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post A Freebie's Resource List (Mostly Related to Programming) 2018-05-01 09:25:57 +0800 foo-dogsquared freebies
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Aug 19, 2018

This is a free resource list that gradually grew over the past few months. Admittedly, I don't use all of them so why not just share it, right?

Just pick a few, don't be overwhelmed by the number of resource you have to refer to. Focus on one thing at a time. Well, the list is actually longer but I decided to pick the top contenders of the list (and some of them are still not being used, I just like to bookmark stuff and never checking out again sometimes).

Do keep in mind, most of them are related to computer programming but some of the providers offer stuff outside of programming (say Khan Academy for math).

Other Resource Lists

Online Education

Documentation Tools

  • DevDocs — (very much recommended); a site wherein official documentation of different languages can be found; there's also an offline version of it if you are lacking of internet speed (like me)
  • GitBook — easier finding for documentations
  • MDN Web Docs — (very much recommended); if you're trying to learn web development and programming in general, this can be a hub for it

Books

  • Notes for Professionals — (very much recommended); made by folks at Stack Overflow from the Stack Overflow documentation for variety of languages and despite the title, it is quite helpful for beginners like me, as well; also, it is frequently updated like once per week

Katas (Practice Sites)

Articles

Communities

Podcasts

Blogs

  • CSS Tricks — a blog that focuses on front-end development
  • Derek Sivers — a blog from a guy who had a lot of things to say on a lot of topics
  • Flavio Copes — another blog that focuses on front-end development
  • Joel On Software — a software-related blog from Joel Spolsky, the CEO from Stack Overflow
  • Jon Skeet's Coding Blog — Jon Skeet's blog; * insert Jon Skeet fact here *
  • Mozilla Hacks — mainly focuses on web development progress
  • Scott Logic — it's a blog that focuses on a broad spectrum of stuff
  • webapplog — mainly focuses on Node.js
  • Wes Bos — creator of several courses and some helpful posts along the way

Newsletter

YouTube Channel

Operating Systems (yes, some of them are free)

  • Windows 10* (I guess it is free now, also recommended)

  • Linux

    • Arch Linux — a sort of DIY Linux OS, I did not use tinker with it, yet so IDK, kind of recommended if you want to know the nuts and bolts of Linux
    • Fedora — kind of similar to Ubuntu
    • Linux Mint — (recommended for beginners)
    • Manjaro — another one of the beginner-friendly distro
    • Ubuntu — (recommended for beginners)

Programming Tools

  • IDE

    • Eclipse — Linux alternative; also has Windows version
    • Jetbrains — (recommended); has an assortment of tools for different programming languages and environment; also has support for students so you can apply for an educational pack, if you're eligible
    • Visual Studio (IDE) — (recommended); Windows-only

  • Online IDE

  • Text Editors

    • Atom
    • Vim — I have no words for this, yet
    • Visual Studio Code — (very much recommended); platform-agnostic (found on Windows, Mac, & Linux)

  • Web Browsers

  • Communication

    • Discord — client messenger
    • Pidgin — also a client messenger
    • Slack — (recommended); a very good chat client between teams
    • Thunderbird — (recommended); e-mail client

  • Productivity Tools

    • LastPass — cloud password manager
    • MedleyText — Evernote but targeted towards developers
    • Notion — distraction-free app for taking notes in Markdown
    • Rainy Mood — lets you focus through the ambience (if you're the type who find rain to be relaxing)
    • Trello — a project management tool

Platforms For Your Future Apps

Resources

Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

  • cdnjs — (recommended, if you're in web dev't); CDN for web-related libraries
  • Cloudinary — mostly images and video CDN; also has image and video manipulation
  • RawGit — CDN that utilizes GitHub to serve files more directly
  • UploadCare — image CDN with image manipulation on-the-fly

Student Packs

Miscellaneous

  • Archive — it's an archive site for everything, it seems; you can find a lot of stuff in there
  • Class Central — a search engine for courses at different MOOC sites
  • DevTube — YouTube for developers
  • Distrowatch — (recommended, if you're into Linux); website watching for updates around Linux distros
  • Developer Roadmap (by kamranahmedse) — (very much recommended); your reference in case you want to choose a specific role in software development (mine is more on the back-end development)
  • MOOC List — similar to Class Central

**\*** - *if you're on a Windows OS, probably you're locked out of the option to download the ISO directly, to download it directly, you have to change the user profile from your browser usually, you can do that by going into 'Responsive Design Mode' (Ctrl + Shift + M) on Firefox (or anything similar to Chrome and other browsers) and choosing a non-Windows device (choose an Apple product for easy choices) and you shall see that the page will reload and the layout will change*