Coding Resources

This is going to be a continuously updated list.

Books for Beginners

• Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
• C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide (3rd Edition)
• Java How to Program
• Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation (13th Edition)
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
• Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
• Starting Out with Python plus MyProgrammingLab with Pearson eText — Access Card Package (3rd Edition)

Online Resources

• Code Academy
• Teach Prep by Facebook
• Scratch
• Tree House
• IBM BlueMix
• Coding Bat

Online Lectures/Courses

• Coursera
• Harvard CS50

Organizations

• Code as a Second Language
• Girls who Code
• Black Girls Code
• She ++

Text Editors

• Atom
• Visual Studio

Articles

• Please don’t learn to code
• Women of Silicon Valley
• Women coders do better than men in gender-blind study
• The first 5 online resources to use when learning to code
• To let girls in, the tech industry is thinking pink. But that isn’t enough.
• The Ultimate Guide for Leveling up your Coding Skills
• What’s keeping women out of tech

 

Cyber Security / Hacking

• Hacker One
• Web Goat
• IO Active
• Cybrary