How do you stay motivated while learning to code? 🤔
As much as we'd like our coding journey to be all uphill↗️, sometimes it can be a bit of a roller coaster🎢. But luckily, we have a few insights from experience to keep you motivated.
Two important things to keep in mind while learning to code are to practice and persevere. However, people often associate studying with long hours of reading, learning, and performing technical tasks in front of a screen. Of course, this is all part of it, but after some time it can become dull and our brain disconnects. At this point, we stop making sense of it, get frustrated, and stop.😳 Do you relate to this? Well, fear no more! Our Coding Bootcamp is all about pushing you forward and practicing really cool stuff to keep you motivated. 😎
The best way to make your coding knowledge stick is to practice (a lot). A fun way to practice your skills every day is by playing coding games. These games aim to achieve a specific goal while using a specific programming language, such as Python, CSS, SQL, JavaScript, and more.
Want to know more? Here is our top 5 games you can play to practice your programming skills ⬇️
1) CSS Diner: this is a game where you are learning and practicing how to use different CSS selectors. It has 32 different levels- one for almost every selector. The goal is to figure out how to select the items that are on the table. For example, in the image below you can see two white plates on the table, so you have to properly select them.
2) SQL Murder Mystery: If you enjoy puzzles and mystery-solving games, you'll enjoy this one very much. SQL Murder Mystery is a game where you can learn SQL concepts and commands. You use multiple queries to find out information from a crime scene and try to figure out who the criminal is. If you are new at SQL, this game will give you the mastery you are looking for.
3) Elevator Saga: As the name implies, Elevator Saga is about programming elevators and it works using JavaScript. This game gives you different challenges and your job is to program an elevator to transport people. In order to pass each challenge, you have to transport a certain amount of passengers in a certain amount of time. The game will see how efficient and fast you are at transporting people by creating scripts with JavaScript. One of the main advantages of this game is that you can see your script performing in real-time, so if there is something wrong with your code you can troubleshoot it quickly and keep on.
4) CSS Battle: In CSS Battle, you will create pixel-perfect matches to replicate targets using HTML and CSS code. You can battle with players around the world to get to the top of the leaderboard. This game is for beginners, intermediates, and even experts in CSS.
5) Code Wars: Code Wars allows you to challenge yourself with small coding exercises called "kata". Each kata is crafted by the community to help you strengthen different coding skills. Master your current language of choice, or learn any of the 55+ programming languages supported. You’ll use languages from Python to JavaScript, and everything in between.
We hope you enjoy playing these games and that they help you to strengthen your coding skills! To learn more about these programming languages and career opportunities as a Full-Stack Software Developer or Machine Learning Engineer click here and check out our programs!