Hello, and welcome to the archive! This is intended to help keep track of handy links and recommendations provided on Origin's Slack to ensure that useful links such as internet articles, tutorials, and more don't get lost in the flurry of chats, gifs, and unrelated links posted.
http://www.origincodeacademy.com/ - The website for Origin Code Academy in San Diego, California, USA.
stackoverflow - When something is stumping you, google it and take a peek at the answers on stackoverflow. It might give you some insight!
http://builtwith.com/ - All you need to do is enter an url on this site and you'll get to see the building blocks of the site. (A handy trick is to look a prospective job's website up and familiarize yourself with what they are using.)
http://alternativeto.net/ - If a specific app or program isn't doing the trick, there's usually someone else who has felt the same way and has made something for that.
http://www.trello.com/ - A scrum site popular with different companies.
http://www.seleniumhq.org/ - Selenium allows for you to test your code automatically, and spares programmers the need to spend a lot of time debugging things themselves.
http://www.meetup.com/ - Networking is essential for young programmers, both for mentoring and looking for work.
http://ng-inspector.org/ - A browser extension that visualizes angular for you.
http://haacked.com/archive/2016/05/11/encourage-atom/ - An Atom (a text editor) extension that gives encouraging messages whenever you save.
http://www.laptopmag.com/laptop-finder - A site that can help track down a laptop to suit your needs.
http://cesardeazevedo.github.io/ng-input/
http://hangfire.io/ - "An easy way to perform fire-and-forget, delayed and recurring tasks inside ASP.NET applications. No Windows Service required."
http://app.mhb.io/e/1me8g/7d
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jwt-debugger/ppmmlchacdbknfphdeafcbmklcghghmd?hl=en
https://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Mug-1900-Solo-Black/dp/B019450632/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1470431030&sr=1-2&keywords=mighty+mug - as suggested for those who drink coffee and would prefer not to spill stuff.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular-youtube-api-factory
https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore - Example gitignore for Visual Studio to reduce how much you upload to github.
Monster
Indeed
Dice
Slice
CodeWars - A site for katas and code riddles for practice. Requires a small code test to join.
Exercism - Another site for coding practice, using GitHub to authenicite. It provides tests, and you must build your program to pass those code tests.
https://github.com/karan/Projects - A very big list of different code projects, mostly numbers.
https://github.com/csblogs/feed-downloader - A feed that allows you to develop things. But more importantly, it encourages best practices for github itself.
http://sqlzoo.net/ - SQL Exercises, fairly simple.
http://www.teamtreehouse.com/ - Another site like CodeAcademy, with dozens of tracks to practice on. Be warned, it only allows for seven days free access, then you have to pay monthly.
http://www.pluralsight.com/ - A variety of videos and courses are on this site, but again, some you'll have to pay for.
http://www.upwork.com/ - A site that offers freelance work
https://pgexercises.com/ - PSQL exercises.
http://reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer - A subreddit with little projects
http://www.billthelizard.com/2009/06/programming-and-logic-puzzles.html
https://www.interviewcake.com/ - A paid site that provides interview questions asked by Google, Amazon, and Facebook, providing advice and tricks for programming interviews. Very expensive.
gainlo.co - While the link is being fussy, the site has a blog (blog.gainlo.co) that chats about thoughts involving mock interviews, system design questions, and more.
https://www.careercup.com/ - Another site for interview code question practice, though in the vein of multiple choice problems.
https://www.visualcv.com/
https://coggle.it/diagram/52e97f8c5a143de239005d1b/56212c4e4c505e0045c0d3bda59b77e5977c2c9bd40f3fd0b451bdcf8da4aa52 - A visual version of alternativeto.net, with some hyperlinks.
http://michael.hoennig.de/2009/08/08/clean-code-developer-ccd/
https://twitter.com/thecrazyprogrmr/status/751406455312441344?s=09
http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/1 (How projects really go.)
