I’m a big fan of the Head First series. They"re just awesome books to read through. Head First Python is tremendously helpful for anyone starting out with the language.

Head First Python

Python Crash Course is another excellent book for those starting out in their Python journeys. It covers the basics very clearly and breaks down concepts in a very easy to understand manner. There are a good amount of fun exercises and you’re not thrown into them so early on that you feel lost.

Python Crash Course

Courtesy of No Starch Press, these downloadable pdf cheat sheets are the perfect companion to Python Crash Course. They"re great resources when you need refreshers, practice, and as quick coding resources

Crash Course Cheat Sheets

Educative is a fantastic learning platform I discovered several months back and have started utilizing more frequently. Having been so accustomed to video courses, I was on the fence at first, but the platform is so well put together than it just drew me in.

Learn Python From Scratch

Thanks to Al Sweigart for all of his amazing contributions to the Python community. I’ve purchased his paperback books and still browse through this site for reference and fun projects to take on.

Invent With Python

Real Python has been my go to site lately for tutorials, courses, and especially the quizzes. There is a ton of content on this site with more added frequently

Real Python

It’s no secret I have great admiration for Andrei Neagoie. He’s the top tier of online educators in my book. His Python course is just excellent from beginning to end. That being said, there is a ton of content to absorb. This is not a course to be rushed through if you are a Python beginner. Please, please take your time with this course.

Complete Python Developer in 2020: Zero To Mastery

This course takes you through the fundamentals on HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and Python before diving into Flask. Once there, you’ll learn how to create virtual environments for your Flask projects, how to create Flask forms, work with SQLite databases, REST APIs, and even Stripe payments. You’ll also learn how to create a blog in Flask and deploy to Heroku

Python and Flask Bootcamp

Much like his Flask course, this is another great course by Jose Portilla. With over 26,000 students enrolled, Python and Django Full Stack is still one of the best selling courses on Udemy to date.

Python and Django Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp

Finally, if you want to sharpen those Python skills and test your knowledge, sign up to HackerRank. There are vast amounts of practices, competitions, skill certification exams, and even interview preparation tutorials.

HackerRank

I started my excursion into Python in the fall of 2019. Since then, I"ve come across some resources that have really helped me a lot in learning the language. I wanted to take a bit of time to share my most valuable Python resources here for anyone searching for where to begin when diving into Python.

My Most Valuable Python Resources by Alex Corvin

This the holy grail of D3. It’s extremely accessible for anyone new to D3 and it’s structured in such an easy to follow manner that I’ve not felt overwhelmed by the content

Fullstack D3 and Data Visualization

What can I say of Shaun Pelling that I haven’t already said? His courses and tutorials are top notch and this one is no different.

Build Data Visualizations with D3.js & Firebase

When learning any programming language, you can do no wrong in going straight to the source. The documentation for D3 is so well written and provides a ton of examples

D3js.org

Dashing D3 offers subscription based learning from beginner to intermediate level and is currently priced at $14.95 per month. The beginner course offers brief introductions to HTML, CSS, Javascript as well as getting to know SVGs. You’ll not only learn the basics of every type of chart, but also how to interact and animate each one.

Dashing D3.js

It"s probably no secret that I love data. The moment I began researching D3.js, I just knew it was what I wanted to use to represent my data in visualization projects. I"ve been learning it for the better part of this year and I wanted to share the resources I"ve found to be just priceless in learning D3.

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It"s basically a bunch of interactive lessons that teach you the basics of SQL.

SQL Bolt

SQL Zoo is a collection of tests that push your SQL knowledge to the limits. The challenges range from easy ones that you can solve in a couple of seconds to hard ones where your brains are pushed to it's limits.

SQL Zoo

After you get the basics of SQL down, you might want to check out Luke!. Its a site that teaches you about writing efficient SQL code.

Use the Index Luke

PostgreSQL is one of the world"s most popular database management systems. With that in mind, this platform has a bunch of exercises to test your SQL and PostgreSQL knowledge.

PostgreSQL Exercises

I"ve used Khan Academy for all sorts of subjects and they never disappoint. This course offered by them covers the basics of SQL to more advanced topics such as JOINS, etc.

Khan Academy

If your more of a visual learner, I would recommend checking out Udacity. It covers beginner and intermediate topics. Along with the videos, it also included coding exercises.

Udacity

This is more of an advanced course, it teaches you the gritty details of SQL. It was developed by MIT Professor Philip Greenspun. The site isn"t flashy, but it offers expert-level content.

SQL for Web Nerds

So, you want to go on the path of SQL? But don"t know where to start? Well, look no further. I"ve compiled a list of the best SQL resources I could find on the internet.

Top 7 Resources to Learn SQL

MDN (Mozilla) JavaScript Reference is the main documentation with examples and other information. It’s great to get in-depth information about individual language functions, methods etc.

MDN JavaScript Docs.

Documentation

Since JavaScript is a developing language, new features get added regularly and some of them might not be supported by all browsers or engines. The below sites help you in identifying which features are supported by what browser/engine or version of a browser etc.

caniuse.com

kangax.github.io/compat-table

Compatibility tables

Some of my favorite IDE"s I use for development I have listed below -

Atom

Visual Studio Code

Sublime Text

Notepad ++

IDE"s

MDN JavaScript Docs

The Modern Javascript Tutorial

Getting Started with JavaScript for Web Development Courses

ES6 - JavaScript Improved

ES6-features.org

JavaScript Tutorial

ES6 Tutorial

Intro to ES6

Tutorials Point - ES6 for beginners

Learn JavaScript - Full Course for Beginners - Video By freecodecamp.org

Tutorials / Courses

Eloquent JavaScript

Understanding ECMAScript 6

JavaScript the Good Parts

Speaking JavaScript

Books

30 Day Vanilla JS Coding Challenge

Learn Javascript by building 7 games

24days of christmas

Learn JavaScript

JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures

Freecodecamp.org

Build a Quiz App with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Smarter Way to learn JavaScript

30 Days of JavaScript

Learn JavaScript Online

Learn JavaScript by building small projects

One of the ways to learn any kinda programming language in a fun way is to take coding challenges. I love those challenges, I have listed the sites below, some are specific to javascript, while others such as hackerrank, leet code etc let you solve the challenges in the programming language of your choice such as JavaScript or Python or C or C++.

Hackerrank

Coding Game

Leet Code

Coder Byte

Exercism

Elevator Saga

Code Wars

Coding Challenges

Codepen

Js fiddle

Tutorials Point Coding Ground.

Coding Ground

Dmitri Pavlutin

David Walsh

SuperHero.JS

Medium

dev.to

Hashnode

Blogs

In recent times few friends reached out to me, asking for links to resources that can help them kickstart into learning JavaScript/ES6. I have curated a list of links which are completely free that will help anyone in their journey towards learning JavaScript.

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