from bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to programming@programming.dev on 30 Mar 15:46
https://sh.itjust.works/post/57668976
So to preface, my work is pretty cool, they are good about setting goals to learn things that interest you and putting you in those teams to help out in a small capacity.
My normal job has never been programming. Though Ive been the goto “IT” person at almost every job ive been at, I mess around in most of my free time with computers (installing Linux on stuff, networking NAS stuff, remote desktops virtual machines r pi setups emulators , very simple bash scripts etc all the stuff we lemmings do in our sleep ) but ive never technically coded outside very small vba code learning stuff and watching a lot of videos on multiple languages. Ive just never been able to actually figure out what I’d want to make or be able to stick with it. Also I have mild dyscalculia so I generally get really confused at math especially algebra. I can do it but im really slow.
Ive always wanted to be able to do coding. I feel like I can’t be a real computing nerd without that. I just find it so hard to focus when i don’t have a real goal or the goal is really small and uninteresting (hello world over and over is not that helpful )
So anyway, this project is just to take excel macro calculators and convert them to apps to be used mainly on iPads but also browsers etc. They’ve chosen Mendix for this purpose.
Ive not used it before but it seems like a very simple graphical drag and drop style of “programming” (not sure if you can really cal it that) but I’d like to hear if you guys have dealt with it…
Generally, how can I help out on this project (and tbh, try to prove that I’m somewhat smart at this stuff…)?
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Drunk answer:
Keep telling yourself that, you’re a coder now.
That’s the spirit!
Excel macros are pretty much universal because they are also available on LibreOffice and other tools. IMHO the whole point of programming is to get knowledge that is not too specific to one operating system or tool. Get all the macros, and document them in a simple text (Markdown) file that you can use in the near future.
As for Mendix, I have never heard about it, but if that’s your new life, read everything about https://docs.mendix.com/ and try to control all the steps in the process: Excel macros => textual representation => Mendix API.
I don’t know if I am making myself clear, but the whole point of programming is to control every step from the beginning to the end. Like:
Most people keep the information to themselves and never share it. You can help by writing some kind of documentation/wiki/API that is available to everyone else, and by being a reference on how to switch from point A (Excel macro) to point B (Mendix API) while keeping a trace of how everything works from A to B.
If you need more information, keep asking, that’s how you learn.
Thank you for the helpful and amusing answer.
Good idea. Luckily I am really good at capturing a lot of info and converting it to readable by anyone data. Good idea on keeping a roadmap of how things work…that seems important.
There is a pretty big team on this, so I may just get ignored, but I’d like to offer help on it if I can. I just wish i knew the details! Thats usually my problem is I want to know all the inner workings and details of stuff which takes time