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What's up, guys? This is Crack Ho, and welcome back to a brand new video!
In this video, I'm gonna show you guys how to learn programming for absolutely free.
Now, before we start, there are some things you guys should know about this. First and foremost, you don't need any experience or knowledge to learn programming whatsoever. So, you can be a complete novice and not know any sort of code or anything about computers. That doesn't matter in this case; you guys can learn for free and easily.
The second thing is, you don't need to pay a single cent for this, and it will always be free. There are those services where you sit down at the computer and you're learning something, and then you notice like a week later that the trial ended and you have to pay. That's not gonna happen here. This is completely free, so you don't have to worry about that.
So, with that being said, why should you learn to code or to program? It's simple. When you guys are not programming, you can become a web developer and later on a full-stack developer.
You could be sitting at home on a computer, drinking your coffee, learning to code, and then a couple of months later, you go online to freelancing sites like Upwork.com, and then you start making money. You help people out, and you get paid for working at home. I know countless people my age and younger—like, we are sixteen—making hundreds and even thousands of dollars a month. So, it's all worth it!
How do you get started? I'm gonna show you guys that right now. It's a free website that you can find in the description link below called FreeCodeCamp.org.
Now, I'm gonna go ahead and show you guys this, but real quick, just so you know, as a disclaimer, I do not own the site and I am not affiliated with it. I personally use this website to learn code myself, which is why I'm spreading the word to you guys.
So, with that being said, let's begin!
Okay, so we're here at FreeCodeCamp.org. Now, to start, it's simple. All you guys have to do is click the orange "Start Coding" button right here. From there, you can continue with Google, Facebook, or email. It doesn't matter.
I'm gonna go ahead and, just for this example, put in a temporary email to show you guys. You can do the same thing: put in an email address, and then put the code you receive from the email and click "Submit Code" to continue to FreeCodeCamp.
From there, all you guys are going to do is click on "Coding Curriculum." Once you guys are on the coding curriculum, you're gonna see three sections on the screen: the guide section on the left, the editor section in the center, and the live production section on the right side of the screen.
Following the left side of the screen, you guys will get a tutorial, and then you'll have a little challenge that you need to pass. In this case, I'm gonna go ahead and have to do an H1 element and type in "Hello World." That's what it's asking you to do.
Run the test, and you can see we did it! Then we go to the next challenge. The next challenge, again, you just have to follow the instructions. This time, we have to do an H2 element and write "Cat Photo App" text. Do that, and you guys get the idea.
Basically, what you want to do is make sure you follow the instructions carefully. I highly recommend you guys get a notebook and take notes along the way. It starts off very easy, but it will get more and more challenging.
If you guys are getting stuck while doing this, you don't have to worry. You can click on "Get a Hint," and it'll give you a hint on what to do. Or, if you're absolutely stuck and want to see how you can do it, you can watch a video that will tell you exactly what you did wrong and show you the right way.
And that's pretty much it!
In conclusion, we learned that there's a program you guys can use, and it does look simple at first, but it progresses and gets more difficult. You guys are responsible for sitting through the lessons and trying to check off each of the lessons you learn, beginning with HTML, then CSS visual design, and eventually JavaScript.
There are hundreds and hundreds of hours of free learning available to you. You might find yourself sitting there thinking about the challenge, wondering, "Wow, this is very difficult! How do I move on to the next challenge?" So, you really have to test yourself and take notes, as I mentioned. That will really help you out.
But at the end of the day, it will all be worth it.
Thank you guys so much for watching this video! I really hope it helped you out. If you have any comments or suggestions on what videos you want me to do next, go ahead and comment them below.
With that being said, I'll see you guys next time!