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Useful to get a feeling for where you stand, what people do \u0026 what's there to know\n\n[YouTube: Traversy Media](https://www.youtube.com/user/TechGuyWeb/videos)\u003cbr\u003e\nGeneral development tutorials, with a focus on web dev. If you want to learn a new tech, Brad's probably got you covered.\n\n[YouTube: How the Internet Works for Developers: Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4S8zfLdLgQ)\u003cbr\u003e\n[Part 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTAPjr7vgxE)\u003cbr\u003e\nNice overview of the workings of the internet \u0026 the low level web stack in general.\n\n## Web Development: General Resources\n\n[Book: High Performance Browser Networking](https://hpbn.co/)\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat you need to know about the underlying networking techniques when approaching web development. Seems to be freely accessible online\n\n[Awesome Lists](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)\u003cbr\u003e\nA list with important \u0026 inspiring libraries \u0026 frameworks, by a prolific developer\n\n[Podcast: Syntax.fm](https://syntax.fm/)\u003cbr\u003e\nCool web development podcast (rather front end heavy)\n\n[Newsletter: JavaScript Weekly](https://javascriptweekly.com/)\u003cbr\u003e\nWeekly JS news in general. Highly recommended\n\n[Newsletter: Node Weekly](https://nodeweekly.com/)\u003cbr\u003e\nWeekly Node.js news\n\n## Web Development: Front End\n\n[Blog: Dan Abramov](https://overreacted.io/)\u003cbr\u003e\nReact guru delivering wisdoms of the inner workings of React\n\n## Web Development: Back End\n\n[YouTube: Hussein Nasser](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ML5xP23TOWKUcc-oAE_Eg)\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the few youtubers focused on backend. Long, deep talks about everyday back end problems. Industry insight\n\n## Web Development: Security\n\n[OWASP](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/)\u003cbr\u003e\nWeb dev vulnerability top 10 list. A good overview of what to look out for, including various solutions\n\n## General Software Engineering\n\n[Book: System Design Interview – An insider's guide](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54109255-system-design-interview-an-insider-s-guide)\u003cbr\u003e\nHigh-level considerations for designing scalable software systems in cloud environments\n\n[Screencasts: Destroy All Software](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts)\u003cbr\u003e\nScreencasts about development in general, building stuff from scratch etc.\n\n[Course: Execute Program](https://www.executeprogram.com/)\u003cbr\u003e\nBy the creator of DAS (see above). Well thought out curricula\n\n## Computer Science\n\n[YouTube: How Computers Work](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdnOPI1iJNcsRwJhvksEo1tJqjIqWbN-)\u003cbr\u003e\nAbsolute basic knowledge about computers\n\n[MOOC: CS50](https://cs50.harvard.edu/)\u003cbr\u003e\nLearn computer science basics. Highly regarded by lots of people. Very beginner friendly, with opportunities to dive down the rabbit hole. Perfect accompaniment for self-learned web devs without a foundation in CS.\n\n[Teach Yourself Computer Science](https://teachyourselfcs.com/)\u003cbr\u003e\nA curated list of books \u0026 lectures on the most important topics of computer science. A good guideline for deep dives after CS50.\n\n[JavaScript Algorithms](https://github.com/trekhleb/javascript-algorithms/tree/master/src)\u003cbr\u003e\nImportant algorithms in JS. Maybe not first priority for the typical web developer applying in the EU, but interesting nonetheless.\n\n## Operating Systems / System Administration\n\n[Book: Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces](https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/)\u003cbr\u003e\nVery accessible book teaching OS basics. Online version is free\n\n[Book: Unix And Linux System Administration Handbook](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/unix-and-linux/9780134278308/)\u003cbr\u003e\nA thorough (maybe even a bit eclectic) guide to Linux\n\n[Book: The Linux Command Line](https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php)\u003cbr\u003e\nBrilliant introduction to the shell. Freely accessible!\n\n[Digital Ocean Tutorials](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials)\u003cbr\u003e\nIn my opinion the best hands-on tutorials for managing a VPS. Think \"Setup Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04\"\n\n## Low Level(ish) Stuff\n\n[YouTube: Build a simple HTTP server in Java](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAuGQNR28pW56GigraPdiI0oKwcs8gglW)\u003cbr\u003e\nBuild a HTTP server from scratch in Java. Nice if you want to get more low level after building a few backend apps with frameworks\n\n[YouTube: Low Level JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/c/LowLevelJavaScript/playlists)\u003cbr\u003e\nBuilding circuits \u0026 VMs in JS. Crazy stuff\n\n[Book: Crafting Interpreters](https://craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html)\u003cbr\u003e\nAccessible introduction to building compilers. This stuff is even relevant for today's front end dev. You can read it for free online, but the printed version is beautifully crafted.\n\n[YouTube: Comparing C to machine language](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOyaJXpAYZQ)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaybe the inner workings of computers become a little more obvious after watching this video\n\n## Reading Code\n\n[Code Catalog](https://codecatalog.org/)\u003cbr\u003e\nHow do important open source projects approach certain problems? Covers different languages\n\n[Book: The Architecture of Open Source Applications](https://aosabook.org/en/index.html)\u003cbr\u003e\nNice high-level descriptions of the architecture of some famous OSS applications. Freely accessible\n\n[Open Hub](https://www.openhub.net/)\u003cbr\u003e\nGet meta information about OSS projects\n\n[10 Things I Learned From The jQuery Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_qE1iAmjFg)\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat's there to learn if you dive into a famous library's code\n\n[Improve Your JavaScript Knowledge By Reading Source Code](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/07/javascript-knowledge-reading-source-code/)\u003cbr\u003e\nStresses the importance of reading other people's code\n\n## Scene, News, Blogs, Podcasts\n\n[Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/)\u003cbr\u003e\nMust-read. Industry news \u0026 discussion\n\n[Podcast: Command Line Heroes](https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes)\u003cbr\u003e\nComputing history podcast, positive \u0026 inspiring\n\n## Nerdy Stuff\n\n[YouTube: Computerphile](https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile/videos?view=0\u0026sort=p\u0026flow=grid)\u003cbr\u003e\nTries to explore fascinating computer related topics in a mainstream compatible way\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/steeelydan%2Fresources/projects"}