#self taught coder

General

I wanted to run JavaScript in my Atom editor, so I found a few tutorials/articles/posts to help me do that. For reference:

Install “script” in Atom Settings installer

Download + install node.js

Open new file in Atom + choose “JavaScript” as language in bottom right corner.

Write code. Use [command + i] to run code.

So now I can practice writing JavaScript outside of Codecademy.

Progress

Codecademy: Learn JavaScript - 22% complete

Reflection

Running JS on Atom ended up being more difficult than I feel like it should have been. It’s interesting to see “tutorials” on it because no one seems to understand that if you aren’t already running programs, you likely aren’t going to understand codespeak or how to do most of the things the [non]helpful people are sharing. Just tell me what package to download and be done with it. I didn’t understand what my error messages were saying when trying to run a very basic code, so I’m definitely not going to understand your “help” that involves opening up dev files on my Mac (?!). So yeah. I feel that my 4 step process above is proof that you don’t always need to make things so complicated.

Or maybe I’m ignorant and will laugh at myself for the above statement in the future.