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Scott Muangsrichan
Scott Muangsrichan

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Where I am at in my developer journey. Learning backend things with NodeJS , Express , and using databases with MongoDB. Learning all this through a Udemy course called Web Developer 2022 by Colt Steele (I am sure I am missing some other keywords in the course title but that is the general synopsis of what the course contains.)

I would say the course is decent. The one thing that I want to see added to this course to make it better would be more exercise to test students understanding of the material. Coming from another course that costed $8,000 (I left that course due to not being able to make the payments for it) it included a lot more exercises to test the students understanding of the material with quizzes and projects that we did on our own and then submitted to a senior developer for review.

Anyways, I could go on a tangent about the differences and qualities that each course has. Back to what I was saying which is where I am at in my developer journey.

Learning backend stuff and then moving into a code along project that will put everything together. Database with MongDB, backend with Express and NodeJS, and frontend with HTML , Javascript and Bootstrap.

Coding up another project that is a fighter management system. Aims to give fight managers a single hub for organization and communication for all their fighters they manage. Coding this project up with React. So far I understand how components work and how to pass props to those components. Using a learning platform called Scrimba to learn React.

Biggest things for me is to keep working on projects that are not code alongs.

In the comments below, where are you at in your developer journey? All experience is welcomed!

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