Rails Girls LA 2016 - how to learn for free

A collection of free resources and tips on learning how to code.

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1. how to learn for free
2. we are all beginners!
3. Andrea Kao http://eirinikos.github.io http://twitter.com/eirinikos Slides are available at: http://speakerdeck.com/railsgirlsla
4. learn for free on the web! ★ Languages & web development skills: ◦ Codecademy, Free Code Camp, Odin Project ◦ Codewars, Project Euler ★ Open education websites: ◦ Coursera, EdX, Udemy, Udacity ▪ Lynda: (normally $20/mo) • free access with L.A. library card!
5. freeeeee!!
6. read for free on the web! ★ Books: ◦ Ruby on Rails Tutorial, Eloquent JS ◦ Learn Enough, Learn Code the Hard Way ★ Documentation: ◦ Ruby Language, Rails Guides Sit ‘n Sleep will beat anyone’s advertised prices or your mattress is freeee!!
7. meet people for free! in person! ★ Learn how to program: ◦ Learn to Code LA ◦ FullStack ★ Civic Hacking: ◦ Hack for LA ◦ Code For America ★ Ruby & Rails: ◦ LA Ruby ◦ LA Eastside Ruby & Rails Study Group ★ Javascript: ◦ JS.LA ◦ Nodeschool & NodeTogether
8. get involved for free! ★ Get involved! ◦ volunteer! ◦ join a study group! ◦ create a study group! ★ Stay in touch! ◦ get on Twitter ◦ join a Slack group ◦ join a mailing list ★ Don’t give up!
9. we need more diversity! ★ Women’s groups with local chapters: ◦ Rails Girls!!! ◦ Girl Develop It ◦ Women Who Code ◦ Anita Borg Institute
10. thank you!