Hello! I have been with Banjo Ben for only a few months. I play guitar, mandolin, piano, violin, ukulele, and cello. I heard about Banjo Ben at a camp last year from two others. I am so glad I joined. I also am learning web development. I am so glad I found Banjo Ben. He has been so helpful.
I hope to learn a lot from him.
Hello there! My name is Silas
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You’re in good company here - @Michael_Mark is also working on web dev, and I’m into general programming.
Welcome aboard!
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Welcome aboard Silas!!
I’m a fellow homeschooler and learning web development as well (though I’m mainly interested in the content side of things.)
Ah, I see Linux boi has intoduced himself already!
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Welcome to the forum Silas!
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Your multi-instrument talent is impressive! Welcome on board, Silas! 
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Thank you. I just got a cello for Christmas, but it had to go to the shop, so I am still a beginner. 
How many instruments do you play @JohnM ?
Just one, guitar. 
But we have a quite a few that play many instruments, you will get to know them soon. @Dragonslayer. @Michael_Mark etc.!
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Guitar is my hobby! It used to be chess before guitar.
Btw, I forgot. I used to play another instrument you would have never heard of… bulbul tarang! That’s where I learnt my music. And some simple organ hymns maybe, but not in touch anymore.
What kind of languages you do for web development?
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Cool, my friend likes chess.
I use html and css mostly, but I am learning ( or I guess I should say “going to learn” ) more like javascript, python, wagtail cms, php and SQL
I am not super advanced, but I am taking a course on UDEMY. I used to be self taught, and my code used to stink, but I am getting better.
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Maybe your friend and I can do a friendly match at playchess.com or in some free chess site.
Nowadays most of the courses have good real life examples, so you should be at decent level when you complete them. Cool you learn python, javascript etc. I can read python to some extent. I need to put in some effort to complete a python course to be called a python programmer. UDEMY sounds familiar, I think my brother mentioned it, he used to recommend COURSERA befoer that.
Good, keep it up!
@JohnM
Thanks.
Maybe you guys could play a match. How good are you at chess?
Have you ever heard of chess.com? My friends name on that website is TheRealLeviWilson. He will probably be up for a match.
It used to be chessdom.com and then it merged with chess.com. I have not used chess.com.
I’ll let your friend assess my chess skill. Do you think you can let your friend know that I’m Guest8323446063 in chess.com? As I can’t challenge him as guest but I think he should be able to as he has regular account.
I can let him know, but I am not sure if you can challenge a guest. It would make sense that you could, but I am not sure. We will see what happens.
I do see his account but maybe he is not online now.
I emailed him, but I do not know how often he checks his email 
hopefully he will see it. If not, then maybe another time.
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Welcom @silaslee.b!
Hypothetical question… Lets say someone was going someone was going to make a chess set and the chess pieces were going to be insturments. What instruments would you use?
Here is my first thoughts.
Pawns = Ukulele
Knights=Mandolin
Bishops=Fiddle
Rooks=Bass
Queen=Banjo
King= Guitar
or maybe the Bass should the the King.
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Welcome Silas! 
I don’t know if this counts as web development, but I build websites with Wordpress. Not as smart as you coders I guess. But dealing with quirky plugins can be almost as bad!
headinhomebluegrass.com
headinhomefest.com
kindermusikwith88keys.com
88keyspiano.com
integrityebooks.com
And a few others
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