- Start Here
- How to learn
- What is the Most Useful CS Bookmark You have
- Programs & Classes
- Learn HTML
- Learn CSS
- Learn JavaScript
- Learn React.js
- Full Stack Tutorials
- Learn Node.js
- Learn Python
- Learn APIs
- Learn Databases
- Learn Authentication
- Learn Git
- Games & Challenge Websites
- Free Programming Books
- Open Source Contribution Opportunities
- Am I Ready to be a Developer?
- Software Developer Success Stories
- Resume's, Portfolio's, LinkedIn, Interview Prep, & Salary Information
Take a look at the big picture:
- Web Developer Roadpath - Github Repo
- YouTube video outlining what to learn (similar to above, but in video format) - Watch this if you want to become a web developer
What happens when you type google into your address bar?
Find a local Web Development related Meetup! Don't worry, it's not as scary as you might think, and is one of the best ways to start learning
Find a local Web Development related Meetup! Don't worry, it's not as scary as you might think, and is one of the best ways to start learning
How to Learn
What is the Single most useful CS Bookmark you have?
Programs and Classes
Programs
- Coursera Course (Not CS Specific) - Learning how to learn
- Repetition, Repetition, Repetition - Reddit Discussion on study techniques
What is the Single most useful CS Bookmark you have?
- What is the single most useful CS Bookmark you have? Reddit Link to discussion
- Learn X in Y Minutes
- What CS Majors Should Know
- Google's Technical Development Guide
- CSS Tricks - Complete Flexbox Guide
- Regex Cheat Sheet
- DevDocs
- Awesome List of Everything Programming
- How to Break Into the Tech Industry—a Guide to Job Hunting and Tech Interviews
Programs and Classes
Programs
- The Odin Project
- FreeCodeCamp
- The Essential Web Developer Course
- Epicodus Programming Bootcamp Curriculum
Classes
- SANITIZED list of 530+ free online programming/CS courses (MOOCs) with feedback(i.e. exams/homeworks/assignments) that you can start this month (December 2016) - Needs Updating
- Udacity Free Web Development Courses (Google)
Bootcamps
- Thoughts on Coding Boot camps
- The Complete Guide to Bootcamps
- Self Study - My programming notes. 275 Pages of Content [Updated Reddit Link] [Original Reddit Link]
Paid
- The Web Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele. This is the only paid resource on this document. I include it because it is worth its weight in gold. Inexpensive (less than $50) and one of the best resources out there. If you're going to buy one course, buy this one.
Learn HTML
- Introduction to HTML - Mozilla Docs
- HTML5 Tutorial
- HTML5 Introduction EDX
- Learn to code HTML & CSS - Shay Howe
- HTML Fundamentals - SoloLearn
Learn CSS
- Everything you need to know about Flexbox Seriously the best Flexbox resource I've found
- A visual guide to CSS - CSS Reference
- CSS Pro Tips - A collection of tips to help take your CSS skills pro.
- 10 principles for smooth web animations
- Css Fundamentals - SoloLearn
Learn JavaScript
Javascript Docs
Courses/Tutorials
- Javascript for Beginners (1) EDX
- Javascript for Beginners (2) EDX
- Javascript The Right Way
- Courses.AngularClass.com - Topics Include: webpack, nodejs, npm, es5, es6, esnext, & rxjs, typescript
- [Course Link] [Reddit Post]
- Edabit - Learn JavaScript With Interactive Challenges: Earn XP, Unlock Achievements & Climb The Leaderboard
- [Edabit - Website Link] [Reddit Post]
- JavaScript - The keyword 'this' for beginners
- Free Advanced JavaScript Courses - Learn Object Oriented Programming, Call Apply, and Bind, Testing, Functional Programming, and much more
- Intermediate Course - Udacity - OOP JS
- JavaScript Tutorial
- JS 30 For 30 - 30 Projects for 30 Days
- Learn to Code with Projects - enlight.ml
- 13 Weeks of JavaScript (Medium) - TONS of links to JS resources
Articles/Books
- Javascript: Learn Regular Expressions for Beginners
- Recursion, Recursion, Recursion (Medium)
- Eloquent JS - Free JavaScript Ebook
- You don't know JS - Free, hosted on GitHub
- JavaScript Garden - learn about the quirky parts of JS
- JS - The Good Parts .pdf
- Learning js Design patterns - Reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems
- Asynchronous Module Definition
Learn React JS
Official React Docs
Official React Tutorial
3rd Party Tutorials
- 10 React Mini Patterns
- Top 5 Tutorials for getting started with React
- 10 best ReactJS tutorials
- React Starter Project Search
- Exploring the react Ecosystem! - Article
- Code academy React program
- Great Free React books - Use this link first
- Code Daily
- Build a Todo Application with React Native
- Learn to Animate with React Native
Medium Links:
- React Components, Elements, and Instances (Medium)
- Working with React
- Beginners guide to React Router (Medium)
- Angular JS vs React JS (Medium)
Full Stack Tutorials
Learn Node JS
- Intro to Back End Web Development
- Deploying Applications with Heroku
- Client Server Communication
- Serverless Stack is a comprehensive guide to creating full-stack serverless applications. Create a note taking app from scratch using React.js, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Cognito.
