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Guides in a variety of domains

Web development, software engineering, games programming, mobile app development ...

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Summary

Resources for learners who want to dive deeper on their journey to becoming web developers / software engineers. There are multiple guides, the first outlines the bare minimum to be successful as an entry-level junior web developer, two dive much more deeply to prepare you for "beyond junior", and one that focuses on game development.

Additional guides added:

Android Development - May, 2017

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Guides

Get Job ready with 13 projects, 2 courses, and 10 books

A structured plan of resources and activities for learners who want to beeline to "job ready" and get there reasonably prepared to be successful.

Goal: confident web developer ready to apply for junior positions

go to the Job Ready Guide

Computer Science and Web Development - comprehensive

Get prepared, over the long haul, to be an established senior level software engineer, capable of architecting solutions for the web (and beyond it)

"not in a rush" plan, with resources to increase the depth of knowledge gained in general computer science topics plus sufficient implementation practice to confidently enter the industry as a Web Developer or a Software Engineer in non Web related positions

Goal: proficient web developer and software engineer (this option has more of a computer science focus, but also web development)

go to the Computer Science and Web Development Guide

Web Development with Computer Science Foundations - comprehensive

Get prepared, over the long haul, to be an established senior level web developer, at the level where companies would be lucky to have you and people would be following your blog because you're an expert

"not in a rush" plan that focuses on pushing beyond beginner level, and intermediate level, to expert level as a web developer with a reasonable foundation in software engineering

Goal: confident web developer ready to apply for non-junior positions (this one primarily focuses on web development but includes enough computer science to lay a good foundation)

go to the Web Development with Computer Science Foundations Guide

Video Game Programming - comprehensive foundations

Develop a variety of games, first in JavaScript, then C++ while learning the computer science principles important in game development ... while having fun in the process.

Goal: learn how to code video games

go to the Video Game Programming Guide

Native Android Programming - comprehensive

Learn native Android Programming, including Java at a rigorous level, including the math and computer science topics necessary to ensure you're prepared to tackle any Android development task.

Goal: Become a proficient and capable Android developer

go to the Android Programming Guide

Topic Specific Deep Dives

Comprehensive review of narrow topics.

Frequently Asked Questions

see the FAQ

Attribution

Although I took heavy inspiration from many resources when creating these guides, none of it is a cut and paste path from somewhere else. Often, I substituted courses (especially in the case of Coursera) to ensure that the entire course was available for free and required no purchases of any kind. Where possible, I tried to align projects to reinforce prior learning.