First Developer Meeting
4 June 2014
- Introducing codetswana
- Online learning resources
- Technology exploration
About Me
Razzi Abuissa 72986824
razzi53@gmail.com | github.com/razzius
Visiting student from Penn
(senior in CIS)
languages
python, javascript, zsh, go
Frameworks + Platforms + Technologies
Django, Flask, Heroku, Git, Postgresql
Participated in Hack The Change 2013!
Online Learning Resources!
Free:
codecademy
udacity
thecodeplayer
Paid:
lynda
treehouse
Codecademy
codecademy.com
+ high quality courses
+ everything done in browser
+ Javascript, Python, Ruby, HTML, CSS
+ FREE!
- everything is online (needs internet connection)
- doesn't teach you how to put stuff together
Recommended:
Javascript
jQuery
Udacity
udacity.com
+ Courses taught by professors and professional engineers
(think Google, Stanford, ...)
+ Actually teaches you how to build stuff
+ More than programming languages: webapps, data science, games
+ Free courseware
- Paid training is expensive (luckily this is optional)
- Again, everything is in-browser
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
CS101 Building a Search Engine
CS255 Intro to Web Development
thecodeplayer.com
lynda.com
teamtreehouse.com
Technology Exploration
What I've done + what's possible
frontend web
backend web
cloud hosting
phone applications
misc hackery