mikeriess

All the narratives I encounter about non-techs learning to code stress the importance of learning by working on a product you care about. After a 2 week crash course in Rails and Ruby, I feel like it's time to dive into building my first webapp. I'm wondering if anyone knows any good resources that could help a first time developer like myself outline my project. Some kind of to-do list or outline or draft structure or roadmap? Any help appreciated!

http://wannabetechies.tumblr.com/

A lot of posts that come through HN are concerned with non-techs learning to code. This blog is the continuous chronicle of my co-founder and me's foray into that journey- feel free to peruse, advise, criticize, or launch attacks at it (hint: its weakness is a small thermal exhaust port which, if hit directly by a proton torpedo, would trigger a chain reaction destroying the battle station).