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foundational
frontend
backend
database
api
mobile

learning tracks

The official curriculum by Bento

Web Fundamentals

fundamentals

How the web works

How the Internet Works in 5 Minutes

20 Things I Learned

html

The very basics of putting something on a webpage

css

Styling your webpage

shell

Use the command line

Learning the Shell

git

Simple to use version control

The simple guide

javascript

Make your pages interactive

Learn X in Y Minutes

jquery

Control webpage elements with javascript

sublime text

A popular text editor

The Complete Visual Guide to Sublime Text 3

python

A programming language to easily pick up

Intro to Computer Science

flask

A basic microframework for python on the web

Flask Mega Tutorial

sql

A popular database language

database design

How to organize your database

sqlalchemy

Keep your python models and database objects in sync

Object Relational Tutorial

alembic

Manage your database changes in python

A Practical Guide to Using Alembic

heroku

Easily deploy your applications

Intro to Heroku Screencast

cloudflare

Protect your website

json

Represent your data in text

data science

Get meaningful insights from your data

less

A dynamic stylesheet language

Verekia's Tutorial

bootstrap

A popular frontend framework

Getting Started with Bootstrap 3

big-o

How to measure your code's performance

Algorithm Analysis

Big-O Cheat Sheet

algorithms

Popular methods to manipulate data

Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures

data structures

Efficiently organize your data in code

Basic Data Structures

Data Structure Visualizations

http

The basics of making web requests

A Beginner's Guide

security

How to protect your website

How Encryption Works

An Introduction to Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

https

The basics of secure connections

First Milliseconds https

Switch your website to use https

mongo

A simple javascript based database

MongoDB University

couchdb

A nosql database for the web

Getting Started

elasticsearch

A popular search engine for your application

Getting Started

Introducing Query DSL

redis

A basic key-value store for caching

The Little Redis Book

memcached

A way to cache your data in memory

An Adventure in Learning Memcached

Distributed Caching with Memcached

uilang

A minimal programming language for web designers

angular

A javascript framework for data-driven applications

Shaping up with Angular

ractive

Live, reactive templates in JavaScript

Learn Ractive.js

sass

An dynamic extension of css

node

Create a backend with javascript

express

The most popular web framework for node

Introduction to Express

grunt

A powerful javascript task runner

Getting Started

jade

A templating language forhtml

regex

A popular syntax for pattern matching

Learn Regex the Hard Way

vim

A text editor in your console

Interactive Vim Tutorial

mvc

Popular software architecture pattern

The Model-View-Controller Pattern

What are the benefits of MVC?

rest

A way to architecture your applications around verbs and resources

Best Practices for Designing Pragmatic RESTful APIs

Designing HTTP Interfaces and RESTful Web Services

bottle

A fast, simple and lightweight micro framework for python

Developing with Bottle

Developing with Bottle - part 2

django

A popular web framework for python

Want to Learn Django?

tornado

An asynchronous microframework for python on the web

ruby

A simple scripting language

rails

The most popular web framework for ruby

Michael Hartl's Tutorial

The Best Way to Learn Rails

jekyll

Simple blogging

go

A new language for the web

java

A popular programming language

Intro to Programming in Java

Programming Methodology

scala

A highly performant language that works with java

Scala Tutorials

play

A popular web framework for scala

Your first Play application

elixir

A language built on top of the Erlang VM

Getting Started

terraform

A common configuration to launch infrastructure

Introduction to Terraform

swift

The primary language for iOS

objective-c

The previous language for iOS

A primer in Objective-C

Try Objective-C

android

Build apps for Android devices

Building your first app

Android Development

windows phone

Build apps for windows phones

Windows App Builder

parse

A backend for mobile apps

d3

A JavaScript library for visualizing data

leaflet

A JavaScript library for maps

Leaflet Tutorials

velocity

Smooth JavaScript animation

Improving UI Animation Workflow

three.js

A JavaScript 3D library

Getting Started With three.js

neo4j

A graph database

rethinkdb

An database to store JSON

RethinkDB Quickstart

RethinkDB and Flask

flight

An event-driven web framework for JavaScript

meteor

A framework to build realtime web applications in JavaScript

Friendly walkthrough

EventedMind advanced screencasts

ember

Build robust single-page apps with JavaScript

Getting Started TodoMVC Guide

backbone

A framework that makes handling data easier in JavaScript

Developing Backbone.js Applications

Backbone.js for Absolute Beginners

underscore

A utility belt for JavaScript

Getting Cozy with Underscore

lodash

A utility library delivering performance

sugar

Extend the functionality of JavaScript

coffeescript

A language that compiles to JavaScript

Learn X in Y Minutes

dart

An alternative to JavaScript

Programmer’s Guide

Learn X in Y Minutes

php

A server-side language for the web

Learn X in Y Minutes

PHP The Right Way

laravel

The most popular php web framework

Laravel Ins and Outs

phalcon

A popular high-performance php framework

Let's Learn By Example

symfony

A high performance php framework

Symfony in 5 minutes

codeigniter

A php web framework

CodeIgniter user manual

cakephp

A framework for php applications

CakePHP Cookbook (Docs)

yii

A php framework built for ajax

The Definitive Guide to Yii

Larry Ullman's Learning Yii Series

twig

A template engine for php

phpixie

An easy-to-learn php framework

30 Minute Tutorial

groovy

A dynamic language that works with Java

Beginner's Tutorial

The Groovy Goodness Blog

clojure

A lisp dialect which runs on the JVM

Clojure for the Brave and True

Clojure for Beginners

xml

An alternative to json

firebase

A realtime backend for your web or mobile app

5 Minute Chat Tutorial

apache

A very popular http web server

Apache Documentation

nginx

A popular http web server, load balancer, and http cache

Beginner's Guide

perl

A popular programming language

vagrant

A tool for building and managing virtual environments

Getting Started

docker

Create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers

Docker Interactive Tutorial

c#

A popular web programming language

Learn X in Y Minutes

.net

A web framework for c#

Intro to ASP.NET MVC 5

lightswitch

A development framework for the web and mobile

Intro to Lightswitch

coldfusion

A server application for Java

Coldfusion Tutorials

Raymond Camden's CF Blog

seo

Ranking well in search engines

Google's Starter Guide

The Advanced Guide to SEO

api

How to expose and access data from different services

Best Practices for Designing Pragmatic RESTful APIs

A list of 40+ tutorials on how to make an api

webhooks

HTTP based integrations

RequestBin - Inspect HTTP Requests

7 Reasons Webhooks are Magic

stack exchange

Access all of Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow

google

An enormous collection of APIs from Google

Google API Explorer

mashape

Distribute, monetize, and consume multiple APIs

facebook

Get data about people and their networks

foursquare

Get data about places

sendgrid

An email API

mandrill

An email API by Mailchimp

Getting Started with Mandrill

semantria

A text and sentiment analysis API

Developer Portal

twilio

Send and receive texts and calls

stripe

Accept payments on your site

Making Your First Charge

alchemy

A text analysis API

Getting started guide

Interactive web demo

lob

An API that lets you print and mail documents

shirts.io

An API to send custom shirts