10-Easy-Steps

A Repository Created for #Hacktoberfest to Help Beginners Get Started with Code. Go to the issues, pick one of the ones labeled Hacktoberfest for more instructions on how you can contribute and make your first (second, third or forth) pull request.

Remember to sign-up for Hacktoberfest to qualify for your free Tshirt, or to have a Tree planted in your name. The event runs for the Month of October each year - and you can sign up now. I am merging Pull-Requests at once a day during #Hacktoberfest

Please just make one contribution each, and leave some for other Hacktoberfesters. It's nice if your 4 PRs and from 4 seperate repositories.

If you would like to know how you can contribute to this project - do read the Contributing.MD. There are issues for begginers set-up for #Hacktoberfest and labeled as such. Each issue should give you enough guidance to complete your first (2nd, 3rd or 4th) Pull Request - but if they do not, feel free to ask for help by commenting on the issue. Do not be afraid, there is nothing but support here.

Also, I'd love it if you've found this Project useful - Could you please click on the ⭐ for this repository.

A curated list of the 10 things Beginners need to know to get started in code (and interesting things to help the more advanced progress). Dip into them and try to just do a little bit each day

What, Where, Why?
Get into Github
Try Some Code
Follow Some Mentors
Get Involved
Practice
Listen to Some Podcasts
Subscribe to Some YouTube Vids
Watch Some Twitch Channels
Conferences
Tools
And Then What?

Resources

What, Where, Why?

Here are some teasers - some whimsical guides, some interesting stories, some tasty treats designed to convince you to take a look at Coding and the magical world of Open Sourcery

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Learn web development as an absolute beginner	Coder Coder	1	A great video to get you started
JavaScript For Cats	@maxogden	1	A fun way to introduce Javascript
Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby	Why the Lucky Stiff	1	A legend in the Ruby Community who disappeared without a trace, remembered mostly by this enigmatic guide to Ruby
The Definitive Guide to Contributing to Open Source	Piotr Gaczkowski	1	This is the What and Why of Open Source
Open Source Guide to Etiquette	Kent C. Dodds and Sarah Drasner	1	Let's play nice
How to Contribute to Open Source	@nayafia, @bkeepers, @stephbwills, and @mlinksva	1	Really good Why and What Guide of Open Source

P.S. Ask yourself who was "Why the Lucky Stiff" ? Is he still out there somewhere, building new stuff and scribling his hazy dreams

Get into Github

If you have decided to start, start here

Description	Author	Step	Comments
Hello World	GitHub Guides	2	Everyone starts with Hello World, it's like ABC for Coders
How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub	Kent C Dodds	2	A kind mind gently introduces the concept of Open Source
Prefer GUI Over Command Line Tools	Github Desktop	2	You don't have to code in the command line
An Introduction to GitHub	GitHub Learning Labs	2	A bot can teach you to code
Communicating Using Markdown	GitHub Learning Labs	2	Creating Simplified Webpages
Make Your First Contribution to Open Source	FirstContributions	2	You'll always remember your first contribution
Writing a Good Commit Message	Chrissie Muhorakeye	2	Start as you mean to go on
Writing Good Pull Requests	Keavy McMinn	2	Help yourself and others who come after you
Create a Github Profile Readme	Monica Powell	2	Build your own pretty webpage on Github

Try some Code

Now you have some choices, in how you learn. Check out the 100DaysOfCode Community further down and then follow the FreeCodeCamp path to becoming a FullStack Developer... or pick any of the others to have fun while you learn

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Learn to Code by Playing a Game	Code Combat	3	Learn the concepts while having fun
Hour of Code	Code.Orf	3	Try and byte-size snippets
Full Stack Developer Course	Free Code Camp	3	I'm doing this one - it's excellent. A bit each day
Pathway Courses	Microsoft	3	These courses are also very popular
Basic Web Development Course	General Assembly	3	As it says on the label
Foundation of Programming 2 (Java)	Fariz Darari	3	Easy to understand slides for learning Programming with Java!
Learning on the Go	Solo Learn	3	Do little bits on your phone
Guided Tracks	@JonHMChan	3	Take a byte each day
learn by building a fictional startup	Upskill	3	If you want a story around what you build, start here
The Odin Project	Thinkful	3	Very popular
Learn to Code HTML & CSS	Shay Howe	3	Beautifully done
A Tour of Go	The Go Programming Language	3	An easy-to-ramp-up language
The Javascript Guide	MDM Webdocs	3	How to Use and Overview
Kids STEM Workshops and Resources	Nuevo Foundation	3	Teach kids with fun coding scenarios
Twilio Quest	Twilio	3	Learn to code and save The Cloud from the Legacy Systems
Laravel 6 Beginner	Coders Tape	3	Level up your skills

