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Code, Write and Repeat!

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Code, Write and Repeat!
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Neha kumari

Salesforce is my bread and butter of course, but I'm hugely fascinated with 4 other things in technology that I want to learn this year - Python, Javascript, Heroku and NodeJS. I have a fair understanding of Javascript but I think I have only scratched the surface so far. While in the other 3, I haven't even taken the first step. I don't aim to be an expert in either of the 4. But, I want to make my life easier by gaining some knowledge in all of them.

I guess there's no point in learning a new coding language if I don't have a purpose around it.

So, by the end of this year, I pledge to be tech savvy and be able to

  1. Automate some of the boring stuff with Python scripting
  2. I struggle to keep my notes organized. I want to put an automation in place that would do that job for me.
  3. Salesforce has slowly moved towards client side computing now. So, with a thorough knowledge of Javascript, I'll be able to build some robust Salesforce apps.
  4. Funnily, I don't know why I want to learn Heroku. But, I have heard about it so many times in my projects, either to host an app or to integrate to another application that I'm just curious to give that a try. While I was trying one of the Salesforce-Slack Integration recently, I stumbled upon one of the processes that involved Heroku and I was clueless about it.

Hashnode is definitely one of the platform that's adding to my tech curiosity lately as I get a notification for a new exciting blog on a completely unrelated topic every other day and I wonder "Woahh! That's cool. I didn't know that" So, thank you to Syed Fazle Rahman and the team at Hashnode for this amazing platform.

Ok, now that I have written this out, it makes me wonder "Did I commit to learning too much?" :D Nevertheless, I'll bite more than I can chew. That way, may be I'll get to atleast 60% of where I want to be. And this blog is definitely gonna remind me if I slack in my journey of exploration.

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Let me know in comments if you'd like to join me in this journey of tech exploration and become a super cool coder!! :P

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Benjamin Faruna5y ago

I started this journey some time ago, although I didn't know what I wanted to use it for. Good to see you got it all figured out. Happy learning ;)

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Neha kumari5y ago

Thanks! :)

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Krish5y ago

I'll join you too and this was a good read.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of automation were you looking for your notes?

Also, have you thought about the top 5 boring work flows that you'd like to automate with python?

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Neha kumari5y ago

Yaaass! Let's code!

For my notes, I'm looking at two things.

  1. Over the past few months, I had been trying out multiple note taking tools. Now, my notes are everywhere : Samsung notes, Notion, Obsidian, Miro and even on Telegram's "Saved Messages". I wish to put all of them in a markdown note taking tool like Obsidian may be and automatically put links to the keywords that I feed in my code.
  2. Now, once the markdown notes are ready, I wish to configure automatic reminders/calendar events based on a keyword that I enter.

This is still a rough idea that I have. I think it's very complex. Need to make it more granular.

For the workflows that I want to automate, one would be to perform a disk cleanup and delete duplicate files across the system every week. For the rest, I'll spend time observing where I spend majority of my time.

Thanks for sharing your curiosities Krishanu. Helped me get more clarity on my implementations.

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Artemis Clyde5y ago

Officially joining you! I just now registered here on hashnode and there's one project I've been putting off for far too long. My biting off more than I can chew looks like this:

  • Create a simple personal website using Vue and Tailwind CSS.
  • Get into hosting and have the website up on my personal domain.
  • Explore backend technologies and advance the website with a working database integration.
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Neha kumari5y ago

Hop on for the fun ride then!!! I'd love to see where your exploration goes. I created my website from scratch a few weeks back as well. It was a challenge. But, seeing it live was a bliss!!!

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Artemis Clyde5y ago

Neha kumari awesome! The "from scratch" part is exactly what it's about for me. I've been working as a web developer for a while, but there's a lot of insecurity as I've never built a full frontend backend system from scratch myself. Let's tackle this, I'm also excited to see where your path leads you!

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