No/Low Cost Online Course

Top Useful Websites with Free Resources/Courses

Coursera

Free course audits

Cprime

Many free courses in tech to access

edX

Useful free and paid courses from top tier universities

Khan Academy

Free courses primarily focused on programming and computer science basics. Great for beginners.

Pluralsight

Top rated technical skills development site.

Codecademy

Offers interactive coding lessons, and many free courses to learn programming languages like Python, JavaScript, and more.

Udacity

Offers some free courses, particularly in programming and technology-related subjects.

MIT OpenCourseWare

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free course materials online, including lecture notes, assignments, and exams for various computer science and engineering courses.

Stanford Online

Stanford University offers a variety of free online courses, especially in the field of computer science and technology.

Google's Skillshop

Google offers free online courses related to their products and services, including Google Analytics and more.

FreeCodeCamp

This platform focuses on web development and offers a complete curriculum for free. It's particularly useful for those looking to become full-stack developers.

Microsoft Learn

Microsoft offers free learning resources for their technologies, including Azure, Microsoft 365, and more.

GitHub Learning Lab

Various free courses and interactive tutorials for learning Git, GitHub, and other programming-related topics.

Good Literature/Books On Tech: Found in most online stores such as;

Programming and Software Development:

Clean Code

A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin

The Pragmatic Programmer

Your Journey to Mastery by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

Design Patterns

Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, and Grady Booch

Design Patterns

Introduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael Sipser

Code

The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

Web Development

Eloquent JavaScript

A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke

Eloquent JavaScript

You Don't Know JS (book series) by Kyle Simpson

Learning Web Design

A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics by Jennifer Niederst Robbins

CSS Secrets

Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems by Lea Verou

CSS Secrets

Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig

Artificial Intelligence

Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow by Aurélien Géron

Artificial Intelligence

Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville

Artificial Intelligence

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning by Christopher M. Bishop

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning Yearning by Andrew Ng (available online)

Data Science and Analytics

Big Data

Python for Data Analysis by Wes McKinney

Big Data

Data Science for Business by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett

Storytelling with Data

A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Big Data

The Art of Data Science by Roger D. Peng and Elizabeth Matsui (available online)

Big Data

A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier

Cybersecurity and Networking

Hacking

The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws by Dafydd Stuttard and Marcus Pinto

Network Warrior

Everything You Need to Know That Wasn’t on the CCNA Exam by Gary A. Donahue

Cryptography and Network Security

Principles and Practice by William Stallings

The Phoenix Project

A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford

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