img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive.thumbnail(src='http://i.imgur.com/RlEk2IF.jpg' alt="a picture of Free Code Camp's 4 benefits: Get connected, Learn JavaScript, Build your Portfolio, Help nonprofits")
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p.large-p Learning to code is hard. To succeed, you'll need lots of practice and support. That's why we've created a rigorous curriculum and supportive community.
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p.large-p There are thousands of coding jobs currently going unfilled, and the demand for coders grows every year. If you want a coding job, we can help prepare you to get one.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/dLx8nrg.jpg' alt='An illustration showing that you will learn HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Databases, Git, Node.js, Angular.js and Agile.')
p.large-p During the last 800 hours, you'll build several real-life projects for nonprofits. By the time you finish, you'll have a portfolio of real apps that people use every day.
p.large-p Now let's join Free Code Camp's chat rooms. You can come here any time of day to hang out, ask questions, or find another camper to pair program with. First you'll need a GitHub account.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/FEImaEN.gif' alt='A gif showing you to click the link below to go to GitHub. Fill in the necessary fields and click submit.')
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/ALN6zPK.gif' alt='A gif showing you how to click the profile image in the upper right hand corner of GitHub. Upload a photo of yourself or you will continue to use the automatically generated pixel art. Then fill in the remaining form fields and click submit.')
| Click the pixel art in the upper right hand corner of GitHub, then choose settings. Upload a picture of yourself. A picture of your face works best. This is how your fellow campers will see you in our chat rooms, so put your best foot forward. You can add your city and your name if you want.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/OXL3G3n.gif' alt="Click the link below to navigate to Free Code Camp's open-source repository. In the upper right hand corner, you can click the \"star\" button to star this repository.")
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/EZHzKCV.gif' alt='A gif showing you how to click the link below to go to our chat room and click the \"sign in with GitHub\" button. Then you can click into the text input field and type a message to your fellow campers.')
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/Ecs5XAd.gif' alt='A gif showing you how you can click the settings button in the upper right hand corner and modify your notification settings.')
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/T0bGJPe.gif' alt='A gif showing how you can click on a user profile image to initiate a private message with that user.')
p.large-p Please note that all of our chat rooms are visible to the public. If you need to share sensitive information, such as an email address or phone number, do it in a private message.
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p.large-p Keep our chat room open while you work through our challenges. That way, you can ask for help if you get stuck. You can also socialize with other campers when you feel like taking a break.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/SLQ27Gr.gif' alt='A gif showing how you can click the link below to download a native chat room app for your computer.')
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p.large-p Try this: Click the "Wiki" button in your upper right hand corner. Our community has contributed lots of useful information to this searchable wiki.
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p.large-p Try this: Check out your portfolio page. Click your picture your upper right hand corner. To activate your portfolio page, you'll need to link your GitHub account with Free Code Camp.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/WKzEr1q.gif' alt='A gif showing how you can access your profile page and hover over different days to see how many brownie points you got on those days.')
p.large-p Your portfolio page shows your progress and how many Brownie Points you have. You can get Brownie Points by completing challenges and by helping other campers in our chat rooms. If you get Brownie Points on several days in a row, you'll get a streak.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/nmSiMy1.gif' alt='A gif showing how you can access our Camper News page and click the "upvote" button to upvote a story.')
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/Elb3dfj.jpg' alt='A picture of some of our campers meeting in a local cafe. 3 men and 3 women are sitting around a table with laptops out, and are smiling and coding.')
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/EZHzKCV.gif' alt="A gif showing how you can click the link below, find your city on the list of Campsites, then click on the Facebook link for your city and join your city's Facebook group.")
a(href='https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/freecodecamp/wiki/List-of-Free-Code-Camp-city-based-Campsites' target='_blank') Find your city on this list
| . Click the "Join group" button to join your city's Facebook group. If your city isn't on this list, 
a(href='https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/freecodecamp/wiki/How-to-create-a-Campsite-for-your-city' target='_blank') follow these directions to create a Facebook group for your city
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/3AgvJQg.gif' alt="A gif showing how click the link below, find your city, and click the \"Gitter\" button to join your city's Gitter chat room")
a(href='https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/freecodecamp/wiki/List-of-Free-Code-Camp-city-based-Campsites' target='_blank') Go back to our list of Campsites 
| and click "Gitter" to join your city's chat room.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/P7qfJXt.gif' alt='A gif showing how you can click the link below and fill in the necessary fields to add your Free Code Camp studies to your LinkedIn profile.')
a(href='https://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit-education?school=Free+Code+Camp' target='_blank') add Free Code Camp to your LinkedIn education background
| . Set your graduation date as next year. For "Degree", type "Full Stack Web Development". For "Field of study", type "Computer Software Engineering". Then click "Save Changes".
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p.large-p Let's cover one last thing before you start working through our challenges: how to get help. Any time you get stuck or don't know what to do next: Read-Search-Ask.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/GxvrsFb.gif' alt="A gif showing you how to do an advanced Google search. First, we enter the query \"jquery doesn't run when my page loads\". Then we click search tools button and change the \"Any time\" select box to \"within the last year\". Then we click on a result and read through the article and find our answer.")
p.large-p If that didn't help, search Google. Good Google queries take a lot of practice. When you search Google, you usually want to include the language or framework you're using. You also want to limit the results to a recent period.
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/LZYU7p2.gif' alt="A gif showing us following the link below to go to the help chat room and ask \"jquery doesn't run when my page loads\".")
img.gif-block.img-center.img-responsive(src='http://i.imgur.com/WsfzvVo.gif' alt='A gif showing us clicking the \"map\" button in our upper right hand corner and browsing our challenge map.')
p.large-p Now you're ready to start coding! Click the "Map" button in your upper right hand corner. Our map shows all our coding challenges. We recommend that you complete these from top to bottom, at a sustainable pace.
