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Programming Books

The following books are a great way to begin your coding journey. They are broken up into categories so that you can better choose the one that is right for you.

JavaScript

Learn To Code
JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development
Learn To Code
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja
Learn To Code
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript

HTML5/CSS

Learn To Code
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites 1st Edition
Learn To Code
HTML5: The Missing Manual

.NET

Learn To Code
Pro ASP.NET Core MVC 2
Learn To Code
Pro C# 5.0 and the .NET 4.5 Framework
Learn To Code
C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework

PHP

Learn To Code
PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice
Learn To Code
Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
Walt is a computer scientist, software engineer, startup founder and previous mentor for a coding bootcamp. He has been creating software for the past 20 years.
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7/21/2019 12:15:43 PM
If you have any recommendations, feel free to comment down below!
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