Are there any other young web coders out there on the IPB forums? I am just 14 and just wandering what other people my age have made/done/scripted, etc. I'm currently trying to make either a small cms or small forum/guestbook script at the moment not sure yet but it should keep me occupied seeing as it is my first ever PHP script (not counting a Hello World one ).

*sticks hand in the air*

You'll find a lot of people on here who have started young and probably also spend more time coding than is healthy.

I'm currently 15, but I started my first PHP project about two years ago. So what does that make me? A retired Young Web Coder?
I believe Veracon is really young aswell, he's a great web designer.

Young is relative I guess. To a lot of people, I am young.

I'm 19 now, but started out when I was about 14 ish.

I'm 14.
I've been coding several quite big PHP projects and web designs, yet I have that 'never-getting-done' problem.

*raises hand*
I'm 14, 15 in a week though. Either tonight or tomorrow I'll post a link to my latest project, I'm only making it to sell.

Wow you're all so young, I didn't start coding until I was about 17

I find it boring as hell, so I only do it when I want/need money .

I'm 17 going on 18, but started coding when I was 12 (IPB 1.0 ring a bell?) Back in the days of Duke Nukem and that ninja guy (Shadow Warrior?). Doom I, etc.... back in my day... god I feel so old all of a sudden!

I'm 15, but I've been fiddling with [X]HTML/PHP/CSS etc well..since 1 or 2 years ago at a guess.

I probably started coding the sort of bad, invalid, horrible invalid HTML4 people code when they first code websites at about 11 or 12, and I think I may have started PHP around then too. (And don't even think about CSS)

I'm 15 too, and currently coding PHP. I started with baisc HTML and stuff when I was 13.

Good luck with your project.

I'm 15. I started when I was 12 with HTML, been using CSS for about a year and a half, been coding PHP for... I can't remember actually. Probably about a year. I have the 'not getting motivated to finish' problem.

Im 15, and will be 16 with in the next few months. I have created very small scripts in the past, though did not put much work into them, though I am capable of creating skins for invision power board.

I'm 25 and I can't code!

I'm 21 now, but I started coding when I was 14,15 with C/C++, x86 Asm and HTML.

I used to code very basic BASIC when I was like 10 .. and then in my late-teens I taught myself Perl as alot of Ikonboard people prob did i guess.

Then I moved onto PHP and some other techniques/languages. I have just completed a degree in Multimedia.

ActionScript is now my full time job!


I guess it's Ikonboard that gave me my career, very scary!

lol i'm curious to know how all of you young whippersnappers got involved with coding in the first place

I see some of you stated that you started at the ages of 10, 11, or 12.....that's awfully young.....did any of you do anything else besides sit in front of the computer? Not meaning to sound critical or anything, but personally I think it's a bit unhealthy for a child to spend so much time in front of a pc instead of outdoors, enjoying childhood. Kudos to intellect, artistic skills, and abilities - but they won't keep you young. Our childhood years are much much shorter in comparison to the length of time we spend living as an adult. So get yourselves out there and enjoy it while you can. Granted, more could be said about this, and I could very easily write a book on it; but in general, I think children need to spend more time outdoors, or participating in more "physical" activities. I mean, in general, when was the last time you've seen a 40, 50, 60 yr old playing dodge ball? lol When you grow older, you're not quite as "endurant" as when you are young. Being a mother, I tend to grow quite concerned about such activities - so I don't mean to rain on anybody's parade

I have 5 children, oldest is 14 yrs old...and thankfully he has no interest in the computer whatsoever ('cept to play games) - other than that, he does a lot of drawing, reading, riding his bike, camping, fishing, and hunting. According to reports I've read in times past, laziness seems to be a major problem amoung young people in today's times

I'm 12, I started coding IPB mods at 9, and I have already made $500 off PHP Yes yes, I have started pretty young.

EDIT: Lisawc, I am 12, but I still do get tons of physical activity. My parents make sure of that. Every weekend I ride my bike for a few hours, and I walk my dog aswell. I am on my school's volleyball team, and we have the hardest coach ever. I am still a pretty good student, and if you ask anyone who knows me I just LOVE reading books. I do admit that I spend a bit more than a healthy time on my computer, but it is not all that I do.