Follow Some Mentors

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Scott Hanselman	Scott Hanselman	4	Be Kind
Kent C Dodds	Kent C Dodds	4	Improving the world w/ quality software · Husband, Father, Latter-day Saint, Teacher, OSS
Patricia Aas	Patricia Aas	4	Be Open Minded
Amy Kapernick	Amy Kapernick	4	FrontEnd WebDev, Evangelist for YOW! Twilio Champion and Microsoft MVP
Michelle Sandford	Michelle Sandford	4	Help yourself by helping others
Jessica Chan	Coder Coder	4	Be Kind
Tania Rascia	The Missing Instruction Manuals of the Web	4	Be Kind
Nina Zakharenko	@nnja	4	Python Software Foundation Director
April Speight	@vogueandcode	4	Be stylish
Dona Sarkar	Do The Thing	4	Be brave
Cecil Phillip	Away From The Keyboard	4	Podcaster, Teacher, Swimmer & Music Lover
Sarah Drasner	I Make Things	4	A FrontEnd Master
Aaron Powell	Microsoft	4	Awesome speaker at DDD Melbourne
Bea Gandica	Nuevo Foundation	4	Changing the World at pace
Heather Downing	Okta	4	.NET, APIs, Voice and Identity
Layla Porter	Twilio	4	Twilio .Net Azure Co-host of MK.NET MVP
Jessica White	DDD East Midlands	4	Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies, an international speaker and a mentor
Florin Pop	Freelance	4	JavaScript enthusiast 🙌, Front-end developer 💻, Blogger and YouTuber
Dylan Beattie	Ursatile	4	Creator of the Rockstar programming language, a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies
M0nica	Monica Powell	4	Founder of React Ladies a community for React JS developers
alphacentauri82	Diana Rodriguez	4	Python Developer Advocate @ Vonage, GDE: web/cloud/maps/firebase, Microsoft MVP, Auth0 Ambassador
Ovilia	Wenli Zhang	4	Passionate Dataviz Developer & Creative Designer; PPMC of Apache ECharts (incubating)
potatoqualitee	Chrissy LeMaire	4	SQL & PS MVP, creator of @psdbatools member @thelivecoders & @PowerShellLive author http://dbatools.io/book
Vanessa Aristizabal	Vanessa Aristizabal	4	Frontend Developer GDE in Angular & Web Technologies
Chloe Condon	Microsoft	4	Developer Advocacy + Clippy fan @ Microsoft, reformed musical theatre kid, Multiple musical notes mostly puns, pics w/ skeletons, & Azure stuff
Tatiana Mac	Tatiana Mac	4	Tech Misanthropologist. Engineer/OSS maintainer

Get Involved

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Get Involved	Pluralsight	5	Scott Hanselman and Rob Conery offer suggestions and advice on how you can get out there, and get involved
Python Community	Python.Org	5	Python’s community is vast; diverse & aims to grow; Python is Open
100 Days of Code	Alex Kallaway	5	There are only two rules
CodeNewbie Community	CodeNewbie	5	Official Website for the Challenge that gets you addicted to coding
Humans of IT Community	Microsoft	5	Empowering technologists to achieve more by humanizing tech
Probot Community	Probot	5	Be Kind
Stack Overflow	Stack Overflow	5	Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers
Eddie Jaoude Community	Eddie Jaoude	5	OPEN SOURCE is NOT about code, it is about people and collaboration

Practice

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Frontend Mentor	Frontend Mentor	6	Fun front end challenges with solutions, resources and an open slack community for discussion
Achieve Mastery Through Challenges	CodeWars	6	Love of Learning
Practice and Learn by Playing a Game	Codingame	6	Love of Learning
Technical interview prep and coding challenges	Coderbyte	6	Love of Learning
Interactive Challenges	Edabit	6	Love of Learning
Tutorials and Practice	Scotch	6	Love of Learning

