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RESOURCES

Knowing where to look and what to reference when you're stuck is the key to success in software development. Hand-picked below is a list of useful online web resources and free software that will start your journey as a software developer on the right note.

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Helpful Online Web Resources

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EloquentJavascript

This is a book about JavaScript, programming, and thewondersof instructing computers. Computers are about as commonasscrewdrivers today, but they are quite a bit more complex,andmaking them do what you want them to do isn’t always easy.

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CodePen

CodePen is an online community for testing and showcasing user-created HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can create code snippets, called "pens," and test them.

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W3Schools Online WebTutorials

W3Schools is an educational website for learning webtechnologies online. Content includes tutorials and referencesrelating to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, Python, AngularJS,React.js, SQL, Bootstrap, Sass, Node.js, jQuery, XQuery, AJAX,XML, Raspberry Pi, C++, and Java.

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MDN Web Docs

MDN Web Docs, previously Mozilla Developer Network and formerly Mozilla Developer Center, is the official Mozilla website for development documentation of web standards and Mozilla projects.

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Free Web & Software Development Softwares

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Slack

Slack is a cloud-based proprietary instant messaging platform developed by Slack Technologies.

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GitHub Desktop>

Simple collaboration from your desktop. The new GitHubDesktop supports syntax highlighting when viewing diffs fora variety of different languages.

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is an IDE developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS. It includes support for debugging, embedded Git control and GitHub, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, and code refactoring.