Hello self hosters, I was wondering if you could fact check my training plan?

I work in Tech but haven’t done any hands on programming work since school (visual basic). This was very basic, I built a calculator program.

I’ve got an idea for an app and think this is a good learning opportunity.

My goals are:

  1. Learn programming skills that I can use for personal projects in the future i.e. making apps, using programs fron github, hosting containers to run Plex etc.

  2. Learn skills that can help in my current job (I work with Engineers but don’t do any actual coding).

I am planning to learn the following, more or less, in order:

  • Docker (in the past I’ve had a lot of trouble trying to code in Virtual Box).
  • Linux command line
  • JavaScript boot camp. Good for coding a single app that will work across, browser IOS and Android.

*Typescript - extension of JS.

*SQL - for apps that require a query to a database

*node.js - for REST APIs and cloud server infrastructure

I may also learn these languages/ methods as I need them:

*Git *Terraform

I appreciate this will be a lot of work and take a long time to master, however I think it is worth the investment from a hobby and professional perspective.

Any recommendations or comments on the above?

Any pointers where I’ve gone wrong or tips/ideas are greatly appreciated!

  • traches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    9 days ago

    Seems fine, but you’re sorta hitting two fields at once. Application development (coding) is a different skill set from devops/deployment (docker). I’d stay pretty surface level on docker and the CLI for now and focus on building your app. You’ll know when you need to go off and learn those things.

  • dudenas@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    Just my emotional reaction: I am amateurishly selfhosting for more than ten years with only basic linux knowledge. This training is probably more focused on pros and general web development than self hosting. In my imaginary perfect world self hosting would be a common skillset taught in a secondary school.

    • anonymous111@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      9 days ago

      Ahh yes, I should maybe have posted this somewhere else now I think about it.

      For me, I find the barriers to entry are quite high but if you can get a good training vid that covers the building blocks then it’s easy to learn more.

      School would be a good place for that initial learning.

  • echutaaa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    Seems solid enough of an outline. My only note is I highly recommend git first, you don’t need to be an expert or anything but if you understand the basics and use it you will never lose a line of code and be able to lookup historical changes to find issues faster. Then when ready you can stand up a simple git server like gitea to host those repos and collaborate.

  • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    9 days ago

    Decent list and plan overall. Since you enjoy self hosting and seem systems oriented, I’d add Python on the curriculum somewhere. That would round things out nicely for you.

    • anonymous111@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      I’ve been flip flopping between JavaScript vs python and landed on JavaScript as it has some libraries I’d like to experiment with.

      I’ve written a few lines of python code but just basic training stuff. Hopefully there are some transferable skills from learning JavaScript.

      Thank you for the reply.