INTRODUCTION
Hello fellow coders, 👋
Finding the right resources can be tricky - especially when you're struggling with getting started or if you're unsure where to look. Well, luckily for you, I've compiled all the resources I found that have helped me throughout my coding journey. 🎉
Most of these are great for COMPLETE beginners, and are FREE so there's no need to purchase a course or any resources when they may not even help at all.
In no particular order, here are the resources I recommend to begin - or further - your coding journey. 😊
FREE CODE CAMP
This is a particular favourite as not only is it beginner-friendly, it also provides a completely free certificate at the end of each course. 🥳
This is absolutely amazing since you learn through projects which teach you everything you need to know. For example, you learn about CSS animation through a small, detailed project that brings to life a roller-coaster. This is an important tool because you are able get your hands dirty and learn why each line of code is important - instead of learning through random tutorials.
This website offers many great resources ENTIRELY for free. These include:
Back-end and Front-end courses
A free certificate
A forum ( incredibly useful for when your stuck on a stage )
A large variety of detailed articles
job interview prep ✍
Most importantly, they guide you through each project - so you're not suffering all alone. You have 5 projects that you must complete individually to earn your certificate, although, they give you a reference site to inspire you. Also you must complete the compulsory tasks to finish the assignment. 📝
At the end of you're first course, your last project is a personal portfolio. This is great because you're forced to make yourself a portfolio that includes the independent projects you did previously.
Take the time to check out this website, and Quincy Larson, the teacher who founded FreeCodeCamp. 🙃
YOUTUBE
Although obvious, YouTube is a platform where you can learn many things. There are many channels that have crash courses or mini projects for you to follow along, so you can discover quite a lot. 😇
However, it can still be difficult finding good channels that don't beg you subscribe for most of the video. So I'm going to share with you YouTube channels that I believe deserve more recognition:
TheCodex - They also have a website called: The Codex | Learn Python Through Projects
Coding with T - This developer has many playlists you can browse. They include many projects for beginners and professionals
DorianDotSlash - This content creator delivers a lot of content centred around Linux and back-end development
Of course, there are many more channels to explore, however, these are a great starting point. For example, TheCodex has some really invaluable content and many mini projects for you to work on - they deliver many projects coded in python which are easy to follow along. 😁
W3SCHOOLS
This website is great for beginners as everything is simplified - plus there is a HUGE variety of languages to learn from ✏ .You can learn many Front-end and Back-end languages and even use their editor - that has a live preview.
The highlight is though, that they offer web-hosting as well. This is great because you can experiment with the Front-end languages you learn through their courses. In their free version they offer plenty of features like the ones mentioned above, there really isn't a need to purchase premium - but I'm sure it's great and it would bring benefit to your learning. ✍
LEARNJAVASCRIPT
JavaScript proves to be a very versatile coding language as you can use it for back-end projects as well as for front-end projects. 🙂
This website offers good resources focused solely on JS - which is brilliant because it can offer more support in learning JavaScript.
Some of the many features include:
Real-life projects 📝
Flashcards
interactive tutorials ✍
Lessons and Practice
Also, an additional note, you can only hit enter to move on once your code passes the exercise. This is great for learning as you have to succeed in order to move on.
The course assumes you have basic knowledge with arrays and variables in addition to knowing html and CSS. However, If you scroll to the bottom of their website you can see some other courses like learning-html and CSS.
CODE ACADEMY
This site has many Web Development courses but you can also browse their back-end courses. They offer a variety of features - and also a built-in IDE. 🥳
They provide portfolio assistance and their courses are pretty good. However, if you're looking to get to a more advanced level you would have to purchase premium - which in my opinion is not worth it since there are many resources out there that are completely free, and arguably better as well. 🤔
GEEKSFORGEEKS
This is absolutely marvellous. 🤩
They have many interactive tutorials that allow you to try out the code to see how it works - similar to w3schools. They also happen to have many articles which also recommend learning resources. They have:
practice problems
an expansive library of languages to learn 📚
a large variety of topics - Linux, product management, ETC...
projects that you can do - in any language you want to master
They offer all this for free. They have a premium package, which i would not recommend as it only entails Ad-free content, personal notes and a newsletter. The ads are simply small popups in the corner of the screen so it isn't bothersome. Still, their courses are golden and their articles are worth noticing. 😊
BUILD-YOUR-OWN-X
Finally, to finish up, I present to you - Build-your-own-x. This is a vercel-app forked from: https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x ⭐
This is an underrated application that compiles project ideas to keep you busy and improve your coding skills. Although, this is mostly for back-end developers, there is still a lot to learn. Just click the languages you know and you will be shown a variety of cool projects you could build. Each project even has a link to a tutorial - but I would say only refer to the tutorial as a starting point or if you're really stuck.
After all that learning, you have to put it to use - so take the time to look through the awesome projects and get started. 😇
CONCLUSION
These materials are completely free, and the few that have a premium option hardly differ from the basic package. 🥲
So feel free to look into these websites and their courses - especially FreeCodeCamp. The way their courses are set out is like a roadmap - so you can just do them in order.
That's all for now, I hope from all these resources you find one that perfectly aligns with what you need. 👊
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