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Help with training plan (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago by anonymous111@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello self hosters, I was wondering if you could fact check my training plan?

I work in Tech but haven't done any hands on programming work since school (visual basic). This was very basic, I built a calculator program.

I've got an idea for an app and think this is a good learning opportunity.

My goals are:

Learn programming skills that I can use for personal projects in the future i.e. making apps, using programs fron github, hosting containers to run Plex etc.
Learn skills that can help in my current job (I work with Engineers but don't do any actual coding).

I am planning to learn the following, more or less, in order:

Docker (in the past I've had a lot of trouble trying to code in Virtual Box).

Linux command line

JavaScript boot camp. Good for coding a single app that will work across, browser IOS and Android.

*Typescript - extension of JS.

*SQL - for apps that require a query to a database

*node.js - for REST APIs and cloud server infrastructure

I may also learn these languages/ methods as I need them:

*Git *Terraform

I appreciate this will be a lot of work and take a long time to master, however I think it is worth the investment from a hobby and professional perspective.

Any recommendations or comments on the above?

Any pointers where I've gone wrong or tips/ideas are greatly appreciated!

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[–] dudenas@slrpnk.net 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just my emotional reaction: I am amateurishly selfhosting for more than ten years with only basic linux knowledge. This training is probably more focused on pros and general web development than self hosting. In my imaginary perfect world self hosting would be a common skillset taught in a secondary school.

[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Ahh yes, I should maybe have posted this somewhere else now I think about it.

For me, I find the barriers to entry are quite high but if you can get a good training vid that covers the building blocks then it's easy to learn more.

School would be a good place for that initial learning.