A-to-Z-Resources-for-Students VS codewars.com

Id recommend going here first https://github.com/dipakkr/A-to-Z-Resources-for-Students

Some posts on reddit that I saved over the last year. [Some of you might find it helpful] Comprehensive guide to becoming a self taught programmer https://medium.com/better-programming/a-comprehensive-walkthrough-to-becoming-a-self-taught-programmer-and-computer-scientist-part-i-288541b19940 Underrated Websites everyone should know about https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9u871x/what_is_an_underrated_website_everyone_should/e92x0k5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Free online certificates that will look good on your resume https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6k0p7l/what_are_the_best_free_online_certificates_you/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Comprehensive list for tech internships for summer 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cixasn/comprehensive_list_of_tech_internships_for_2020/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Some common things that would hurt your application https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/cghab6/what_are_some_common_things_on_a_cs_application/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x University of Helsinki offering free course in AI https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/c7lkf7/university_of_helsinki_are_offering_free_course/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Quick intro to Git https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/c6pwlj/a_quick_intro_to_git_for_absolute_beginners/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x 100 pieces of advice given by a software engineer who started 20 years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/bu84u7/100_pieces_of_advice_i_wish_i_had_been_given_when/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x List of educational webistes https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/bt4113/list_of_educational_websites/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Obect Oriented Programming Explained https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/bpx69u/object_oriented_programming_explained_simply_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x ML video content by Google, Amazon and Microsoft https://www.reddit.com/r/learnmachinelearning/comments/bnermd/machine_learning_video_content_by_google_amazon/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Guide to writing a resume https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringStudents/comments/bmrafd/the_boulders_guide_to_writing_a_resume/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Random photos for your website project https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/bimnxs/lorem_picsum_lorem_ipsum_for_photos/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Redditors share their free public API's https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/bfz8l2/what_are_your_favorite_free_public_apifree_ones/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Interactive CSS grid builder https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/92319j/an_interactive_css_grid_builder_supports_template/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x ProTip: Volunteer at Conferences https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/bcgef3/pro_tip_if_youre_trying_to_get_started_as_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Web scraping in Python https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/bak0w2/resources_for_learning_how_to_web_scrape/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x List of computer science courses with video resources https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/6w5vgy/huge_list_of_computer_science_courses_with_video/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x 40+ programming PDF's https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/7zj64e/40_programming_pdfs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Redditor recommends courses for Beginners https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/4q6tae/i_highly_recommend_harvards_free_online_2016_cs50/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Redditor recommends sources for anyone starting with programming https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/asqslg/if_you_have_0_programming_experience_i_strongly/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Android App development thread 2019 https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/as4hxa/where_should_i_start_learning_how_to_develop_apps/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x A NOT-TO-DO list for beginner programmers https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/aoyzj4/a_nottodo_list_for_beginner_programmers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Redditor explains how he landed his first software engineering internship https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/adr8v8/last_year_i_got_my_first_software_developer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x Data Science Cheat Sheet https://github.com/abhat222/Data-Science--Cheat-Sheet A-Z Resouces for Students https://github.com/dipakkr/A-to-Z-Resources-for-Students/blob/master/README.md I'll update these as and when I get time and come across new resources. Also, suggest resources and advices that you've come across and found useful

I did some traveling around the western US in late 2022 to take stock of where my life was and where I was going. During that time I decided that I would go all-in with my coding education, and committed to learning the remaining material listed on those bootcamp syllabi that I had not yet studied – namely, connecting the pieces of the MERN stack; learning about automated testing and data structures & algorithms; and studying development paradigms & methodologies like Agile, Scrum & Kanban, and OOP design patterns & principles – as well as continue to develop my programming fundamentals on platforms like Leetcode and Codewars.

My first encounter with regular expressions was in a solution for a coding problem on Codewars, specifically Count the smiley faces! Which asks you to count the number of smiley faces in a given array but the catch is each smiley can have 1 of 2 kinds of eyes (: or ;), may or may not have a nose represented by 1 of 2 symbols (- or ~), and 1 of 2 symbols (D or ) ) for the smile. In total there are 12 different combinations that are a valid smiley. I, being the young and naive programmer I was, hard coded all 12 of those faces and checked every element against that list. And it worked! But the top solution included some strange syntax that I had never seen before

Embrace Challenges: Challenge yourself with platforms like Exercism and Codewars that offer a wide range of coding challenges of varying difficulty levels. Additionally, consider exploring niche topics through courses on platforms like Coursera and edX.

@OP DO NOT go on the path of perfecting it and parting with your time and money. Go with Jake Vanderplas's whirlwind tour of python whirlwind tour of python to get some basics and then jump into the river codewars and swim upstream daily and religiously until you reach to katas level 5. You will be good to go. My personal experience.

Codewars: Codewars

You can try Codewars, they have a diverse range of practice problems(Cryptography, Data Science, etc.). Basically if you wanna get good in a programming language, you have to work on a lot of projects and practice problems.

Codewars is a good platform. Here you can practice code kata's daily in your preferred programming language. Link: https://www.codewars.com/

If you're looking for something that is closer to a combat style game you could try https://www.codewars.com/