What is the best alternative to John Lindquist's video tutorials on egghead.io?
Pro Community trust
Instead of getting a recommendation from a single dev, you get recommendation from the entire programming community.
Pro Recommendation for every programming language/framework/library
You can find Python as well as Jenkins.
Pro Nice filters
Free, Video, Book, Beginner, Advanced, etc.
Pro Crowdsourced
Developer, mgechev, invites anyone to contribute with tutorials, and improvements for design and code. For more information see GitHub repository.
Pro Interactive
Tutorials step you through various Angular lessons via a JSFiddle-like interface.
Con Not actively updated
There hasn't been any updates with new tutorials for the past year.
Pro Anticipates and explains errors
The author anticipates many of the common errors you may encounter while working through the practice examples. He explains why they happen, and how to prevent them.
Pro Real world projects
The book incrementally develops more than one real world angular apps with detailed explanation of Angularjs concepts. Companion source code also works just fine with angular v 1.3
Con "Handling Common Scenarios" chapter could be more in-depth
The chapter explains a few common scenarios and how to deal with them using best practices. However it's a bit light for a fairly important chapter and only touches on things like authentication and authorization.
Pro Clearly explains the theory behind AngularJS
The instructor is quite knowledgeable and clearly explains how Angular works and what it can do.
Pro Friendly community
Udemy has a friendly community that aims to help people out both on the site and through social media.
Con No practical examples and visual aids
This course is mainly listening to the instructor give a lecture on the uses of, and theory behind AngularJS. There are very few visual aids and practical examples to help you grasp what is being taught.
Pro Real-world projects
The tutorials walk you through building different apps such as a Slack clone and simplified Google+ clone.
Pro Available online, as a PDF and screencast
Depending on your needs or wishes you can get the ebook, screencasts, sample code on thinkster.io.
Con Monthly subscription to access videos
With a free account, you are able to view all the text in a tutorial. However to view the videos, you have to sign up for a monthly subscription ($19/month).
Pro Uses really clear examples
Every explanation on a new topic is followed by an example to further demonstrate it.
Pro Comprehensive crash course
Does a really good job of explaining what AngularJS is and what problems it solves.
Con Need to sign in with Github to see full code examples
If you want to see the full code examples that go with the tutorial, you need to have a Github account and authorize access for AirPair.
Pro Assessments and certificates of achievement
Plural site offers both pre-course and post-course assessments. Passing post-assessments will allow you to view and print off a certificate of achievement.
Pro Access to all PluralSight has to offer
They have many more courses that go beyond introducing AngularJS with more advance topics.
Con Requires monthly subscription
There is a limited free trial available (10 free days - up to 200 minutes). Otherwise the monthly subscription fee is $29/month.
Pro Crowdsourced
Anyone is welcome to edit and add more examples.
Pro Interactive
A huge list of fiddles / gists / plunkers that you can mess around with.
Con Could be confusing for a beginner
These are samples of code rather than tutorials, so someone completely new to Angular might have trouble figuring out what they are looking at.
Pro Practice the code after each video
After each video, there are a series of challenges that give you a chance to apply what you just learned. The great thing about these challenges are that they force you to think through a problem, and use the new skills to solve it. It's not just regurgitating facts; it requires some effort.
Pro Paths for learning different skills
While you can jump into any video you like, there is also the option to follow a path for what you are wanting to learn. These give a nice direction if you are wanting to improve on a particular area and guide you into what to do next. They currently offer Ruby, Javascript, HTML/CSS, and iOS.
Pro Fun and engaging teaching style
The instructors often use humour throughout the videos while letting their passion for the topic show.
Con Requires paying to complete courses
Although the beginning of each course is free and you can see if you are interested in pursuing it, to complete the course you must pay.
Con A bit too basic
There is not a lot of advanced content.
Pro Thorough overview of AngularJS
You start out with key features, then through building an app learn layout, testing, compiling, and debugging.
Pro Written by people who worked on AngularJS
It is written by two engineers who worked on AngularJS at Google.