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-primer/ Exactly what it says, a primer on ARIA, which helps screen-readers.
http://www.washington.edu/doit/world-wide-access-accessible-web-design - What is Accessible Web Design, anyway?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA - Additional Information on ARIA.
https://github.com/brunopulis/awesome-a11y - A github with a lot of presentations and advice on accessibility!
http://appendto.com/2016/07/how-to-grow-as-a-new-software-developer/ - How to help outgrow that feeling of being a fraud.
https://medium.com/javascript-scene/why-hiring-is-so-hard-in-tech-c462c3230017#.ks9l19wef
http://blog.triplebyte.com/how-to-pass-a-programming-interview
https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-answer-the-31-most-common-interview-questions
https://medium.com/@akosma/being-a-developer-after-40-3c5dd112210c#.unmpt6i0t
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/30/estimate-thrice-develop-once/
http://www.businessinsider.com/best-job-hunting-tips-from-airbnb-engineer-who-landed-250000-salary-2016-5
http://blog.triplebyte.com/bootcamps-vs-college
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-reasons-shouldnt-use-chrome-macbook/
http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-tips-for-landing-a-job-2016-6
http://lifehacker.com/what-a-hiring-manager-is-actually-thinking-during-your-1781906396 - For once, read the comments! Some are anecdotal stories from hiring managers.
http://solutionoptimist.com/2013/12/27/javascript-promise-chains-2/
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/frameworks/ten-ways-to-use-angular-js.html
http://sobit.me/2016/07/08/amazon-software-engineer-interview/
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/margaret-hamilton-nasa-apollo/?mbid=social_twitter - A piece about the woman who got people on the moon.
http://willowtreeapps.com/blog/xamarin-or-native-development-tools-for-ios-android-projects/
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/How-to-insert-image-into-93964561#content
http://eddmann.com/posts/ten-ways-to-reverse-a-string-in-javascript/
https://certsimple.com/blog/deploy-node-on-linux#install-linux
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-good-alternatives-to-Stripe - Potential options if one doesn't want to use the payment server Stripe.
http://thejackalofjavascript.com/nodejs-restify-mongolab-build-rest-api/
http://www.amazon.com/AOC-E1649FWU-16-Inch-1366-Monitor/dp/B005SEZR0G An USB monitor that is often popular with a lot of the students.
http://blog.krawaller.se/posts/a-react-redux-firebase-app-with-authentication/
http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-interview-mistakes-2016-4
http://www.businessinsider.com/bj-fogg-unconventional-way-to-get-dream-job-2016-3
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-write-cover-letter-template#sm.00014wkq5sq4qehh10xfrvjzsk39v
http://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book/ - The C# yellow book.
Javascript: the Good Parts
Think Like a Programmer
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C Martin
The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
How to Rock Your Technical Interview by David McCarter (dotNet Dave)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QETUuZ27N0w (Angularjs Tutorial for beginners)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh0er2pRcq8 (Something on MEAN Stack)
http://www.ideaswatch.com/startup-ideas/ - A site full of different ideas for start-ups, useful for ideas for final projects.
https://flare.godaddy.com/
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/29/why-i-moved-my-startup-from-san-francisco-to-san-diego/
http://www.1millioncups.com/sandiego - (Every Wednesday, 9 am)
http://www.socalcodecamp.com/ - June 17th, 2017
http://sandiego.geekgirltechcon.com/ - Passed for 2016
http://sandiegostartupweek.com/ - June 19-23, 2017
https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0535UKR3-F1RFPTKFC/events.pdf (mostly a Pokemon Go thing and a thing in October.)
http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/64740079543/how-to-lose-172222-a-second-for-45-minutes
https://gist.github.com/leobalter/998465 - (Well, this is for if you don't want to be mean.)
http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-loves-donald-knuth-the-art-of-computer-programming-2016-4
TIS-100
Human Resource Machine - A cute game giving an example of programming and how to step though logic processes, set in a goofy officespace.
Hack Net - A hacking simulator that also brings up the implications of easy hacking.
https://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/ - Game based in manipulating javascript.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fcomm/ - 'basically an "ai programming game" where you got command of a self replica ship that given time could make more of itself, or create little fighters or gunships.'
http://play.elevatorsaga.com/
https://www.codingame.com/start
https://atom.io/packages/activate-power-mode - A cute function for atom that mimicks effects from codeinthedark.
http://hipsum.co/ - Something a little different for your filler.
https://github.com/willemlarsen/mobprogrammingrpg - An Apocalypse World hack with the intent to help teach the concepts behind Mob Programming.