What is the best alternative to John Lindquist's video tutorials on egghead.io?

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score 43 · Answer 1

Hackr.io

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Community trust

Instead of getting a recommendation from a single dev, you get recommendation from the entire programming community. See More

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Recommendation for every programming language/framework/library

You can find Python as well as Jenkins. See More

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Nice filters

Free, Video, Book, Beginner, Advanced, etc. See More

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score 10 · Answer 2

Ng-tutorial

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Crowdsourced

Developer, mgechev, invites anyone to contribute with tutorials, and improvements for design and code. For more information see GitHub repository. See More

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Not actively updated

There hasn't been any updates with new tutorials for the past year. See More

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Interactive

Tutorials step you through various Angular lessons via a JSFiddle-like interface. See More

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score 5 · Answer 3

AngularJS by Example

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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. See More

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"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. See More

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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 See More

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score 4 · Answer 4

All You Need To Know About AngularJS - Udemy

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Clearly explains the theory behind AngularJS

The instructor is quite knowledgeable and clearly explains how Angular works and what it can do. See More

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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. See More

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Friendly community

Udemy has a friendly community that aims to help people out both on the site and through social media. See More

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score 23 · Answer 5

Thinkster

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Real-world projects

The tutorials walk you through building different apps such as a Slack clone and simplified Google+ clone. See More

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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). See More

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Available online, as a PDF and screencast

Depending on your needs or wishes you can get the ebook, screencasts, sample code on thinkster.io. See More

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score 3 · Answer 6

AngularJS Tutorial: A Comprehensive 10,000 Word Guide

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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. See More

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Uses really clear examples

Every explanation on a new topic is followed by an example to further demonstrate it. See More

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Comprehensive crash course

Does a really good job of explaining what AngularJS is and what problems it solves. See More

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score 2 · Answer 7

AngularJS Fundamentals on pluralsight

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Access to all PluralSight has to offer

They have many more courses that go beyond introducing AngularJS with more advance topics. See More

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score 7 · Answer 8

List of fiddles / gists / plunkers

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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. See More

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Crowdsourced

Anyone is welcome to edit and add more examples. See More

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Interactive

A huge list of fiddles / gists / plunkers that you can mess around with. See More

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score 23 · Answer 9

AngularJS - O'Reilly book

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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. See More

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Thorough overview of AngularJS

You start out with key features, then through building an app learn layout, testing, compiling, and debugging. See More

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Written by people who worked on AngularJS

It is written by two engineers who worked on AngularJS at Google. See More

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score 27 · Answer 10

AngularJS Fundamentals In 60-ish Minutes - video

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Excellent introduction to AngularJS

Well thought out and to the point explanation of the fundamentals of AngularJS. See More

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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. See More

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Available as PDF

Additionally available as a PDF document. See More

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Video

Video is less convenient than text. No overall picture of a lesson, can't skip something by fast reading, clumsy repeats and pauses. See More

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Sample code to follow along

You can find it here. See More

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Great intro for .Net Developers

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score 75 · Answer 11

Code School

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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. See More

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Acquired by Pluralsight

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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. See More

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Videos are of a tone that some people cannot stand

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Videos show how to build an app in real time

Soup to Bits is a series of videos that shows a developer creating an app from scratch in real time. It's easy to pause a video and follow along with the developer. See More

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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. See More

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Video tutorials

Videos give an overview of the course/lesson plan before a single line of code is written. This gives context and a general understanding of what is possible and how teaching will be approached. See More

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A bit too basic

There is not a lot of advanced content. See More

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Fun and engaging teaching style

The instructors often use humour throughout the videos while letting their passion for the topic show. See More

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In-depth courses

Code School is not just for beginners to programming, but provides plenty of intermediate and advanced courses for students as their skills grow. See More

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Languages:C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, Objective-C

Features:Editor, video tutorials, progress saver, forum

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score 1 · Answer 12

tests4geeks

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Easy access to data

Get tests scores and recommendations sent strait to your inbox. See More

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In-depth tests feedback

Get in depth feedback that can help you make the right recruitment decisions. See More

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Plenty of tutorials available

Lots of tutorials to help you get started. See More

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Many different tests

Tests for every kind of language you can think of. See More

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score 1 · Answer 13

AngularJS Google Group

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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. See More

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Community support

Ask questions, participate in discussions, etc.. See More

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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. See More

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score 233 · Answer 14

Codecademy

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Sticks to pretty basic

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Good editor

Codeacademy has a powerful, beginner-friendly integrated development environment (IDE) that can also be used outside of curriculum. See More

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Deleted a lot of content

A lot of free content has been taken away, for example the PHP course was removed from the site. See More

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Bite-sized lessons

Each lesson in code-academy focuses on a single concept, and repetition is provided to drill the concept. See More

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Buggy

Codecademy is known to have many bugs which interfere with the editor, resulting in error messages despite having the correct answer. See More

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Mostly free content & best progression series for beginners

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Allows infinite loops to run

If you run an infinite loop, the browser freezes. Many other similar websites will give you an error, preventing the loop from running. Though not a bug, the lack of feature to stop infinite loops from running can be quite frustrating to beginners. See More

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Community forums

It has forums which can be used to discuss with other learners See More

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Languages:HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby, Python

Features:Code editor, forum, progress saver, written tutorials

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score 12 · Answer 15

AngularJS Cheat Sheet

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PDF and LaTeX versions

You can download the cheat sheet as PDF or LaTeX files. See More

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Not a tutorial

This is better suited for developers who have already been introduced to Angular. See More

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Handy quick reference

Handy quick reference for common Angular commands/syntax. See More

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Regular updates

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score 2 · Answer 16

The Best Way to Master Angular JS

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Easy to follow

The progression is a slow pace that makes it easy for a beginner to follow. See More

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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. See More

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Gain hands on experience

These tutorials take you through building a task tracker app. See More

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score 2 · Answer 17

ng-book

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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. See More

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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. See More

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Contains many errors

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Online access to example code costs extra

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score 9 · Answer 18

Ultimate guide to learning AngularJS in one day

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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. See More

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Excellent overview

Concise and easy to read. See More

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Easy to understand

Concepts are very well explained. See More

9 5

score 1 · Answer 19

AngularJS Insights - presentation

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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. See More

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Interactive

Some examples within the presentation require users participation. See More

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Basic overview

This presentation will give you a basic understanding of AngularJS if you've never heard of it before. See More

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score 1 · Answer 20

David Mosher - screencast series

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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). See More

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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. See More

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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. See More

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