Students exist everywhere. They’re passionate, motivated self-starters who know that knowledge is found both in and out of the classroom. Last week, we brought Delaware’s life-long learners together for casual meetup called CodeCouch. At CodeCouch, we chatted about our favorite resources for learning to code. Here’s what we came up with:

Best Overall Resource:

• GOOGLE

Favorite Official Resources:

• Oracle (Java authority)
  • JavaDocs
• Mozilla (Javascript authority)
  • JavaScript Reference
• WhoIsHostingThis – HTML
• Mozilla Developer Network – CSS

Favorite Text Editors:

• Sublime Text
• TextWrangler
• Notepad++
• Eclipse
• IntelliJ (Java Integrated Development Environment)
• Aptana Studio (HTML Editor)

Favorite Online Tutorials:

• Codecademy
• The New Boston
• John Purcell’s Learn Java (Udemy)
• Derek Banas (YouTube)

Favorite Practice Sites:

• Codewars
• Coderbyte
  • Interview Cake (Practice Interview Questions from CoderByte)

Favorite Forums:

• Stack Overflow (questions specific to coding)
• Stack Exchange (questions related to general programming concepts)
• Code Ranch (Java Forum)
• Quora

Favorite Textbooks:

• Thinking in Java
• The Art & Science of Java
• The Object-Oriented Thought Process
• Headfirst in Java

Favorite HTML and CSS Frameworks:

• Bootstrap
• Bourbon Neat

Favorite Blogging Platforms:

• Jekyll

Favorite Blogs and Inspiration:

• A List Apart
• Codrops

Got a few favorites of your own? Contribute to our list on Google Docs.

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