rationalthinker1/tutorials

Tutorials that I have completed just for fun

OVERVIEW

Collection of tutorials that I have completed just for my own training purposes.

PURPOSE

Made to practice programming concepts. Various tutorials were completed to solicit further feedback from code reviews.

LANGUAGES COVERED

• HMTL5
• JavaScript
  • AngularJS
  • EmberJS
  • NodeJS
  • MeteorJS
• Objective-C
• Python
• Ruby

TOPICS COVERED

• Databases
• GeoVisualization
• PhoneGap

CONTRIBUTOR

Juan Gallardo j@jgallardo.me

ATTRIBUTION

The following books, magazines, and websites were used to either follow along to or to serve as a foundation for projects contained here:

Databases

• "Foundations of Programming: Databases"
  Viewed May. 14, 2013 from http://www.lynda.com/Programming-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Databases/112585-2.html

HMTL5

• David, M. (2012). HTML5 Mobile Websites. Oxford: Focal Press.
• Duckett, J. (2011). HTML & CSS : Design & Build Websites. Indianapolis: Wiley.
• Geary, D. (2012). HTML5 Canvas. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.

GeoVisualization

• Duvander, A. (2010). Map Scripting 101. San Francisco: No Starch Press.

JavaScript

• "JavaScript and AJAX"
  Viewed May. 16, 2013 from http://www.lynda.com/tutorial/114900
• "JavaScript and JSON"
  Viewed May 15, 2013 from http://www.lynda.com/JavaScript-tutorials/JavaScript-JSON/114901-2.html
• "JavaScript From Scratch"
  Viewed December 15, 2013 from http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/javascript-from-scratch
• "Meteor.js Fundamentals for Single Page Applications"
  Viewed December 15, 2013 from http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/meteorjs-fundamentals-single-page-apps
• "Todo List" built with Meteor
  Source code downloaded on November 15, 2013 from http://www.meteor.com/examples/todos. I deployed it to http://procrastinate.meteor.com.
• "Meet Node.js"
  Viewed December 17, 2013 from http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/meet-nodejs
• "Node.js for Beginners"
  Viewed March 22, 2013 from http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/node-js-for-beginners/
• Ford, B. (November 2012). /JavaScript/Write an app in AngularJS. .net. Issue 234. Pg. 106 - 109.
• Blanchard, J. (2012). Applied jQuery: Develop and Design. Berkeley: Peachpit Press.
• Firtman, M. (2012). jQuery Mobile: Up and Running. Sebastopol: O'Reilly.
• Thau, D. (2000). The Book of JavaScript. San Francisco: No Starch Press.
• Yank, K. & Adams, C. (2007). Simply JavaScript. Collingwood: SitePoint.
• York, R. (2009). Beginning JavaScript and CSS Development with jQuery. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing.

Objective-C

• Adamson, C. and Dudney, C. (2012). iOS SDK Development. Dallas: The Pragmatic Programmers.
• Feiler, J. (2012). Teach Yourself Objective-C. Indianapolis: SAMS.
• Hillegass, A. (2011). Objective-C Programming. Atlanta: Big Nerd Ranch.
• Lewis, R., McCarthy, Y., & Moraco, S.M. (2012). Beginning iOS Storyboarding Using Xcode. New York: Apress.

PhoneGap

• "PhoneGap From Scratch: Introduction"
  Viewed Dec. 17, 2012 from http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/phonegap/phonegap-from-scratch/
• Munro, J. (2012). Programming PhoneGap. Cambridge: O'Reilly.

Python

• Harbour, J. (2012). More Python Programming. Boston: Harbour.
• "Python 3 Essential Training"
  Viewed May 7, 2013 from http://www.lynda.com/Python-3-tutorials/essential-training/62226-2.html
• "Writing your first Django app, part 1"
  Viewed May 7, 2013 from https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/intro/tutorial01/

Ruby

• "Refinery CMS Basics"
  Viewed Dec 16. 2012 from http://railscasts.com/episodes/332-refinery-cms-basics
• Pugh, S. (2009). Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts. San Francisco: No Starch Press.
• Hartl, M. (2011). Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial. Boston: Addison-Wesley.