Student Resources

Integrated Code Editors with text explanation.

These are online interactive platforms where the text is displayed on websites such as FreeCodeCamp and Codecademy. In most of these platforms, you can directly write code on the website and submit it. Explanations are written in the form of text, with instructions telling you to complete certain tasks. There are no instructors.

Code-Along courses with instructor.

These are the more classic video tutorials that you see online. They’re better suited for people who learn by listening to people explain, rather than simply reading of pre-written text! Usually, you write on a separate text editor, but some websites have a built in text editor as well. The advantage with an instructor is that the course has a more personal feel, with a person directly talking to you, which can motivate you to keep learning.

Python Crash Course: 2nd Edition

Python Crash Course is the world's best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction to programming with Python will have you writing programs, solving problems, and making things that work in no time.

Book Overview

In the first half of the book, you'll learn about basic programming concepts, such as lists, dictionaries, classes, and loops, and practice writing clean and readable code with exercises for each topic. You'll also learn how to make your programs interactive and how to test your code safely before adding it to a project. In the second half of the book, you'll put your new knowledge into practice with three substantial projects: a Space Invaders-inspired arcade game, data visualizations with Python's super-handy libraries, and a simple web app you can deploy online.

Eloquent JavaScript: 3rd Edition

JavaScript is the language of the Web, and it's at the heart of every modern website from the lowliest personal blog to the mighty Google Apps. Though it's simple for beginners to pick up and play with, JavaScript is not a toy—it's a flexible and complex language, capable of much more than the showy tricks most programmers use it for. Eloquent JavaScript goes beyond the cut-and-paste scripts of the recipe books and teaches you to write code that's elegant and effective.

Book Overview

You'll start with the basics of programming, and learn to use variables, control structures, functions, and data structures. Then you'll dive into the real JavaScript artistry: higher-order functions, closures, and object-oriented programming.