Comment by Bolaji Ayodeji on "I started the web dev site, Scotch.io. AMA!"

CommentI started the web dev site, Scotch.io. AMA!

Bolaji Ayodeji

Software Engineer, Teacher, and Developer Advocate.

Sep 8, 2020

Hi Chris on Code, thanks for this amazing AMA.

You're an amazing video content creator and Twitch streamer, how did you get started?

Can you share a getting started guide, plan resource, and tools you used when you started?

I'll be happy to hear about your experience and what worked for you :)

Chris Sev

Founder Scotch.io. DevRel DigitalOcean.

Sep 8, 2020

I got started because somebody gave me a pirated version of Adobe's Dreamweaver. I saw the price tag on it and said "wow I should learn this cool thing". I saw how bad the HTML was on the WYSIWYG builder so I learned the code myself.

My getting started guide has always been "if I had to learn it, then I might as well put it on paper and write it down". This is how Scotch got started, as a personal coding diary of sorts.

I read a ton of Tuts Plus, CSS Tricks, Smashing Magazine, A List Apart, and more great blogs to get started.

Bolaji Ayodeji

Software Engineer, Teacher, and Developer Advocate.

Sep 8, 2020

Thanks for sharing! Chris on Code

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