Listen to Some Podcasts

Name	Author	Step	Comments
CodeNewbie Podcast	CodeNewbie	7	Love of Learning
Hanselminutes	Scott Hanselman	7	Love of Learning
Talk Python To Me	@mkennedy	7	Love of Learning
Softskills Engineering Podcast	Softskills Engineering	7	It takes more than great code to be a great engineer
Frontend Happy Hour Podcast	Netflix, Twitch, Atlassian, Evernote, and LinkedIn	7	Love of Learning
Syntax FM	@wesbos and @stolinski	7	Love of Learning
Programming By Stealth	Podfeet Podcasts	7	Programming By Stealth is a collaborative series created by Bart Busschots and Allison Sheridan, as part of the Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast
FreeCodeCamp Podcast	FreeCodeCamp	7	The official podcast of the freeCodeCamp open source community
Learn To Code With Me	Laurence Bradford	7	Love of Learning
Cod[ish]	Heroku	7	Love of Learning
Responsive Web Design	Karen McGrane and Ethan Marcotte	7	Karen and Ethan interview the people who make responsive redesigns happen
The Web Platform	Erik Isaksen	7	A weekly show that dives deep into all things web from the developers building the platform today.
TheStyle Guides Podcast	Anna Debenham and Brad Frost.	7	A small batch series of interviews on Style Guides
The ChangeLog	The ChangeLog	7	Conversations with the hackers, the leaders, and the innovators of software development
FrontEnd Happy Hour	FrontEnd Happy Hour	7	A podcast featuring a panel of Software Engineers from Netflix, Twitch, & Atlassian talking over drinks about all things Front End development.

Subscribe to Some YouTube Vids

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Learn Code Academy	Learn Code Academy	8	Love of Learning
Learn in One Video	Derek Banas	8	Love of Learning
Programming Course by Videos	Codebind	8	Love of Learning
Free Videos from Programming With Mosh	@moshhamedani	8	Love of Learning
Coders Tape	Coders Tape	8	Level up your Laravel, PHP and Marketing skills with fresh weekly content
Programming in JavaScript by Colt Steele	Colt Steele	8	Level up the JavaScript Programming Skills right from the basics
STEM Stories	Nuevo Foundation	8	Video Stories from Women Working in STEM Careers
The Case of the Missing Method	Nadia Odunayo	8	A Ruby Mystery Story at RubyConf
Python for Beginners	Microsoft Developer	8	The foundation for programming in Python, starting from common everyday code and scenarios
Javascript for Beginners	Microsoft Developer	8	A series of videos to focus on the core concepts of JavaScript

Watch Some Twitch Channels

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Phil Nash	Twilio	9	Developer evangelist for Twilio and a Ruby and JavaScript developer
Amy Kapernick	Amy Kapernick	9	FrontEnd WebDev, Evangelist for YOW! Twilio Champion and Microsoft MVP
Clarkio	Microsoft	9	Streams about NodeJS, VS Code, and Fart Noises. It's a very High-brow stream, so put on your finest clothes and mind your manners
Twilio	Twilio	9	Twilio is a developer platform that makes it easy for you to connect the people you care about using the tools and technologies that you already know in the apps you're already building
Pair Programming	Jason Lengstorf	9	Jason Lengstorf hosts Learn With Jason, a pair programming livestream where we learn something new in 90 minutes!
Data Visualisations	Shirley Wu	9	Award-winning creative focused on data-driven art and visualizations
Coding tips, tricks, and techniques	Brian Lagunas	9	Love of Learning
DevChatter	DevChatter	9	Love of Learning
Learn with CodingGarden	CodingGarden	9	Open, interactive and engaging community where any coder, from beginner to veteran, can learn and grow together
Chael Codes	Chael Codes	9	Fun and engaging ways to code
Layla Codesit	Twilio	9	Self-taught .NET developer, Microsoft MVP, Twilio Developer Evangelist
Microsoft Developer	Microsoft Developer	9	A humble group of developers and technical enthusiasts within Microsoft who operate this Twitch channel devoted to including you into the conversations we have
Adam13531	AcAdamy	9	Love learn and teach
DevChatter	DevChatter	9	Writing code! Talking about code! Having fun!
Nahamsec	Hackerone	9	Awesome tips on bug hunting

