Yaser Al-NajjarI know I'm late to the party, but better late than never.
The tough days
Back in 2011, I was doing computer security till I realized I might do better in programming field, so I decided to give it a try.
And it was TOUGH, since at that time most people told me to learn C++ as a start to get strong fundamentals; it was the norm!
The poor me was struggling to wrap my head around arrays, pointers, and references.
Guess what, I was thinking: programming isn't for me, it's really tough 😨
There comes HER explanation
Fortunately, I found a course from Kate Gregory, I watched the first couple of videos... they were great.
I saw myself finishing the first 4 modules in one go cuz they were heavenly simple!
I realized she also mentions C# in some of the videos, that's when I tried C# and voila I became a C# developer.
Did I mention that I've learned the basics of C# from Deborah Kurata ?
SHE is another great developer, I learned OOP and Defensive Coding from her great detailed courses.
Fast forward
The first time I knew about software design and architecture; specifically, DDD (Domain Driven Design) was when I was watching Julie Lerman course: Domain-Driven Design Fundamentals. (let alone her superior Entity Framework publications)
I felt like: this is what I need to become, a software architect. Since then, I'm diving deeper into that that field, and I LOVE IT!
So, I can proudly say that SHE taught me how to code. And, SHE made a developer who has taught programming in One Million Arab Coders initiative and co-founded an academy to teach programming.
Thanks to all these great women, and thanks to every single person who taught me something.
- P.S: I should mention that I also learned from other great authors like Scott Allen and Steve Smith.
