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Resources

Troubleshooting

Make sure to omit any passwords, API keys, or other sensitive information.

• mailing lists or IRC channels for local user groups or projects
• Hacker Hours Slack / mailing list

• Rubber Duck Problem Solving
• Stack Overflow (Q&A)
  • After posting a question to S.O., you are welcome to send the link to the mailing list (hackerhours-list@meetup.com) with a brief description. That way, you can potentially get an answer sooner (and from more people) than contacting a mentor directly, and the discussion/solution benefits others.

Independent Learning

• Bento
• Code Buddies
• Code Crew blog
• CodeNewbie
• List of Free Programming Books
• Roadmaps for Developers
• Teach Yourself to Code (list of coding resources by topic)

Practice/Puzzles

All are language-agnostic.

• CodingKata.net
• KataCatalogue
• Exercism
• Project Euler

Getting a Job

• Junior Developer Panel video
• What It Takes to Get an Entry Level Job
• Recommended job boards
• Kickstart your developer career e-book

Schools

In-Person

Not going to make a comprehensive list here.

• continuing ed programs at most colleges/universities
• Code.org's list of schools

Online

• Bloc
• Code.org (kid-friendly)
• Code School
• Skillshare
• Tealeaf Academy
• Thinkful
• Treehouse
• Upcase

Lists

For finding in-person and/or online options.

• CourseHorse
• Course Report
• Switch
• Thinkful Bootcamp Finder

Technology-Specific

Start with Teach Yourself to Code

Command line

• Learn Unix the Hard Way
• Terminal Training: Command line for non-techies

Git

• Codecademy's Learn Git
• Git Magic
• Git Resources for Visual Learners

GitHub

Non-technical

• Introduction to GitHub for Newcomers
• Introducing GitHub: A Non-Technical Guide

Technical

• Getting started with GitHub and the Terminal
• Mastering GitHub (levels 1 and 4 in particular)
• Resources from GitHub Help
• Thinkful's GitHub Pull Request Tutorial

Ruby

• Ruby Rogues' Ruby Nuby episode

Rails

• Rails Interview Questions

Getting Involved in Open Source

Guides

• 24 Pull Requests
• Free Code Camp: How to contribute to open source
• How to Contribute to Open Source
• How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub

Finding projects

• 24 Pull Requests
• BountySource
• Code Corps
• CodeMontage – "find open source, social impact projects that improve the world"
• CodeTriage
• First-Timers Only
• Search GitHub for help-wanted
• Hacktoberfest
• Libraries.io
• Looking for Pull Requests
• OpenDesign (for designers)
• RubyIssue(s)
• Up for Grabs
• Your First PR

Civic tech

• BetaNYC
• Code for America Civic Tech Issue Finder
• GovCode
• more

Programs

• Code for America Fellowship
• Free Code Camp – "learn to code by building projects for nonprofits"
• Google Summer of Code
• Rails Girls Summer of Code

For kids

• Code.org
• CoderDojo
• Hello Ruby
• Hopscotch
• How to Train Your Robot
• Jewelbots
• Kano
• Khan Academy
• Lego Mindstorms
• littleBits
• Scratch
• Sonic Pi
• Title Pro's Tinkering Guide
• Tynker
• more

Minecraft

• LearnToMod
• Minecraft Mod Design course
• The Young Person's Guide to Programming in Minecraft

For girls

• Girls Who Code
• JewelBots
• Tips for Getting Girls Involved in STEM

Giving talks

...for beginners!

• How to become a public speaker in 1 year series
• PyCon: Proposing a Talk (not actually that Python-specific)
• Speaking resources from PyLadies (not actually that Python-specific)
• What Your Conference Proposal Is Missing
• What I learned from reading 429 conference proposals

Volunteer opportunities

Anywhere

• code.org
• CoderDojo
• contribute to open source
• NodeSchool
• Organizing or mentoring at Hacker Hours or any of the other related groups
• TEALS

NYC

• DataKind
• Nano Hacker Academy
• NYC Service
• ScriptEd

Random

• Awesome: A curated list of awesome lists (of useful tools, frameworks, etc. for various languages)
• Good APIs for Mashups