Resources for Coding

Below are some of the main resources I’ve used to learn how to code:

COURSES & CURRICULUM

Codecademy

• Computer Science Path
• Web Development Path

MIT Open Courseware 

• Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python
• Introduction to Algorithms

Coursera

• Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose
• Algorithm I
• Algorithm II (I only covered graphs in this course.)

freeCodeCamp

• Responsive Web Design
• JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms

Object Oriented Programming

• The Complete C# and Object-Oriented Programming Course
• Object Oriented Thought Process
• Lots of YouTube videos on this topic

Operating Systems (nice to have, not a must)

• Operating Systems and Systems Programming – UC Berkely 
• Operating Systems (online course) – Arizona State University

 

INTERVIEW PREP

Books

• Elements of Programming Interviews in Python: The Insiders’ Guide
• Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

LeetCode

• Whiteboarding practice questions – Indispensible for technical interviews (IMHO)
• Lots of YouTube videos with detailed explanations about the problems

System Designs

• Tech Dummies
• Success in Tech
• Grokking the System Design Interviews
• Lots of great system design videos on YouTube

FUN LEARNING

Podcasts

• Learn to Code with Me
• Code Newbie
• BaseCS 
• Talk Python To Me
• Software Engineering Daily

YouTube

• Joma Tech
• TechLead
• Kevin Naughton Jr.
• Clément Mihailescu
• freeCodeCamp
• Codecademy
• mayuko
• The Come Up
• Aaron Jack

ADVANCED MATERIALS

• Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

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