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Posted by Jason Cornwall
Jason Cornwall
9,645 Points

Should I start with the Ruby on Rails or Front End track?

I want to become a fullstack web developer but Im not sure which track to start with first. Should I start with the front end track then learn Rails after I've gained lots of experience? Or should I just start with the Rails track and hope that Ill be good enough with html, css, and javascript to build the front end when I need to? Any comments would help a lot. Thanks!

Jason Cornwall
Jason Cornwall
9,645 Points

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2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I agree with Andrew Chalkley It mostly depends on your background. If you have very little experience I would say start with the frontend track. This will give you a solid foundation that you can/will level up from. I would also as an aside to learning here, take some time and go to MIT open courseWare treehouse does a fantastic job on learning how to code, but to supplement that I think its important to understand the logic as to how/why these things work. It will make the learning process easier, and you will be able to tackle more obstacles in the future. Start small, level up!! good luck!!

Jason Cornwall
Jason Cornwall
9,645 Points

Thanks! Ive looked at the MIT course before and I do have a good understanding of basic computer science and programming concepts. I simply have no web development experience. But I'll take that into consideration. Thanks again.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Right on! Remember we are all here to help each other. good Luck!

Andrew Chalkley
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Andrew Chalkley
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Andrew Chalkley
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I'd say doing Front-end stuff will put you at an advantage, but you can maybe do any of the full stack tracks and just do Introduction to HTML and CSS as a bare minimum.