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| 1 | +##Learn to Code LA's first front-end web dev group project |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +###Homework: |
| 4 | +**Priority for our Monday night meetup group goes to those who do the homework!** |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +1. Make a GitHub account and send your username to Liz Krane on Meetup.com |
| 7 | +2. Get familiar with using GitHub. Start on the following (you don't have to finish it all): |
| 8 | + - First, watch [this short video series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oRjP8yj2Wo&list=PLg7s6cbtAD165JTRsXh8ofwRw0PqUnkVH) |
| 9 | + - Next, do [this short interactive tutorial](https://try.github.io/) |
| 10 | + - And if you need extra help, watch [the first 5 videos in this series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyfwLX4HAxM&list=PLg7s6cbtAD15G8lNyoaYDuKZSKyJrgwB-&index=1) |
| 11 | +3. Add 5 of your favorite web dev links to the bottom of this document |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +If you get stuck or have any questions, just ask us! We have a [private group chat on Slack](http://learntocodela.slack.com) -- send Liz Krane your email address if you want an invite. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +###Goal for next meetup: |
| 16 | +- Create a finished HTML document for version 1 of our website content! |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +###Our list of cool web dev links: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +How to use GitHub Pages (host a free website on GitHub): |
| 21 | +http://jmcglone.com/guides/github-pages/ |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Code Pen: |
| 24 | +http://codepen.io/ |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Color Palletes: |
| 27 | +http://www.colourlovers.com/ |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +HTML Special Symbols: |
| 30 | +http://www.sabinanore.com/design/html-special-symbols/ |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +CSS Gradients: |
| 33 | +https://medium.com/@patrickbrosset/do-you-really-understand-css-linear-gradients-631d9a895caf |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard: |
| 36 | +http://www.vikingcodeschool.com/posts/why-learning-to-code-is-so-damn-hard |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Very good resource for Front End Web Developers: |
| 39 | +https://medium.com/@ti_asif/200-best-free-tools-resources-for-front-end-web-developers-3fb3c415a643 |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +http://www.w3schools.com/ |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +This website features free lessons to help you learn the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and WordPress. |
| 44 | +http://learnwebcode.com/start-here/ |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Free web tutorials, codes, templates, tools, and other web creation stuff. |
| 47 | +http://www.quackit.com/ |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Google's Web Fundamentals website: |
| 50 | +https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/ |
| 51 | +(and the site itself is open-source: https://github.com/google/WebFundamentals) |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +30 CSS Best Practices for Beginners |
| 54 | +http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/30-css-best-practices-for-beginners--net-6741 |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Java2s.com - Tutorials, code snippets, and a real-time DCOM module to test your code! |
| 57 | +www.java2s.com |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +CSS Basics |
| 60 | +http://www.cssbasics.com/ |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +nodejs for beginners, deploy your blog to heroku, how to node http://j.mp/1OTO0qv |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +perfect css hexagons http://j.mp/1DiyQV5 |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +anatomy of a javascript framework http://j.mp/1IOyRou |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +the absolute beginners guide to node.js http://j.mp/1GmtPiQ |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +best practices for building angular.js http://j.mp/1aSHUJt |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +Code Academy - Make a Website - HTML/CSS |
| 73 | +http://www.codecademy.com/en/skills/make-a-website |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Code Academy - Make an Interactive Website |
| 76 | +http://www.codecademy.com/en/skills/make-an-interactive-website |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Code Academy - Learn AngularJS |
| 79 | +http://www.codecademy.com/en/learn/learn-angularjs |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +Global CSS settings, fundamental HTML elements styled and enhanced with extensible classes, and an advanced grid system |
| 82 | +http://getbootstrap.com/css/ |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +learn to code by building projects for nonprofits |
| 85 | +http://www.freecodecamp.com/ |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +Find in-depth how-tos involving common web development and web design techniques. |
| 88 | +http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/tutorials/ |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +An extensive CSS reference with all the important properties and info to learn CSS from the basics |
| 91 | +http://tympanus.net/codrops/css_reference/ |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +ABC of JavaScript : An Interactive JavaScript Tutorial |
| 94 | +http://www.openjs.com/tutorials/basic_tutorial/index.php |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +A coding community site with online editor. Share JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS |
| 97 | +http://jsdo.it/ |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +HTML5 & CSS3 Fundamentals: Development for Absolute Beginners - 21 Video tutorials |
| 100 | +http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/html5-css3-fundamentals-development-for-absolute-beginners |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +CS 50 -- free online course from Harvard, great intro to programming |
| 103 | +https://cs50.harvard.edu/ |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +Git Cheat Sheet: |
| 106 | +https://training.github.com/kit/downloads/github-git-cheat-sheet.pdf |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +SitePoint Newsletter: |
| 109 | +http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/ |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +Enjoycss.com: |
| 112 | +http://enjoycss.com/ |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +Zurb's Foundation – An alternative to Bootstrap: |
| 115 | +http://foundation.zurb.com/ |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +stuuf |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +## Javascript |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | +### Books |
| 122 | ++ [JS Design Patterns](http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/) |
| 123 | ++ [Developing Backbone.js Applications](https://addyosmani.github.io/backbone-fundamentals/) |
| 124 | ++ [Javascript Allonge](https://leanpub.com/javascript-allonge) |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +### References |
| 127 | ++ [Javascript MDN Reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript) |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +### Blogs/Tutorials |
| 130 | ++ [HTML5Rocks](http://www.html5rocks.com/en) |
| 131 | ++ [DailyJS](http://dailyjs.com/) |
| 132 | ++ [NodeSchool](http://nodeschool.io/) |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +### GitHub Resources |
| 135 | ++ [Online version of Scott's authoritative book on Git.](http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2) |
| 136 | ++ [Clearn, concise tutorials on Git.] (https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/) |
| 137 | ++ [Reference Site of jameswillweb] (http://nicksimson.com/github-for-web-designers/) |
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