how-to-get-into-junior-dev-position

• Learn about computers, software etc for a general overview

  • Have you computer setup - software, ide, install stuff etc

• Learn how to use the command line

  • line about operating systems, just read about the ideas

  • search, list, navigate, viewing, permissions, manipulate files and folders

  • pipes, nano/vim

  • env variables, process

  • bash scripts, bash profiles

• Learn git, github and how to use them

  • init, add, commit, push, pull, clone, fork, branch, remote, merge, reset, stauts, logs, pull requests

  • command line, and via gui

• Learn the basics of a language

  • variables (creating, updating, types), decisions, looping, methods

  • comments, maths statements, printing output

  • Input from terminal, handle strings, regex

  • Files - reading, writing

  • arrays, Lists and maps

  • Use libray methods that come with language, read documentation

  • Do python or java track on https://www.codecademy.com/

  • Do some small exercises to solve problems https://www.codewars.com/, be able to read the solutions of others

  • Do fizzbuzz

  • Automate something, get used to building a script that does something useful

• Use an IDE (intellij/vscode), learn short cuts and its main features, use plugins

• Learn how to split requirements into actionable features in your code

• Learn object oriented design

  • Start using java or typed language

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  • Do fizzbuzz

• Learn to use build and dependency manager like maven/gradle

• Learn to write tests

  • learn to use a mocking framework

• Build a program in OO way

  • fizzbuzz

• Learn TDD

• Solve some simple OO problems

  • Airport

• Learn how the internet works

  • http, https, http/2, tcp, ip, networks, OSI model, tls, rest, soap, ftp, dns, wireshark, push/pull, websockets, browsers/clients, browser dev tools, headers

  • api, formats (xml, json), postman, cache,

  • html, css, javascript for front end

• Learn about databases

• Learn more features of the language and libraries

  • functional

  • Call http api and learn how http/networks works

  • use a database, sql and nosql

  • Build a webserver

  • serialize and deserialize standard formats like json, xml

  • use properties

  • create and run jars

• Create an api in agile manner

  • learn about agile

• Dockerise app and run

• Go deeper in to the langauge, frameworks, design/engineering, frontend, devops, computer science, integration, caches, proxies, load balancers, container management

• More projects

  • build something wiht front end that people can use

  • refactor some good to be better engineered

  • Increase performance