- Express - Using a DB with Mongoose
- Node JS and Databases
- Node JS and Authentication
- Express JS Database Integration
- MERN Stack Tutorial - Mongo, Express, React, Node
- MongoDB MERN Tutorial Series
- Full Stack MERN Tutorial - YouTube
- Build a URL Shortener with Node, Hapi, and Mongo
- How to Create a Complete Express.js + Node.js + MongoDB CRUD and REST Skeleton
- Building web app using react.js, express.js, node.js and mongodb - Part 1, 2
- Trello tribute with Phoenix, React, Redux, PostgreSQL - 12 parts
- Create a character voting app using React, Node.js, MongoDB and Socket.IO
- Building a React Universal Blog App: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Building a Secure RESTful Node.js app
- Cool stuff other people have built:
- Belgian Beer Explorer with React, Bootstrap, Node.js and Postgres
- 90 Full Stack React Examples (some with tuts)
Official Node.js Docs
Learn Python
- 15 Free e-books to learn Python
- Programming Foundations with Python - Udacity
- Designing RESTful APIs - Udacity
Learn APIs
- Where to start with learning APIs [Reddit Link]
- What is an API? In English Please. (Medium)
- Build Node.js RESTful APIs in 10 Minutes
- Free Intro to APIs Book/Course by Zapier
- Google Maps API
- Distance Calculator Web Services API
- Build and Secure a Backend API Server
Learn Databases
- SQL vs NoSQL
- Intro to Relational Databases - SQL, DB-API, and More!
- MongoDB University - Numerous classes on learning MongoDB
- PostgreSQL Tutorial
- PostgreSQL Exercises
- Learn PostgreSQL (GitHub)
- Try Redis
- Redis Tutorial
Learn Authentication
- Authentication & Authorization: OAuth
- Learn about JSON Web Tokens
- OAuth 2
- Passwordless Authentication with React and Auth0
Learn Git
Official Tutorial - Learn Git in 15 Minutes
Official Docs
Other Tuts:
- Git, the simple guide
- Learn Git Branching - Level by Level learning
- Learn Git in 30 Minutes - Article
- Here are all the Git commands I used last week and what they do (Medium)
Games and Challenge Websites
Games to learn Programming in an easy and fun way [Reddit Link]
Coding Challenge Websites [Reddit Link] [Reddit Link #2]
- Flex Box Froggy
- Flex Box Defense
- Edabit
- Coding Game
- Elevator Saga - JS
- Scratch - Absolute Basics
- Hacked - Mobile App teaching through puzzles
Coding Challenge Websites [Reddit Link] [Reddit Link #2]
- Medium - 10 most popular coding challenge sites of 2016
- Codechef
- Code Wars
- Coding Game
- Hacker Rank (some debate about this being good/bad
- Project Euler (math focus)
- Exercism
Free Programming Books
Open Source Contribution Opportunities
Am I Ready to be a Developer?
Software Developer Success Stories
Get The Job
Resume, Portfolio, LinkedIn, Interview Prep, and Salary Information
Make your portfolio
How to Apply
Resume & LinkedIn
Personal Projects
Interview Prep
Salary Information
- O'Reilly Offering Programming eBooks for Free (Reddit)
- GitHub - Thousands of free programming Books on every topic
- Non-Technical Books to make you a better Programmer (Reddit)
Open Source Contribution Opportunities
- Contributing to Open Source on GitHub - The official GitHub guide.