Con Many errors throughout the book
A lot of the code examples given in the book don't run because of errors. This can make it confusing and difficult to follow, especially for beginners.
Pro Excellent introduction to AngularJS
Well thought out and to the point explanation of the fundamentals of AngularJS.
Pro Available as PDF
Additionally available as a PDF document.
Pro Sample code to follow along
You can find it here.
Con Will require other resources to actually get to practical coding
This tutorial is meant more as an introduction to Angular and what it can do. To gain experience coding with Angular, you might want to move onto a resource that's more hands-on.
Con Video
Video is less convenient than text. No overall picture of a lesson, can't skip something by fast reading, clumsy repeats and pauses.
Pro Interactivity
Right from the start, users write code. They start small in an environment that has constant feedback and gradually progress to more complex concepts. Users can see code results instantly, giving great feedback.
Pro Excellent progression
Codeacademy doesn't overwhelm beginners with information. It gives bite-sized information, the bare minimum needed to finish a task and get to the next one. As the course progresses, it slowly fills in background information.
Pro Good editor
Codeacademy has a powerful, beginner-friendly integrated development environment (IDE) that can also be used outside of curriculum.
Con Lack of context
Codecademy is great for providing a hands-on approach, but there is a lack of context regarding how to start a project in real life. While users may learn how to code using Codecademy's interface, they may not have any idea how to code independently.
Con Not the best structure for quick refreshers
The content of the lessons is aimed very much at people just starting to learn how to code. This is perfect for beginners but if you want to use Codecademy to refresh your knowledge the lessons are not designed to be quickly done.
Con Buggy
Codecademy is known to have many bugs which interfere with the editor, resulting in error messages despite having the correct answer.
Pro Easy access to data
Get tests scores and recommendations sent strait to your inbox.
Pro In-depth tests feedback
Get in depth feedback that can help you make the right recruitment decisions.
Pro Plenty of tutorials available
Lots of tutorials to help you get started.
Pro Community support
Ask questions, participate in discussions, etc..
Pro Helps stay up to date with latest news
This is the main discussion board regarding AngularJS, as such it contains the newest information, often from the AngularJS developers themselves.
Con No tutorials
This isn't specifically set up to be a learning resource that follows a progression. It's a group, so it's discussions on Angular and questions/answers.
Pro PDF and LaTeX versions
You can download the cheat sheet as PDF or LaTeX files.
Pro Handy quick reference
Handy quick reference for common Angular commands/syntax.
Con Not a tutorial
This is better suited for developers who have already been introduced to Angular.
Pro Easy to follow
The progression is a slow pace that makes it easy for a beginner to follow.
Pro Gain hands on experience
These tutorials take you through building a task tracker app.
Con Fairly introductory
This resource is a good introduction to AngularJS, but not enough to give you a good overview of everything Angular can do. For example, directives are not taught.
Pro In-depth explanations of advanced concepts
The goal of this book is to help you master AngularJS. It goes into a lot of depth on various concepts that are generally only touched on in other learning resources.
Con Use of concepts not previously introduced
This book frequently references concepts that have not yet been introduced ("As you recall"), which can be quite confusing and hard to follow.
Pro Excellent overview
Concise and easy to read.
Pro Easy to understand
Concepts are very well explained.
Con Only an overview
This introduction is only an overview of Angular, and doesn't go in depth into teaching the different parts of the framework.
Pro Interactive
Some examples within the presentation require users participation.
Pro Basic overview
This presentation will give you a basic understanding of AngularJS if you've never heard of it before.
Con Difficult to follow
These are a slides that were used in a laecture on AngularJS. Without the speaker filling in some background information, the slides can be hard to follow and don't provide much information.
Pro Suggests external resources
Throughout the series, David suggest other resources that cover related subjects or specific subjects in greater depth to help you get a complete understanding of AngularJS.
Pro Both high-level and low-level information
David Mosher covers the philosophy behind AngularJS, its purpose as well as provides in-depth knowledge on how to best use AngularJS.
Con Videos only
This series is videos only, so it's not great for someone who would prefer a more hands-on way of learning (such as playing with the code examples, or doing quizzes).
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