How I taught myself to code | Litha Soyizwapi | TEDxSoweto

In this delightfully choreographed presentation, Litha Soyizwapi tells the story of how his innate curiosity and natural chutzpah led him initially into graphic design and then, remarkably, onto a path where he taught himself to code and ultimately create one of the most successful apps in South Africa.

Litha Soyizwapi is a graphic designer and a self-taught app developer. His popular GauRider app is the quickest and most elegant way to manage commutes on Gautrain—the rapid transit railway system linking Johannesburg, Pretoria and OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng Province, South Africa.

[pratipsarkar]

When we learning something new we have got a tendency to jump to the cool part, a tendency to ignore the process but i think understanding the process that means ... you can create products that can have lasting values..
I think learning the basics means that u can break things apart and put them back together again...

[NelsonMandelaUniversity]

Well done Litha - your university is proud of you!

[TechubberBlogspotTechBlog]

Valuable message in this presentation -
Learn the basics.
Learn by doing.
Apply Knowledge.

Thanks for sharing.

[Dotrade]

learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.

[smithconnie]

Inspirational, Indeed!!
3 things we all should remember: Learn the basics...Learn by doing...And, Apply knowledge!!! simple and true.👍

[waellerbe]

I have the greatest respect for *Litha's* story of how he taught himself to program. It's also encouraging to see how his exposure to maps and Geography at an early age played a big role in his learning experience. This is one success story that I will appreciate for many years to come.

#LithaSoyizwapi

[kolyxix]

I too was a graphic design, currently re-learning programming. I see myself in you.

[LegendColgo]

This is so beautifully said, people make things so big while they dont understand the concepts first, learn basics, do the basics, that's it, stop making it like a big thing. While doing the basics there are multiple ways you can do them in programming languages, keep adding stuff to it and that's it!

[JenTylerHooksnTales]

Brilliant!! So inspiring. And this is relevant to me as a Crochet "artist"! It's been said that learning Crochet is similar in process to coding. I started three years ago and now I'm about to branch out as a crochet designer. There have been times I wanted to stab myself with my crochet hook, donate my yarn to charity and forget all about it. But I am absolutely PASSIONATE about this art-craft form. I wake up in the middle of the night, to crochet, because I HAVE TO finish a difficult piece and suddenly I have the solution. Everything you have said rings deeply true for me. Thank you!! Makers gonna Make, right!? :D

[great]

I'm Inspired to learn coding too...Great and humble presentation

[bijithlalap]

I hate the viewers, he deserves more claps.. Thank you

[ganyobiniiakwei]

I am a self taught programmer and yet every single day i keep learning towards being better at that ... i really do well in PHP and JAVASCRIPT....I started with HTML 5 and CSS3 and being at it for the past 3 years... this video really inspired me and taught me how to look at programming in a different way

[sachinashtikar]

Accidently clicked and got jackpot. He is great. Done great job through the speech.

[mpumelelolindanimchunu]

i'm just inspired by the this guys.., Litha Syizwapi, I never knew that TEDxSOWETO is happening

[Toluwase]

Learn the basics. Learn by doing. Apply Knowledge.

[Srivaishnavas]

A thoughtful presentation.... the tone that talks to inner mind... He is calm in expressions with no rushing thoughts. Good job sir.

[Erik-yxpj]

This guy is fantastic. Im currently teaching myself the Python language so a talk like this is just what I needed. I know what I want to do with it, just not how to do it at this point. I am on the road to getting there so its great to hear success stories.

[misslynda]

Thanks! This year I want to learn to code. It's the way of the future

[mohanmenon]

Very inspirational. Will help many young to overcome their fears and doubts

[HP-vyis]

I am really want to be Machine learning engineer in months, So I will be dedicating 1 hour/ day to programming before breakfast....daily :)....Thanks for motivating, Mr. Litha Soyizwapi