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Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0134077709
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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (April 24, 2015)
Publication Date: April 24, 2015
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Language: English
ASIN: B00WN5J43E
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I am not a programmer and I don't know nor have I ever met Michael Hartl. But I warn you, this is going to sound like a paid social media person writing a puff piece for this book, but it's not.By the way, I didn't buy the print edition here. I bought the electronic version from rails tutorial site which is identical.Here's my story: I have been a teacher for ten years. Before that,I managed big media projects and ran a start-up back in the .com boom. I've never programmed. I've built web sites in Dreamweaver, done some Flash, used Wordpress quite extensively and am pretty good at the Adobe Suite (which I teach). But I have NEVER written code, per se.My wife, a college professor, had this brilliant idea: we need to make more money (to pay for a big mortgage, cars, stuff) which could be roughly translated into "you need to make more money."OK, I'm 62 years old and don't think I'm going to find yet another career. But my wife read an article in the NY Times about the need for coders and that age wasn't really a factor. OK, but "why me?" I asked. "Why not you?" "Because you understand all of this tech stuff," my wife said. OK, she's been right before about my career, I'll give it a try. But where to start.I called my friend and neighbor, a CalTech computer science grad who owns a small (14 employees) computer consulting business and invited him to lunch. Of course I brought my career coach (my wife) with me. My buddy, the CalTech guy said that, yes, there is lots of opportunity for coders and went on to say that he thought there was even more opportunity for someone with my tech management experience. So, I was hooked on the idea, too.But how to begin? What languages should I learn?
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