My GF learned to code in 3 months. This is what she came up with.

I really like the skills section <a href="http://nukaco.la/skills.html" rel="nofollow">http://nukaco.la/skills.html</a> I wish this was standard practice for resumes, even though it's subjective assessment it's really easy to compare relative strengths and weaknesses, for example it's very easy to see "dabbled in haskell, very proficient in garage band" just by glancing

Almost invariably when we see posts like these on Hacker News, the person actually had prior programming experience, but just happened to start taking it serious for the last [small number] [unit of time].<p>Thus is the case here. <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050952" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050952</a><p>However, it's impressive for a first project. I hope you stick with it.

This is a good example of how people should learn coding. Not doing examples but doing something that is very goal directed (for her doing a website). Exercises should help you understand how to do a final goal. This is pretty impressive for only 3 months of study also.

Actually she might learned to code in 3 months, but shes coding much longer I guess. e.g She wrote in her XING profile that she started studying informatics in 10/2010. Despite that, consider marrying her :)

I think this might be a one-off case, as she mentions RMS as a reason for not being on Facebook or Twitter.

Turn On -&#62; Nyan Cat. LMAO!<p>Edit: I should have included the URL for context: <a href="http://nukaco.la/maniac.html" rel="nofollow">http://nukaco.la/maniac.html</a>

Title is misleading because your GF was utterly awesome before that.

Wow she is awesome. This music hack day project is intensely beautiful <a href="http://nukaco.la/projects.html" rel="nofollow">http://nukaco.la/projects.html</a> It is a musical umbrella! That synths sound as it is hit by water!

I'll just come out and say it - I'm jealous of you.

I think it's great work - but why does the developer need to be introduced as 'my GF'.<p>She's clearly very technically capable - why not introduce the site on it's own merits?

Seriously? 3 months to know so many things including what Richard Stallman says ... admire.

I'm most impressed with the 8-bit sound umbrella.

I'm insanely jealous of your gf. I've been doing programming as a hobby for nearly 10 years and haven't knocked out anything as cool at that. Nice skills section too. I might make that as an extra attachment page to my CV. Ask her, Python or Ruby and why for me.

3 months of programming and already had a glimpse of Haskell, I'm really impressed. I'm struggling to find time to learn it a little, and during the last 10 years since I first heard about it I hadn't had enought time (the only haskell code I "do" is xmonad.hs :)

Well she is clearly tech savvy lady: <a href="http://nukaco.la/projects.html" rel="nofollow">http://nukaco.la/projects.html</a> So probably it was not very hard for her =)

Care to share how she learned so quickly?

Daniel Tammet learned to speak Icelandic in a single week. Unfortunately, like your girlfriend, he didn't share much of a guideline for others working towards similar goals.<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMz3gjl9x-M" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMz3gjl9x-M</a>

She has a lot of skills for 3 months.

Thank you all for being so nice! :')

This is really impressive for three months, and the little charts on her skills page are funny!

Aliz, this is awesome and your bf is awesome for supporting you in learning to code. Also - speaking ANY Icelandic is kind of a big deal! Hope I'll meet you sometime

That's really incredible. I love the Skills page, very creative.<p>The only thing that bothers me is that I can't select text... A little unnerving, actually.

It's amazing how much folks can learn in such a short amount of time. I wonder if she was learning full-time or on the side.

Really, really?<p>Congrats to her<p>I remember doing "something similar" in MSX Basic about 20 years ago =)

I liked some of her other projects more, like the little Maniac Mansion thing, or her Rails app haveband.

Nice! The skills section is really nice! And please take care of your gf, she's awesome! :')

In 3 months I've only got how to create data types, functions, and conditionals. Haha.

Can you ask her to outline the process she used to learn to code this tool?

She learned all by herself?

You have an awesome and intelligent girlfriend. Congratulations.

Can you tell us how she/you went about learning to code?

I think your gf is your hand. However, very nice work.

Great execution, that's what it's really all about!

Hard to believe, i'm really impressed.

Great work. Also, nice site name. :)

hach lukas. sweet.

Awesome work!

keep her!