Resources
Here are some useful resources that may prove helpful in your learning journey.
How to open WebStorm through file explorer?
WebStorm (along with other code editors) lets you open specific files and folders when you open the app. It can be really helpful when you can open a folder or a file in your local file explorer through WebStorm just by right-clicking on it. Feel free to check out this guide if you want to make your day-to-day development process much faster.
Git
Git is a version control system for tracking changes in computer files. We will use Git in most of our projects to save changes we make on our local computer.
Github
GitHub is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git. Basically, if Git saves your files on your local computer, then Github send those “saved files” to your Github account, which can be accessed through the browser. You can store your most proud projects on your Github account for others to see.
Node.js
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code server-side. It lets you use JavaScript on your server-side applications. We will be using Node.js when we get into back-end development, which involves creating web applications (dynamic web pages like a blog page, hotel booking system etc).
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free and open-source code editor for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is developed by Microsoft and is used by a wide range of developers and designers to create and edit code. It is a cross-platform editor that supports many programming languages and is used by a wide range of users.
GitHub Desktop
GitHub Desktop is an application that provides a user-friendly GUI version of the git version control system. This can help people who are new to git to begin to work with the technology while learning about the more advanced topics about the system.
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W3School
W3School is the go-to place to lookup documentations on variety of web technologies, including HTML, CSS and JS. The site explains things in a beginner friendly way, which makes it a great place to self-teach yourself the fundamentals.
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Mozila Web Docs
This is another site with great and more in depth articles on web technologies. We highly recommend you check it out if you want to understand the "web" in more depth.
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Udemy
Udemy is an online learning platform primarily for developers. There is this instructor named Brad Traversy who does really good courses on web development. We highly recommend you try out his course on JavaScript which is only $10 bucks for lifetime access):
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APIs
Do you ever feel the urge to build a cool yet simple web app but don't know where to start? Well, we got a solution for you. This Github repos has tons of free public APIs on variety of different things, including an tracking, machine learning to social. We guarantee that you will find one that you like!
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Zell Liew
Zell Liew is an online instructor/blogger that I respect very much. He blogs about useful tips and tricks on web technologies, including HTML, CSS and Node.js. Check out his post on building a simple CRUD app using Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB.
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