Pre-course prep resources
First thing to realize when you're preparing to take the V School class is that you will definitely want to play around in code as much as you can.
You could watch/follow tutorials all day and never actually do anything of your own, and a majority of what you learn won’t stick for longer than a few days. So when you learn something new, find a way to apply it. Even if that means trying to write a random for loop from memory 20 times in a row and changing it a little each time - it may seem silly but it really does engage the muscle memory and helps you learn much better than if you simply follow along with a learning resource.
Codecademy
- HTML & CSS - this will be updated in the summer of 2017 to a new course
- JavaScript
- Make a Website
- Make an Interactive Website
Free Code Camp
Free Code Camp was originally created as a way to teach people to become Web Developers so they could help out nonprofit organizations with the development needs they have, but it's all-around a great resource for learning most of what we'll be covering in the V School Full Stack JS class. Spend time learning as much as you can about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (and optionally jQuery) from here.
HTML & CSS
JavaScript Books
There are tons of popular JavaScript books out there worth your time. These are just a few: