coding_resources.md

TLDR:

Below you'll find resources grouped into 3 main sections:

• Video Series
• Non Video Series
• Other stuff

This is not a comprehensive list. The hope is to provide a simple set of reputable resources so you can try them out and see what works best with your learning style at the moment.

Video Series

• Team Treehouse $25 - $199 per month
  • Access to the course library is $25 a month
  • Techdegree is $199 a month. I would imagine it's a worthy investment if you can devote 20+ hours a week consistantly
• Egghead.io $25 per month
  • Egghead focuses on cutting edge JavaScript Libraries, Frameworks and Language Features
  • The videos are often bite-sized covering a single topic. Helping you to get up to speed quickly.
• Front End Masters $39 per month
  • Front End Masters takes a unique approach, they record live 2 and 3 day workshops and turn them into courses.
  • The instructors are some of the best in the business.
• PluralSight $29 - $50 per month
  • PluralSight is a big player in the online tech learning space
  • They offer many, many courses on all aspects of software engineering
  • Personally I find it difficult to select a course as they offer so many

Non Video Series

• Free Code Camp
  • This is a fantastic resource for learning the core skills it takes to become a software engineer
  • The catalog can be a little confusing.
    • start with Responsive Web Design if you're new to code
    • Front End Development Libraries is great if you already know HTML, CSS, and Basic JS
    • JavaScript Algorithms & Data structures if excellent you're looking to level up
• The Odin Project
  • This is a great resource for becoming a full-stack web developer if you learn best via reading
  • the Full Stack JS Course looks very promising
• Codecademy
  • This is a very popular site that many people use to get started.
  • Definitely worth a look if you want to get a general overview of a particular language or technology

Other Fun Stuff

• A Tour of Go
  • A fun interactive site that teaches you about the wonderful programming language named Go.
• Code Combat
  • A role-playing game that teaches you the basics of JavaScript or Python
• Exercism
  • A fun way to explore code challenges, try them out, and even get feedback
  • This is a great way to get better at programming when you don't know what to build, but want to get in some reps
• You Don't Know JS - An incredible book series that is completely free online. This series really helped me when I really started digging into JavaScript. I can't recommend it enough.
• CSS Grid Garden
  • An in-browser game for teaching the fundamentals of the CSS Grid.
• Ruby Monk
  • A phenomenal resource for learning Ruby. This interactive course gives you brief descripitions and follows up with tough (but relevant) challenges.