Seanhegs

Hello all I did post this message in the general forum, but I will tweak the post here to introduce myself. I have come from a print background and now I'm learning front end web development. I live in central London. It's been a great challenge and I'm greatly enjoying learning to code, even though, I'm very much at the older category of budding developers (45 and counting.....) I went on a short part-time course in front end web development, which gave me a very basic understanding of the subject. I guess after such a short course, you have two options. 1. Dive into building sites and learn as you go along. 2. Dive into the whole range of online resources to deepen my knowledge of the basics of coding. I chose option 2. I know many would go for option 1, but I wanted to give a really deep knowledge of the basics and move on from there. So far, I would say I've got a good knowledge of html and css. My knowledge of js is limited but growing steadily. I tend to copy paste js code from web sources and know I'm becoming more confident of tweaking that code for me needs. Living in London, there is lots of freelance print work for me. I tend to do a couple of weeks print work and then have a fews at home learning more code. I'm lucky in the sense that I can afford to have time off work to focus on my coding. The dilemma I'm facing now, is that my knowledge of coding is probably greater than would my portfolio and other websites I've built would suggest. I'm looking for projects which will replace the time I have spent on online tutorials (working on code school, tuts plus and treehouse has been fantastic). Feel I now need pressure of working for a client, to a deadline, to really get the best out of me and quicken the learning curve and to build my confidence. Would be great to hear people's advice of where I should go from here. How can I find exciting projects which will give me the challenge I need. While naturally, I would not be working for nothing, I'm happy to be paid a reduced hourly/daily rate for a short period until I've got a more impressive portfolio together (again, I'm sure people won't fully agree with this view, but I don't think I can demand a fee of an experience web developer). Thanks for your time and look forward to posting here on a regular basis. Sean

Hello all Some great advice here. I have come from a print background and now I'm learning front end web development. It's been a great challenge and I'm greatly enjoying learning to code, even though, I'm very much at the older category of budding developers (45 and counting.....) I went on a short part-time course in front end web development, which gave me a very basic understanding of the subject. I guess after such a short course, you have two options. 1. Dive into building sites and learn as you go along. 2. Dive into the whole range of online resources to deepen my knowledge of the basics of coding. I chose option 2. I know many would go for option 1, but I wanted to give a really deep knowledge of the basics and move on from there. So far, I would say I've got a good knowledge of html and css. My knowledge of js is limited but growing steadily. I tend to copy paste js code from web sources and know I'm becoming more confident of tweaking that code for me needs. Living in London, there is lots of freelance print work for me. I tend to do a couple of weeks print work and then have a fews at home learning more code. I'm lucky in the sense that I can afford to have time off work to focus on my coding. The dilemma I'm facing now, is that my knowledge of coding is probably greater than would my portfolio and other websites I've built would suggest. I'm looking for projects which will replace the time I have spent on online tutorials (working on code school, tuts plus and treehouse has been fantastic). Feel I now need pressure of working for a client, to a deadline, to really get the best out of me and quicken the learning curve and to build my confidence. Would be great to hear people's advice of where I should go from here. How can I find exciting projects which will give me the challenge I need. While naturally, I would not be working for nothing, I'm happy to be paid a reduced hourly/daily rate for a short period until I've got a more impressive portfolio together (again, I'm sure people won't fully agree with this view, but I don't think I can demand a fee of an experience web developer). Thanks for your time. Sean

Hello all Fairly new to front end web development and completely new to the forum. I'm learning html/css/js and feel I'm making steady but good progress. Sure this question has been asked before, but I'm looking around for a responsive framework to help me build my sites. As I'm new to web design, I don't particularly need a complex, heavy framework at this point. Just a light framework which will be easy to use for my relatively simple websites. I have created my own one, following an online tutorial, but sure there is a good framework out there for me. I have looked at Skeleton which appeared at first sight to suit my needs but many seem to think that framework is a little dated and lacks flexibility. Thanks for your time. Sean