Useful links

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Computer & Internet

Internet Basics

Resources:

• How the Internet Works in 5 minutes
• Tech Terms Glossary

Web Development Basics

HTML

High level and general:

• HTML5 Rocks: Great resource for web stuff in general, including CSS and HTML
• A List Apart: Great general web stuff reference
• Mozilla HTML Introduction: quick introduction to HTML structure. Read through this to get a clearer idea of how HTML works.
• Html code infographic

Tags:

• What are tags and how to use them
• New-ish tags

Images:

• Placeholder images and text
• Lossless optimization for images
• Concepts behind html5

Tutorials:

• Codecademy Web Track: fundamentals of HTML and CSS by example
• Code School - CSS Cross Country Dig in with some more advanced CSS concepts.

Tools:

• HTML validator
• Performance investigations

CSS

• csstricks.com
• CSS zen garden
• Codepen
• caniuse.comCheck browser support
• Absolute positioning and floats.
• Sprite Cow: working with css and sprite styles, sprite styles
• Reseting styles: Use a reset.css for cross-browser harmony. Skeleton, Bootstrap, HTML5Boilerplate and YUI have reset files/components.
• 960.gs: a grid system with nice demos

Programming Basics & Version Control

Ruby

Resources:

• Code School - Try Ruby A short, fun interactive tutorial online.
• Chris Pine's Learn to Program a really good tutorial for beginners to wrap your head around programming concepts.
• Codecademy Ruby Track This is the tutorial from your interview. Finish the rest of the sections.
• Learn Ruby the Hard Way Another great tutorial to get comfortable with the basics.
• Ruby Style Guide Make sure that you are following the proper syntax and conventions so other people will understand your code!

Git

Resources:

• What is Version Control? Git is the system that we will be using to do version control. Learn what version control is.
• Code School - Try Git A great way to try working with git from your browser.
• Git Cheat Sheet A great resource sheet for common commands.

OSX Basics

Resources:

• Mac for Beginners A quick look around the basic layout of OSX.
• OSX Basics A video guide to some basic things in OSX.
• Using Spotlight A quick overview of spotlight.

Typing

Resources:

• Typeracer A fun way to practice your typing and keep track of your speed.
• Typing.io Typing practice to help you get comfortable typing those awkward programming characters. Complete at least 4 - 5 exercises for each of the Javascript/jQuery and Ruby on Rails lessons.

Command Line Basics

Resources:

• Learn Command Line the Hard Way Knowing how to use the command line (Terminal) is a critical skill for a developer, and we'll be spending a lot of time here. This tutorial is all about practice. Work through the entire thing.
• Command Line Tutorial Another quick command line tutorial to solidify the basics and includes some good tips.

Thank you! - Day 1 of #springintocode was amazing, excited to learn even more on day 2!