Two weeks ago an associate requested to shadow myself and the development team to learn more about what we do as they are interested in development. I unfortunately only had two hours with them to dump tons of information into their brain which most likely resulted in overload. To help combat this I provided a list of random topics to help them learn and learn about in the future. I present you my list of random things that is no where complete but a starting point to learn about development.

General

• Stackoverflow: The best QA site on development topics (my profile)
• Codecademy: Learn to code in your browser
• Pluralsight: Online training for all things development and IT, free 90 day trial for students
• Learn git: When I went to college they never taught source control, it would have been so helpful early on.

HTML Stuff

• JsFiddle: Zero friction html/js/css site when sometimes you want to try something without launching an IDE or a web server. my profile
• Plnkr : Zero friction html/js/css site, also very popular a bit more robust.
• Firebug: My defacto web debugger
• Bower: Web package management, why hunt for packages when you can install than via command line.

.NET

• C# virtual academy: Learn C# from Microsoft
• dotnetfiddle.net: Zero friction C# development in your browser.
• nuget.org: Package management for .net projects.

JavsScript

• Jquery: If you do web development it is great to learn as there are a plethora of plugins.
• AngularJs: One of the many web frameworks, currently my favorite.
• NodeJs: Love JavaScript? how about javascript outside of the browser.

IDE/Tools

• Visual Studio Community Edition: Now free so no reason not to use it especially if you do C#
• ReSharper: Alt-Enter all the things! Helps in refactoring, code style, templates, reveals potential bugs, and so much more.
• WebStorm: My favoriate html/JavaScript IDE
• Sublimetext: Don't use it but still very popular.

Books

• C# in depth: Learn C# from the master
• Clean Code: Learn about good and bad code
• Code Complete: The definitive guide to what it means to produce clean high quality code.