Conferences

Name	Author	Step	Comments
JSNation	JSNation	10	Core library authors. Hands-on learning. The future of JS.
Web Directions Summits	Web Directions	10	A conference for the whole team
NDC Conferences	NDC	10	High-end events for software developers
YOW Conferences	YOW	10	Emerging technologies and best practices in the software industry
PyCon	Python.Org	10	See what's going on in the Python world
Microsoft Build	Microsoft	10	Empowering Developers to Fuel Business Performance
Web Directions Summits	Web Directions	10	Love of Learning
DDD Perth	DDDPerth	10	An inclusive non-profit conference for the Perth software community
JSConf	JSConf	10	Locally run events driven by passionate individuals dedicated to the community
GitHub Universe	GitHub	10	Explore the future of software development
Signal Conf	Twilio	10	Twilio’s Annual Customer & Developer Conference
DockerCon	Docker	10	DockerCon is a place for the Docker community to come together and thrive
Javascript Con	International Javascript Conference 2020	10	Explore the world of Javascript
Shift Dev	Shift Dev 2021	10	A two-day open air and hybrid Developer conference to bring the World’s Developers Together
PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit	DevOps Collective	10	Gathering of PowerShell + DevOps professionals and enthusiasts
ConFoo	ConFoo Montreal 2021	10	ConFoo is a multi-technology conference for developers
Apple WWDC	Apple WWDC 2020	10	A developer conference that provides an in-depth look into the future of apple platforms
FOSDEM	FOSDEM'21	10	FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate
DevOpsCon	DevOpsCon	10	Global Conference Series For DevOps and Business Transformation
Open Source Summit	Linux Foundation	10	Open Source Summit connects the open source ecosystem under one roof.
F8	Facebook	10	A conversation about technology and human connection
DevIntersection	Microsoft	10	An event where your questions get answered, strategies are defined, and relationships are built
O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference	O'Reilly	10	Network with and learn from experts as they share their knowledge in software architecture—updating legacy systems, the impact of emergent trends, and insights on industry-specific strategies
DeveloperWeek	DevNetwork	10	The world’s largest developer expo & conference series
RailsConf	Ruby Central Org	10	RailsConf is the world’s largest gathering of Rails developers, brought together to further discussion and learning about building, managing, and testing Rails applications
RubyConf	Ruby Central Org	10	RubyConf is the world’s largest and longest-running gathering of Ruby enthusiasts, practitioners, and companies
CodeMash	CodeMash Conference	10	CodeMash is a conference for developers wanting to enhance their skills in topics like .NET, Java, Ruby, Python, Javascript, Security and so much more.
WeAreDevelopers	World Congress	10	THE WORLD’S FLAGSHIP DEVELOPER CONFERENCE
SuperConf	SuperConf Conference	10	SuperConf is a conference for makers. The designers, developers, and entrepreneurs molding our future. Hosted in sunny Miami
Open Source Software Conference	Oreilly	10	Immerse yourself in sessions and interactive training courses solely focused on the most critical topics facing developers today
QCon New York	InfoQ	10	It’s the place where senior software engineers, architects, and team leads like you connect, learn, and grow.

Free Tools

Name	OS	Download Link	Description
VSCode	Windows / MacOS / Linux	https://code.visualstudio.com/download/	Free and built on open source. Integrated Git, debugging and extensions.
Atom	Windows / MacOS / Linux	https://atom.io/	A hackable text editor for the 21st Century
Notepad ++	Windows	https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/	Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

And Then What?

Name	Author	Step	Comments
Learn You A Haskell	Miran Lipovaca	11	A need for more
The most quirky parts of the JavaScript	Javascript Garden	11	Advice on avoiding common mistakes
Create own workshop	Nuevo Foundation	11	Teach kids with fun coding scenarios
Code with Rockstar	Dylan Beattie	11	Rockstar is a computer programming language designed for creating programs that are also heavy metal power ballads - it's not for the faint of heart
Open Source Guides	GitHub and Friends	11	Open source software is made by people just like you. Learn how to launch and grow your project
Design Portfolio Workflow	kat fukui	11	A complete guide to code and deploy a site, all from the terminal
RubyGems)	RubyGems.org	11	RubyGems.org is the Ruby community’s gem hosting service
Quantum Katas	Microsoft	11	The Quantum Katas are a collection of self-paced tutorials and programming exercises to help you learn quantum computing and Q# programming

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