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p.large-p Welcome to Free Code Camp. We're an open source community of busy people who learn to code, then practice by building projects for nonprofits.
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p.large-p Learning to code is hard. To succeed, you'll need lots practice and support. That's why we've created a rigorous curriculum and supportive community.
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p.large-p If you can finish Free Code Camp, you will be able to get a coding job. There are thousands of coding jobs currently going unfilled, and the demand for coders grows every year.
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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 job-winning portfolio of real apps that people use every day.
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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.
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
