Confident Coding · Master the Fundamentals of Code and Supercharge Your Career (Confident Series) by Percival, Rob -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction PART ONE Why coding?

01 Why coding is important and what it can do for you

Becoming more efficient Communicating with technical people Understanding how software works Knowing what it takes Building your own website or app Building a web presence Starting your own business Taking on extra responsibilities within your current role Aim to stop ‘selling your time’ Combine coding with your professional expertise Coding is fun Coding and specific industries Summary

02 What coding is

What is coding? Let’s write some code Why are there so many programming languages? Summary

PART TWO Languages

03 HTML

What is HTML? Why learn HTML? Formatting text HTML lists Images Forms Tables Links HTML entities iFrames HTML project: putting it all together Summary Further learning

04 CSS

What is CSS? Why learn CSS? What does CSS look like? What is internal CSS? Classes and IDs Divs Fonts Styling text Aligning text CSS project: clone a website Summary Further learning

05 JavaScript

What is JavaScript? Why learn JavaScript? Internal JavaScript Changing styles with JavaScript Getting some information from the user If statements Updating website content Loops Generating random numbers JavaScript project: guessing game Summary Further learning

06 Python

What is Python? Why learn Python? What will this chapter cover? How do we get started with Python? ‘Hello World’ with Python Variables in Python Lists For loops While loops If statements Regular expressions Splitting strings into lists Getting the contents of a web page Python project: extracting data from a web page Summary Further learning

PART THREE In practice

07 Website development

Why build a website? How do websites work? What is a domain name, and how do I get one? What is web hosting, and how do I get it? Content management systems Self-coding your site Website development project: build a website Summary Further learning

08 Building an app for iPhone or iPad

What is an app? Getting started: downloading Xcode Adding labels to our app Adding a text field Adding buttons Running some code Interacting with the user interface Making buttons interactive Variable types in Swift Building an app for iPhone or iPad project: currency converter app Summary Further learning

09 Building an app for Android

Downloading and setting up Android studio Running your first Android app Adding text and buttons Making the app interactive Making a toast Building an app for Android project: cat years app Summary Further learning

10 Debugging

Why learn debugging? How to write code that requires minimal debugging Debugging HTML and CSS Debugging JavaScript Debugging Swift in Xcode Debugging Java in Android studio Summary

PART FOUR Future-proofing your career with coding

11 Using coding to enhance your career

Creating an app for your business Starting a blog Finding tasks that can be automated Using Python to extract email addresses from a website Automation on MacOS Automation on Windows Summary

12 Coding and entrepreneurship

What’s coding got to do with entrepreneurship? Getting ideas Products vs services Your unique selling point Validating your idea Creating a minimum viable product How much to charge? Do things that don’t scale Summary

13 Pursuing coding further to become a developer

Should you become a full-time coder? What languages should you learn? Web development App development Getting freelance jobs Expanding your online presence Writing a software developer CV The interview Summary

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