My Boyfriend Got Me to Code

Lately, I have been hearing many articles about shortage of women in Computer Science. Personally, I had no interest in Computer Science. I thought it was hard, boring and men are better with technology. And then I met my boyfriend. He couldn’t stop talking about computers, and always tried to explain to me about his projects and get me involved. Every time he asked me to code, I politely say no.

It was lately when I began to wonder why my boyfriend is so passionate about programming. Then, he showed me lovestagram, and I was inspired. If Kaitlyn Trigger, who didn’t know anything about computer science when she started building lovestagram, could do it, I might as well give it a shot. (If you want to know more about why and how lovestagram is built, you can read the article here.) What she did was pretty amazing and encouraging.

I thought I’d take baby steps, so I decided to learn how to build a website and my boyfriend was willing to help. I asked him to explain what HTML and CSS are, how they work together, the syntax and etc,. After two hours, we built this.

Then I got hooked. I like the feeling of being able to control everything in a browser. I spent the next day imitating little passports webpage (I love their company) and built an HTML email template for little passports! I have my school homework due tomorrow, but I think it is worth procrastinating as I have found my latest obsession/passion.

With his help and the user-friendliness of espresso, I finished my first mini project, but there will be more. I want to get better. Follow me on twitter if you’d like to code with me, or leave a comment below if you have suggestions.

The web design and contents belong to LittlePassports, and my webpage is inspired by LittlePassports Product Page. I mainly use their design to practice my programming skill.

 

Categories: Diary
  • TT

    What’s that IDE you are using for development?

    • Fongachu

      I used espresso version 2.0.1

      • TT

        not bad. I was just looking for a lightweight tool.
        Shortage of women is quite true, but actually we need more and better front-end designers nowadays so app devs don’t have to do everything themselves. Girls fit the design gap much better than most boys on average.

        • http://songz.me Song

          I disagree. I think guys and girls are equally good at design.

          Guys have an edge because we’re more confident and vocal about it.

          • Alves

            oh please song.. lol

  • pwk

    hehe, wanna try hacking ur page :P :P :P

    • Fongachu

      hahah you can try. =P

      • pwk

        haha… too bad, i m not that good yet :P

  • Dani

    Funny, this could be my story :)
    More than 10 years ago I met this wonderful man who couldn’t stop talking in a language I couldn’t understand: blabla … Linux … blabla … CPU … So I attended a course where I learned 2 years sys administration – what I mostly forgot over the years. Now, married and on the search for a change in my carrier, I started coding and I’m hooked too. I started with HTML and CSS, tried PHP/mySQL (and got there a little bit frustrated), found codecademie, codescool and teamtreehouse, and got quite good with Javascript and got basics in jQuery, Ruby and Rails. With my husband on my side – always supporting and helping, when I have problems – I managed to code small games, like dice poker or black jack. It’s really fun and I hope it will work out for me soon.
    Thanks for sharing your story. It’s nice to know, that I’m not alone.

    • moon1991

      Thanks for sharing your story too. It really encourages me to keep going and learn. 

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