So this is going to be the last post with the label Coding 101. My goal with this wasn't really so much to teach a lot of syntactical things or coding style. Mainly I wanted to see what kinds of broad topics I could cover that applied to all forms of coding. I wanted to put out some of the languages that are popular at the moment and what they're best uses are.
For next steps, if you're interested in coding, I suggest enrolling in a free online course like the ones on coursera.org. These are often well designed and if you can find a good introduction course, it can be a good motivator to actually learn something new. If you want to take a more exploratory path, you can look at all the code around you. After all, every single website you touch is backed by some amount of code. Simple sites might just have static HTML, but as you get to more complex sites, you'll see sites made with CSS and then JavaScript and if you look into it further, you'll find things like CoffeeScript and AngularJS which can be used to create JavaScript in a simpler manner.
As always, I encourage you to learn coding as it can be a really fun and productive past time. However, I'll also say that coding is a skill that takes time and if you feel you aren't up to it, don't feel obligated to learn it. While I have a really biased view considering my occupation, I definitely think that learning how to code or even just how to read code can enrich your life in ways you wouldn't quite think of. Anyways I hoped you enjoyed Coding 101 and look forward to Coding 102 in the future.
--CsMiREK
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