The Best Websites to Learn Coding Online

There’s no reason why shouldn't know the basics of coding. You can automate tasks, you can program your Excel sheets, improve workflows, you can extract data from websites and accomplish so much more with code. You may not be in the business of writing software programs but knowing the basics of coding will help you communicate more effectively with developers.

Gone are the days when you had to enroll in expensive computer training classes as now exist a plethora of web-based courses that will help you learn programming at your own pace in the comfort of your web browser.

The Best Sites to Learn Programming

If you are ready to take the plunge, here are some of the best websites that offer courses in a variety of programming languages for free. I have also added a list of companion eBooks that will give you a more in-depth understanding of the language and they don’t cost anything either.

Language	Online Courses		Programming Books (Free)
JavaScript	Code Academy, Learn Street, Khan Academy, Code Combat, Code Avengers		Eloquent JavaScript, JavaScript Guide, Speaking JavaScript, JS The Right Way, Oh My JS
HTML & CSS	Code Academy, Don’t Fear The Internet, Tutsplus,Learn Layout, A to Z CSS,Dash, Web Accessibility,The Hello World		Mozilla, Dive into HTML5, 20 Things I Learned, HTML Dog,HTML & CSS, HTML5 for Designers, DOM Enlightenment
jQuery	Code Academy, Tutsplus,Code School		jQuery Fundamentals, Learn jQuery
Python	Code Academy, Google,Learn Street, Python Tutor,IHeartPY		Python for You and Me,  Dive into Python, Learn Python the Hard Way, Think Python,Python for Fun, Tango with Django, Django
Ruby & Ruby on Rails	Code Academy,TryRubyCode Learn,Railscasts, Rubymonk,Learn Street		Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, Learn Ruby the Hard Way, Learn to Program, Learn Rails by Example
PHP	Code Academy		PHP Programming, Practical PHP
Google Apps Script	Getting Started, Office Hours, Google Scripts Examples,Learning Apps Script
WordPress	Treehouse, WordPress TV
Linux & Shell Scripting	Stanford.edu, Explain Shell			Conquer the Command Line
Node.js	Nodetuts, Node School			The Node Beginner Book,Mixu’s Node book, Node Up and Running, Mastering Node.js
Git (version control)	Code School, Git Immersion, GitHub Training			Pro Git, Learn Git
Objective-C (iOS & Mac)	Code School, Stanford, iTunesU
Chrome Dev Tools	Code School, Dev Tools Secret, Chrome Dev Tools Tutorial,Udacity
Go Language	Golang.org, GopherCasts	Programming in Go, Go by Example, Learning Go
Java	Learn Java, Coding Bat,Java Udemy, Learneroo	Programming in Java, Thinking in Java, O’Reilly Learning Java,Think Java, Java & CS, Java for Python Devs
Android App Development	Udacity (Google Developers), Coursera, The New Boston, Google University, App Development Essentials, Code Learn, App Inventor (Visual)
D3 (data visualization)	Data Visualization for the Web, Dashing D3, D3 Tips & Tricks
SQL (Databases)	SQL Zoo, SQL @Stanford, Essentail SQL, SQL for Nerds
Everything Else	Udacity, edX.org, Coursera, Udemy$, Lynda$, Pluralsight$,Treehouse$, Open Consortium, One Month Rails$