I am trying to self teach to change career...What is the best IDE to build a portfolio in? How complex does the code need to be?

Question

Career change

Answer 1

Idea is a great IDE for Java but it is also a commercial product. For web development I would recommend learners try either Atom or visual studio code. Both are free and support all the popular web development languages with plugins.

If people want an option to host free private git repos they can use Atlassian Bitbucket. The important thing is that you learn git for source control.

Answer 2

This is such useful input. Thank you so much! Wow, going to take a while until I'm writing 1000 lines of code. Yikes! Will definitely need some guidance to get to that level I think.

Answer 3

Hi Kath Fennemore , I'm starting out too - thinking to first do JS after CSS/HTML combo, I guess that'll bring results faster. And I have yet to create a GitHub account 😳😅

blackwinter would you say that beginners then better post their small practice problems to a "secret" practice GitHub, and then have a separate public profile for bigger projects?

Thank you both, very useful questions and answers ☺️☺️

Answer 4

I have learned HTML and CSS and started trying to build a website, whilst learning Python too... I'm enjoying the complexity of Python, so think I will probably go with that. And then learn Java as that seems to be important to get a job in the UK.

Answer 5

Thank you for your insights, very helpful :) I plan to look into git and github as soon as I finish with CSS. Trying to take things one step at a time, otherwise I get too distracted with too many topics and don't make proper progress on any of them 🤪😅

But next step is github then, looking forward already 😊

Good luck to you both in your coding journeys!

Answer 6

bakitza Im the same way with having focused on too many topics and getting distracted. I started with Python, now I’m working on Java but I also want to learn C#! If I didnt have to go to work I would be able to get them all lol good luck to you!

Answer 7

That sounds sensible! And yes... I have a github but haven't quite figured out how best to use it yet.... Definitely think a less public place for beginners would be good!

Answer 8

this thread is really helpfull for the beginners thanks all for the advice :D

Answer 9

Intellij IDEA so cute ide for java, kotlin, python.

Answer 10

ah, thanks for the tip David Rolston - I didn't even know Atlassian Bitbucket could be used privately for free. Developers at my old company were using it, but of course I had no idea at the time what it was for 😳😁