Great Ways To Build software development skills at home 2021
January 24, 2020We are going to discuss how to build software development skills at home. There are many resources available online for us to learn and improve software development skills. Stop wasting time start build your career.
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
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Let’s understand basics of Frontend, Backend.
Frontend: Frontend also referred to as Client Side. This means what you see in the browser is the Frontend. Frontend Languages are Html, CSS, Javascript ( React Js, Angular Js, and Vue Js).
Backend: The backend also referred to as server-side. Backend languages are Node Js, Php, Python, Ruby, etc.
Let’s dive right in,
Youtube Channels
In this section, we are going to see youtube channels that can help us to build software development skills.
There are many youtube channels available that will help us to improve our skills. We are going to see few of the top channels now.
Traversy Media:
Traversy Media features the best online web development and programming tutorials for all of the latest web technologies including Node.js, Angular 2, React.js, PHP, Rails, HTML, CSS and much more.
Brad Traversy is the owner of this channel. If you want to learn the basics of the latest web technologies then check out this channel. On this channel crash course(Beginner level) available on many technologies.
You can learn both frontend and backend from this channel.
FreeCodeCamp (Learn to code for free):
Freecodecamp is one of the best Tech channel. They provide a lot of valuable courses for free. If you want to learn React Js there is 10 hours video. If you want to learn Angular js there is 5 hours video.
They are also teaching about ethical hacking and machine learning.
we can learn both frontend and backend from this channel.
Edureka:
Edureka is also the best youtube channel we should follow.
They created video on programming courses which are Java, Python Angular js, and Node js.
They are also teaching about DevOps, Cloud Computing, and Machine learning. These things are not essential for software development. But It can make your career high.
we can gain more knowledge on the backend from this channel.
Net Ninja:
We have seen freecodecamp put a long hours course but Net Ninja have the habit of making series of course.
There are many javascript and CSS related tutorials available on this channel.
we can learn more about frontend technologies on this channel.
The topics they are teaching Modern JavaScript (beginner to advanced) , Node.js , React , Vue.js , Firebase ,MongoDB , HTML & CSS , PHP & MySQL ,Laravel , React Native , Flutter And many more topics as well.
Programming with Mosh:
Programming with mosh is owned by moshhamedani. He created tutorials on Javascript,Mysql, React Native,Angular Js, Python, and Node js.
We can learn both frontend and backend from this channel.
Academind:
In Academind channel we can learn CSS, Bootstrap, React Js, Vue Js, Angular Js, Node Js and Much more.
We can learn more about Frontend on this channel.
Tyle Moore:
Tyle Moore is teaching how to create their own professional website without any coding experience.
He is creating wordpress tutorials. We can learn more about wordpress in this channel and can create our own website.
Neil Patel:
Neil Patel, he is teaching about digital marketing. Digital marketing is also an important skill like software development. If we build our own application then it will be helpful to promote our product
We can learn more about SEO, Content Marketing, and Social Media Marketing from this channel.
Websites to Learn Software Development
In this section, we are going to see websites that can help us to build software development skills.
Freecodecamp
From Freecodecamp website we can learn Responsive Web design, Javascript, Frontend Libraries(React js ,Redux, Bootstrap), Backend Apis and much more for free.
After we completed each course there is a test to test our skill on the selected course. After we successfully completed the test they will provide us a course completion certificate.
By using the FreeCodeCamp certificate you may get a job easily. This certificate can add value to your profile.
W3School:
W3school is also a great website for beginners to learn HTML, CSS, SQL,Javascript, Python and PHP.
Devdocs.io:
Devdocs.io is a Fast, offline, and free documentation browser for developers. Search 100+ docs in one web app: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, Go, C, C++…
In this Website, we can learn almost all programming languages to improve software development skills.
javascript.info:
From javascript.info website we can learn javascript from beginner level to advanced.
you can also check another developer.mozilla.org website to learn javascript
Neilpatel:
From the Neilpatel.com website, we can learn more about digital marketing for free cost.
Blog Websites
In this section, we are going to see Blog websites that can help us to build software development skills.
Dev.to:
Dev.to is a developer community website. You can find lot of useful resources here.
Developers share their knowledge through blogs. It can help us to learn more about that topic.
For example, If you want to learn more about Javascript array go to dev.to then in searchbox type Javascript array you will get list of blogs related to javascript arrays.
We can also write a blog and post it to dev.to. It’s free of cost.
Medium:
Medium.com website is also a great platform for who love to read. Here you can find articles about topics you want.
Same example as we saw earlier, If you want to learn about Javascript array go to medium.com then in search box type Javascript array you will get a list of blogs related to javascript arrays.
You can ask your doubts in the articles comment section. The writer or someone else who see your question in the comment section will clear your doubts.
we can also post our blog on medium.com.
Online Video Tutorial Websites
In this section, we are going to see Online Video Tutorial Websites that can help us to build software development skills.
Udemy:
Udemy is an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 130000 courses and 35 million students. Learn programming, marketing, data science, and more.
If you want to learn javascript, In search box type javascript you will get more results. Based on ratings ,comments and overview of the course you can choose whether the course is suitable for you or not.
Every course is provided with 30 day money back gurantee. If you don’t like the course you can claim your money within 30 days of course purchase.
There are many free courses also available using a filter you can search for free courses.
Udemy frequently announces offers for almost every courses.
Conclusion:
If you want your life to be interesting then develop programming skills and submit your resume to any online job search portal. Master your skills then you can able create your own application either mobile or web.
All great achievements require time
― Maya Angelou
Hope you learned few things about software development. you can also suggest websites and youtube channels in the comment section.