I am in the same boat. I started learning web development about 6 months ago. The best way to learn is by making things. Many of my friends that have been inte

I am in the same boat. I started learning web development about 6 months ago. The best way to learn is by making things. Many of my friends that have been interested in learning to program and started using resources like codeacadmey or the w3schools tutorials have ended up discouraged. I think they assumed that those resources were designed such that you'd be a programmer as soon as you diligently completed each lesson. My friends that assumed that ended up bored and moved on to other things. It's best to follow your curiosity. Work on projects even if other people are out there doing the same thing better. I view everything as a learning project. My first projects were http://roommater.us http://roommater.us and http://essayr.com http://essayr.com.