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Román Santillán

July 05, 2022

Advice and Thoughts

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One of the biggest concerns when starting web development is how to apply what I know. It took me a long time to understand this, because I believed that with the projects of the courses I took it was more than enough. While it is a way, I have never been a conformist person and have always sought to assemble my own ideas to the code.

The best advice I can give on this topic is: analyze your needs. To mention one example, during my first year studying at university, I was studying the topic of conversion between numerical systems. Tired of doing the same procedure and with my knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript I decided to create something that would help me check if what I had done was right. It was there that the idea of the project called Converter of Numbering Systems was born.

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In my view, projects do not have to be overly complex or out of the ordinary. Trust is built with dedication and little by little, and the more finished projects you have more ease to think of escabilidad and better user experience.

Thinking about my problems before thinking about others has helped me to program my ideas. Now and then it’s okay to solve more general problems, but at least it worked for me to understand that first I had to take the confidence and realize that I am able to do things.

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