I started at about 11 maybe with HTML, my inspiration to do so was BBCode. I've been using CSS fr about a year and PHP for about the same time.

I'm 15 and can do basic HTML & PHP, picked up HTML (3.2) when I was 14 and some PHP over the last year. Never really liked coding and tend to avoid it if possible though.

I'm fond of those who've learned to code so early, as I find it very difficult to keep up with.

That's great to hear, Michael Sadly, there are a lot of parents out there that are not as involved with their children, so kudos to your mother and father. My older two children love to read as well. They're really big into those HP books and anything relating to science. We have 3 really large bookshelves full of books, but oftentimes go to the library. I used to worry about "outdoor opportunities" for my children, because we live in an area that's a bit restricted from when I was growing up; but they've managed just fine and have enjoyed life so far - already did the fort house thing, tree house thing, and now it's camping...heh.

God, 14, 15 year olds. Shouldn't you lot be down a park somewhere chugging back white lightning?

What is it with you and the corruption of the innocent

We're not all that bad.

Its easier to get them when they're still young

We get in trouble for beeing outside, and now we're been lectured for staying inside! Sheesh, where do us teens belong?!!?!

I learned HTML at 13 when I joined the iKonboard forums, and CSS at about 15. 18 now, and I know some PHP and am learning VPython for Physics at uni.

I was in a death metal band, plus high school ( aka my nap time ) and a job at Target at the time, I got a fair amount of exercise and outside time.

those were the days!!! ... now the smell alone makes me feel sick..

I started learning HTML when I was 11, started PHP when I was 13. My first major projects in PHP/MySQL started when I was 14. I think I did a shoutbox and a mini-message board. Lately, I've written multiple client centers with tickets, a download manager (integrated with the client center), then this summer I wrote a complete CMS with many many many features that I finished one week before school started. It was the first PHP project that I actually finished (installer and all). It's going to be released as soon as I finish the website . I'm 16 now, so I guess you could say that I started young

Started coding in QBasic when I was probably 35'ish, then moved on to Visual Basic @ 38'ish. Actually wrote a few programs that the Navy still uses (wish I would have written them as a civilian, could have gotten paid for it then). Tinkered around with PHP when I was with some company called IPS ( ). Now at the ripe ol' age of 43, I'm more involved now with PHP/MySQL... usually out of boredom and trying to get the company I work for into the 21st century.

I have lint in my belly button older than most of you kids.

Not to mention, you're chair of a board of directors.

Same. In fact, I can attribute my forthcoming career to Stephen too It was setting up an ikonboard that got me where I am today, but it was trying to alter a script that Stephen wrote for me and Russ (someone I ran a site with at the time) that got me into coding.

It's strange how things work out

[edit] Wow Sensebubble is still up Here is the site, and this was the script that stephen wrote. And look, here's our ikonboard (although it's a bit worse for wear now )

I await the cheque in the post

You should demand Vectura royalties.

uhoh, you haven't been keeping up with your security upgrades , 2.1.7b had the help.cgi null byte exploit. I don't know what's sadder, that I can remember the exploit, or I can remember the regex to fix it :'(

Im 14 but when I was 13, I started out with Java, learned PHP round 13 1/2, and experiment with vB (Not Well) and C++(Also not well). But I am more experienced in PHP and Java.

Same! lol


Same. I'm 14 now and do a lot of PHP projects but never really get any finished. I have about 6 things half or three quarters done.

Don't know, whether I'm allowed to post in here, but'll try. I'm 30 right now and had my first contact with computers some 20 years ago in a state, that doesn't exist anymore
IIRC, since this time, my career road was always attached to computers - I started with entering example projects from magazines into machines, that no one can remember anymore and finaly graduated in computer science, started a company (with friends of mine) and am able to pay my bills
In the good old days, there was no such thing as "web" to our hands, but I discovered the "net" in the early 90's - using console mode, ftp, irc and "write" as the mother of all messenger services on some SS5 (Sun SPARC) and wasted a lot of time *g* My first own webpage started in 1995 and I have to admit, it's still online the way I left it these days. Of course, there were a lot of projects, some of them I even can't remember without looking in the archives - and some other ones, that still grow.
What about PHP? Well, it's just another language, I had to get the principles and syntax right (classical education pays off there) and I'm using it for about 5 years now for web purposes.

