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Gabriel Ward
20,222 Pointsls Command
Does anyone know the equivalent command for 'ls' for Windows Command Prompt?
5 Answers
Matt F.
9,518 PointsHi Gabriel,
It is dir which is short for directory.
Matt F.
9,518 PointsYes, I have worked in the industry for a little while.
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsNice, as a front end developer? How long were you learning before you landed work? I have been learning for a little over a year?
Matt F.
9,518 PointsI think that it was around 9 months in. I had a project that I kept rebuilding as I learned new things and the courses that I took from various learning resources was based solely on what I thought would help me build my app. I completely rewrote it about five times before I was hired.
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsNice what did you build? And did you focus mainly on Javascript?
Matt F.
9,518 PointsWithout getting into details about the app, I started off focusing on PHP, but then started learning JavaScript and have not touched PHP since.
How about you? Are you looking for a JavaScript focused job?
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsYea, I've been a bit unclear about what it is I want to do exactly. I've ended up feeling like I need to learn everything. I want to be more front end development though. I have a couple of contracts I'm working on developoing custom Wordpress themes. I'm a bit unsure of what I need to know/do to get work. Do you work at a digital design agency?
Matt F.
9,518 PointsYeah, it is tough to know what it is that you need to know. I would recommend watching Kathy Sierra's video at Fluent, titled Making Developers. I think it is on YouTube.
I would also suggest networking. Those connections can be really helpful as they might know about jobs in your area.
It was nice talking to you - keep working and you will ultimately find a good role.
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsThanks Matt. Yea just wondering, what sort of job are you doing now?
Matt F.
9,518 PointsCurrently I am doing React on the front end and occasionally Express on the server.
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Pointsok cool. Thanks for your encouragement Matt :)
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsGabriel Ward
20,222 PointsHi Matt, thank you so kindly. I'm relatively new to all this command line business. Big learning curve!
Matt F.
9,518 PointsMatt F.
9,518 PointsHi Gabriel,
Sure, no problem. You might want to look into Git Bash, which lets you run a lot of the commands similar to those on Max OSX and Linux terminals.
Gabriel Ward
20,222 PointsGabriel Ward
20,222 PointsAh ok, just took a look now, cheers!
Can I ask, do you work professionally as a developer/programmer?