As someone who started out last summer I can tell you what I did.
I am quite a lot older than you and I have a child, a company and a girlfriend to manage, so you can probably pick it up much faster than me. Basically I have been forced to take an hour here and an hour there, sometimes more.
I have worked on it a while now but http://www.blueskycouncil.com is my idea of a idea generation website. still lot's of little mistakes but again it was actually having a goal in mind that helped me know how far in the process I was.
So here is what I have done.
1. Sign up for Lynda.com
2. Watch php/mysql for beginners twice, just to get an understanding of the scope that I am about to venture into.
3. Start programming with an idea in mind.
4. Use IRC, StackOverflow and friends
That should take you plenty of the way.
I can also recommend reading books like Code Complete to get a sense of some of the programming issues and paradigms to think of.
I am quite a lot older than you and I have a child, a company and a girlfriend to manage, so you can probably pick it up much faster than me. Basically I have been forced to take an hour here and an hour there, sometimes more.
I have worked on it a while now but http://www.blueskycouncil.com is my idea of a idea generation website. still lot's of little mistakes but again it was actually having a goal in mind that helped me know how far in the process I was.
So here is what I have done.
1. Sign up for Lynda.com
2. Watch php/mysql for beginners twice, just to get an understanding of the scope that I am about to venture into.
3. Start programming with an idea in mind.
4. Use IRC, StackOverflow and friends
That should take you plenty of the way.
I can also recommend reading books like Code Complete to get a sense of some of the programming issues and paradigms to think of.
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