Hi, this is where you start the course.
But first I want to tell you a little bit about it, because this is more than a
course. It's a journey. And it's a challenge.
A challenge to yourself. I often hear people say,
"I want to learn to code". "I want to become an app developer". "I want a new job".
"I want to build my app", but without action,
those words are meaningless. But *you* are different!
I know it. Even though I don't know you personally,
I know you purchased this course and you haven't left it at that.
You've made a start. And success comes to those who show up. And you showed up
today. I know you can do this. You can make your dreams come true.
You can change your own future and you can change the lives of those people
around you.
One of the questions I hear most often is: "What's the best way to learn to code?".
Well, here it
is! It's the 100 days of code challenge. Code for at least an hour. ⏳
Over 100 days. You're practising a muscle to get strong at coding.
Then the next question inevitably is: "Well,
what do I do each day?" And I've spent years thinking about this question.
And finally,
I'm now able to definitively answer that ... it's this course!
Every day, you're going to learn and apply new programming concepts.
After a hundred days of repeating this process,
not only will you have covered the entire professional Python curriculum,
you'll also be so good that they can't ignore you.
There are just two rules to get the most out of this course.
1) Pledge to code for an hour a day for a 100 days. To keep yourself
accountable. I recommend downloading the course pledge.
This is a contract 🤝 with yourself. You can print it out and pin 📌 it somewhere.
You can always see, for example, above your computer or on your desk.
By signing the pledge, you're making a commitment to yourself.
It's only for you. No one else needs to see it.
You can download the pledge in the course resources for this lesson.
The second rule is to log your progress.
Using the #100DaysOfCode hashtag on Twitter.
There are millions of other students who are on this journey with you.
And they will support you when times get tough.
I recommend tweeting your progress each day with the hashtag #100DaysOfCode
and search the hashtag on Twitter to see what others are doing as a part
of their 100 days. And that's all there is to it!
So here's to your success and let's get started with the course. 🤞