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First Project?

Hi, everyone! New to coding. I've lived in Japan as an English teacher since 2012 but felt very unfulfilled. A friend of mine suggested learning coding, pointing out people he knows who've gotten good jobs here even without knowing a word of Japanese. I am going through the course on JavaScript, and after I finish the course, would like to create my own program, just so that I have something beyond a certificate to show potential employers. What do you people think would be a good first project? Thank you!!!

5th Aug 2018, 11:16 PM
Max Gonzalez
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If I knew anything about the market is would say some thing I'm just a hobbyist but what field of progra Ming do you want to learn
5th Aug 2018, 11:20 PM
Yusuf
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Maybe develop a simple web game?
5th Aug 2018, 11:36 PM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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max what type of programming are you interested in do you want to make game or make website's or are you just a hobbyist? this way I can recommend a project and JavaScript is not all that good on its own it's usually partnered with some other language.
6th Aug 2018, 12:05 AM
Yusuf
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I meant are you interested in web development or game development or desktop apps
6th Aug 2018, 12:01 AM
Yusuf
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Mmmm well you could try and make a scientific calulator if your want to challenge yourself or make a functional passworded page.
6th Aug 2018, 12:02 AM
Ethan
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Yusuf: I suppose in the future I'll be working more on website design (front and back end stuff), in which case, yes, I can see that Java on its own won't be very useful. It's interesting, but I can already see that I'm going to need more, hence why I'm planning Python and Ruby next. Though I wouldn't mind make a game or two as a little hobby.
6th Aug 2018, 12:36 AM
Max Gonzalez
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Your In Japan... Make a Pachinko game. Sorry, couldn't help myself. *You're
6th Aug 2018, 12:44 AM
LordHill
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That's good for front end use html and CSS and JavaScript and you could use something like wix code or WordPress to help make a site for back end you could use some framework like ruby on rails or PHP and SQL
6th Aug 2018, 12:46 AM
Yusuf
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Creativity is part of the game Max.. Take it 1 piece at a time and it will be done before you realize it
6th Aug 2018, 1:15 AM
LordHill
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Max I can't recommend enough the Javascript challenge of Wes Bos. Is what I did when I wanted to practice with the ES6 syntax. You'll definitely have more than one project to show off your js skills.
6th Aug 2018, 1:19 AM
Juan Gonzalez
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Yusuf: Doing JavaScript now. Will move on to Python and Ruby next. Dark Angel: I was thinking of a tongue-in-cheek "Did Thanos Kills You?" quiz...
5th Aug 2018, 11:59 PM
Max Gonzalez
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Ethan: That might be a good simple project. The fact that I HATE math would be a good challenge too. Forge: HAHAHAHA! Not a bad idea, but it'd take some creativity to make work. Hmmmm...
6th Aug 2018, 12:58 AM
Max Gonzalez
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