You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to learn to code, you can learn to code for FREE at freeCodeCamp. This site is a proven path to your first software developer job and according to the website, more than 40,000 people have gotten developer jobs after completing the courses – including at big companies like Google and Microsoft.
If you’re new to programming, they recommend starting at the beginning and earning their certifications in order. Each course offers 5 projects and a test.
- Responsive Web Design
- JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
- Front End Development Libraries
- Data Visualization
- APIs and Microservices
- Quality Assurance
- Scientific Computing with Python
- Data Analysis with Python
- Information Security
- Machine Learning with Python
The curriculum gives you thousands of hours of hands-on programming practice. Additionally, if you want to learn more math and computer science theory, they also have thousands of hours of video courses on freeCodeCamp’s YouTube channel.
To get a developer job or freelance clients, programming skills are just part of the puzzle. You also need to build your personal network and your reputation as a developer. You can do this on Twitter and GitHub, and also on the freeCodeCamp forum.
About freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp is a donor-supported tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (United States Federal Tax Identification Number: 82-0779546)
Our mission: to help people learn to code for free. We accomplish this by creating thousands of videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons – all freely available to the public. We also have thousands of freeCodeCamp study groups around the world.
Donations to freeCodeCamp go toward our education initiatives, and help pay for servers, services, and staff.