[Klug-general] Coding resources

[James Morris]

Here's an extensive list of programming books:
https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md

On 24 November 2013 17:52, Paul Lenton <lentonp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to move into a new line of work when I leave Kent sometime next
> year and would like to put my love of/knowledge of computing to some use.
>
> Can anyone recommend any really good resources for learning coding? I
> currently know Python to a fairly decent standard (I'm writing a command
> line chess game in it for example) but I don't really know what 'good code'
> should be (a lot of my chess program is pretty ugly) or how I would learn
> 'good code' (whatever that may be!).
>
> I've run through just about every track on codecademy.org as a starting
> point for my abilities (favourites were Python, HTML/CSS and Javascript) and
> I know the basics of C++.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations of:
>
> a) a good language(s) to learn (one with wide uses, and therefore likely to
> be useful in software development)
> b) good resources to learn that language (I learn best by reading and doing)
> c) any way of gauging how competent one is in a certain language, in order
> to track learning progress
>
> Thanks all
>
> Paul
>
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