- Make your first open source contribution in 5 minutes
- How do I get skilled enough to work on open source projects?
- Exercism, an open source project to learn programming and a good opportunity to get you started contributing on github.
- Open Source Contribution Opportunites [Reddit Discussion]
- Redditor Form to fill out to get notified about Open Source Opportunities
- Up For Grabs - Browse a list of projects with curated tasks
- Hacktoberfest - Open source activity held every October. Easy to participate, and you get a free t-shirt!
- I'm afraid if I say anything on GitHub people will laugh at me and I will die.
Am I Ready to be a Developer?
- Readiness
- Self taught front end devs... When did you know that you were "Job ready"?
- People who are self-taught developers, how long did it take you to get your first job?
- When do you know when you're ready to start interviewing?
- Software developers- what is the best advice you have for people learning CS?
- I want a career in programming
- What should you know as a web dev just out of college?
- How I got started with Side Projects - link
- What are some goals a beginning Self-Taught Developer should have?
- Computer programmers of Reddit, what is your best advice to someone who is currently learning how to code?
- I began teaching myself to code a year ago. I got hired at my first job 4 months ago. Here is a breakdown of somethings I was not ready for (FYI job is remote ruby/rails dev)
Software Developer Success Stories
- Success Stories
- 18 months ago I didn’t know how to code, I’m now a self-taught programmer who’s made apps for the NBA, NHL, and schools like Purdue, Notre Dame, Alabama and Clemson. I’m now releasing my software under the MIT license for anyone’s use — AMA!
- Last year I was unemployed and miserable. Using this sub and resources, I've been full time employed for a year. I did it with all free resources. I wanna share with you how I did it. (IOS)
- I began teaching myself to code a year ago. I got hired at my first job 4 months ago. Here is a breakdown of somethings I was not ready for (FYI job is remote ruby/rails dev)
- I'm 32 years old, and just started my first full-time job as a developer. One year ago my programming knowledge was basically nil. Everything I learned, I found via /r/learnprogramming, so just wanted to share my experience.
- From zero to software developer - Not really a success story, but a lot of redditors share how they learned. Great for beginners with no path
Resume, Portfolio, LinkedIn, Interview Prep, and Salary Information
Make your portfolio
- Customizable Web Developer Portfolio - Built with Flexbox.
How to Apply
- I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp. Here’s what I learned. (Medium)
- Lessons from my Post-bootcamp Job search (Medium)
- How to land a six figure job in tech with no connections (Medium)
Resume & LinkedIn
- What are some of the best resuмe formats you've seen?
- Model examples for Fullstack Developer LinkedIn profiles
Personal Projects
Interview Prep
- CS50 - Prep and Practice for Technical Interviews [YouTube]
- How to Break Into the Tech Industry—a Guide to Job Hunting and Tech Interviews
- Common JavaScript Interview Questions Repo
- GitHub Repo - All questions and answers
- Reddit Post - Discussion, with additional questions and answers
- Ammon Bartram - Ask an interviewer anything: interview questions, answers, mistakes
- Sharing some interview tips (Silicon valley employee)
- Job interview questions to ask the interviewer
- I suck at programming interviews.
- When solving an interview problem, talk all the time.
- Hiring managers (or other seasoned developers), what qualities do you look for in your ideal candidate?
- Post your best interview questions
- Been interviewing with a lot of tech startups as a frontend dev, here are the technical questions I've been asked (MID-SENIOR LEVEL)
- 10 Interview Questions every JS Developer should know (Medium)
Salary Information
- 12/2016 Salary Sharing Thread (<2 yrs Experience)
- Salary Negotiations and how not to set a bunch of money on fire (Medium)
- 10 Rules for negotiating a job offer (Medium)
- How not to bomb your offer negotiation (Medium)
Assorted Links
- Tutorial/Screencast: Lets Learn Algorithms: An Intro to Binary Search
- JavaScript / Node / Angular 1 & 2 / React / Elm / C# / PHP / SQL / Git Google Drive
- Watch And Code
- RegexOne - Learn Regular Expressions
- Google University GitHub Repo
