Free resources for developers

Intro

In this article, I give you a list of different kinds of resources that'll help you in your journey as a developer, both written and video content. I can also assure you that all the resources listed in this article are top-notch as they are resources I and a whole lot of other good developers use, so let's get started

Geeksforgeeks

geeksforgeeks is a wonderful and very broad platform that has tutorials and articles on almost everything you can think of, ranging from tech topics like software development, computer science, and Machine learning to other topics like Data structures, algorithms, and even some engineering topics like chemistry, physics, maths and so on

They also have other helpful sections like where you can prepare for interviews with practice DSA(data structures and algorithms) questions and even a few hackathons hosted with companies to find employees.

I also should add that like with other platforms geeksforgeeks has some features that require payment, like their tutorials. This is easy to get around because you can learn all you need to learn without the tutorials.

How?

they have articles on almost every aspect of every topic/language/framework you might want to learn which are more than sufficient, hence why they are on this list

W3Schools

W3Schools is similar to every other site in this article as it also has content on a lot of topics and I like this site because they break down each topic into very detailed and easy to understand pieces, with examples and even a code editor on the site itself where you can test your code.

I should also say that all the information on W3schools is free although you'd have to pay if you wanted a certificate in any of the topics

but who needs those anyway

Udacity

Udacity is similar to the rest as it also has content on a wide variety of programming and tech-related topics in general.

Now what I particularly like about Udacity and what makes it stand out from the rest is that its content is more structured than a lot more of the examples written here, although its not particularly hard to navigate your way through all these resources (its quite easy actually), Udacity takes it a step higher because their content is in an ordered course form, and a lot of the sites mentioned here like say GeeksforGeeks now also have this form but you'd have to pay to enjoy it and Udacity gives you some of that for free

They call them 'nanodegree' programmes, which is very nice sounding

I feel the need to repeat that a lot of these sites have their paid version but you can live perfectly well without them and still be very content.

Stack overflow

And you've probably come across this site once or twice as a programmer but i'll give a basic definition of what it is for those of us who haven't.

Stack overflow is a site where programming enthusiasts and developers ask questions about any issues they come across in their code and get answered by other programmers who have come across similar problems and have the answers to them

Youtube

One of the greatest free resources we have as developers is youtube. Whenever I come across a problem a lot of times I find it easier to watch a video related to the problem rather than reading articles, although I do think that articles are more explanatory, videos tend to be faster and a lot of times that's exactly what I need.

Below are a couple of channels that I find particularly helpful for all things coding, development and a lot more;

Some of these channels also have their own sites which are equally as wonderful and helpful as the ones listed above, like 'Tech with Tim' and 'Free code camp'

Google

Google is your best friend as a developer. If there's any topic you don't understand or if you get stuck on a particular problem when coding, the simplest solution would be to just google it, somebody else somewhere would have probably come across a similar problem and would have answers for it.

Conclusion

This article lists a couple of wonderful and free resources that are widely used and that serve as a great help when you're stuck on a problem

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