I could continue to tell tales from a lost century, but will finish here, as this is the topic for "young web coders", which I wish you good luck for your experiments and don't quit your efforts too early

Regards
Geraint

I started programming when I was in the womb, my first word was "googleplex" and my parents gave me building blocks with 1's and 0's on them.

As for getting outside more, all it takes is a good notebook PC and WiFi connection.

I started at age 10 now im 14... and about sittin in front of the computer.. I play football, Basketball and Baseball at I am one of the best players (we have won our confrence 4 years in a row now) and go to the weight room 3 times a week ( after our practices) and in the summer I Race BNNS Karts. so.. lol :charles:

congrats on the winnings

since a few adults have replied to this thread, i'll throw in a little history myself

(1960's-1990's) Father worked for McDonnell Douglas (now part of The Boeing Company) as a programmer, then transferred to Sun Oil when I was 8 yr, and then transferred to Metier Systems (computer programming company) when I was around 10.

(1990's - current) Now he's a videographer, for both public and business (infomercials). Needless to say, I've been around computers my entire life. I'm 36 now, and didn't get my "own" first computer until I was 28 yrs old. Father tried to push the pc learning curve on me for years and years, and I refused...hehe I loved painting and drawing too much to even think about applying my creativity to the likes of a computer. Now, it's a different story. Years ago, when all you had to look at was a DOS-looking screen, it didn't seem to me like you could do much with it - hence my lack of interest. But my father would make all kinds of stuff and show us (brothers and I). So I know you could get creative with it, but not anything like you can today - which is what I like about computers now (instant results and a more appealing "screen" to look at...heh)

And that's my "computer" history.........skinning and design history is saved for another chapter

I spent the entirely of my childhood reading and being on the computer. I don't play video games, and it's more productive than being outside or playing games would ever be. Some people just don't find that kind of thing interesting.

I'm currently 19, and started fiddling with PHP and MySQL when I was 16. I never touched another programming language other than HTML until starting my computing science program. I'm currently in my second year now, and am relatively versed in Java, C++, PHP, and machine code!

Well, I know basic xHTML/CSS, and I'm trying to learn PHP. And I'm also learning Scheme in school.


Oh and I'm turning 15 in about 2 months.

I suppose I started when I was around 14. Only really been taking it seriously this last year or so. Still there is a lot to learn, you can't get away with only knowing one language, you need to know a lot quite well before you start to make progress.

I've made some attempts at coding, but have yet to find it my forte...that'd be television production.

But, started with HTML probably around 9 or 10, and then starting getting into Perl about 2000-2001, moreso when Ikonboard was around, and made the switch to PHP a bit before IPB was announced by Matt and Charles.

I'm 15 years old, been into computers my whole life. Always was interested in website design, but soon realized graphics design took a lot more patience than I have. I teamed up with Payton on these forums (he took the graphics route, I took the coding route).

When Payton was learning to advance his graphics skills I took up CSS and XHTML (before everyone started learning it, it was tough with no guides!) When we were becoming successful after starting our web development business, Payton started picking up XHTML + CSS while I started my journey to learn PHP and MySQL. I always asked for help on these forums, got the guidance I needed, and I've been involved with a few major projects. My speciality is forum skins for Invision Board, it being mainly CSS-based.

If I remember correctly, Payton is only 17.

Well I know I started this topic but I never really said what ages I started doing stuff. My Dad has always worked with computers (during my lifetime) so he has constantly been on them in my house. He first got me into the Internet around 10/11. Then i started wandering how to make my own website so I learnt HTML at 12. At 13 I fiddled with C++ and CSS but never really got anywhere (I know abit of CSS now). Then at the end of 13 I started my own web design business. I had one client and made £130 from it. After that, I couldnt be bothered to do random work for others anymore so I have been studying PHP and MySQL and I know a little bit but not much. I also know tiny bits of Perl as well. I'm now trying to code my own CMS even though I dont know that much PHP. I'm just learning the bits I need to know on the way whilst i make it.

14 years old
my history
1999-2003 The Phpbb-SMF Skinning and Modding Years
2004-Started using IPB, designed a few websites.
2005-Bought a Perpetual License, Worked on a IPB Support\Hosting Site, Designed some forums and sites, and started five 2.1. mods.