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“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
The Coding Train, a fun and interactive channel, is run by a computer programmer, Daniel Shiffman. The channel has ‘creative’ coding tutorials on building games, utilising machine learning, simulation, JavaScript, frameworks, etc. With an Arts degree in Mathematics and a Philosophy master, Shiffman’s intersectional learnings can be seen in his tutorials on algorithmic art, generative poetry, making a Discord Bot or coding in the Cabana. His videos link back to The Coding Train’s website, which has additional challenges students can pursue after learning the basics on his YouTube.
The Net Ninja is one of the best YouTube channels to learn more about web development and programming. It was founded in 2015 by Shaun Pelling, masters graduate from The University of Manchester and have over 50,000 students on Udemy. Pelling has over 1000 programming tutorials on Modern JavaScript, Node.js, React, Vue.js, Firebase, MongoDB, HTML & CSS, PHP & MySQL, Laravel, React Native and Flutter; ranging in level of expertise. Each topic is usually taught in a series comprising short videos ranging from introductory concepts to more advanced topics. Additionally, projects and practical examples make the lessons easy to understand.
Look at Derek Banas’ channel, and the person will be fascinated with the interactive video banners, video topics and interesting content. His videos are detailed lessons for easy learning of programming topics like PHP, Java and MySQL. He is most known for his Learn JavaScript in 30 Minutes playlist and practical resources such as developing softwares for Android, investing in data science, technical analysis and more. With over 700 videos, this channel has everything from traditional programming to modern machine learning and even gaming or investing.
Mosh Hamedani aims to train coders and software engineers to be the talent companies want to hire. Hamedani has over 2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, hugely owing to his style of expert derived explanations mixed with personal anecdotes and insights. He has introductory courses on Python, React, Node, Typescript, frontend development, backend development, and more. Additionally, he trains individuals in cracking interview questions and talks about the market, developer’s wages, trending languages, etc., on the channel and his blog.
Free Code Camp is a non-profit organisation to teach people how to code. With courses over YouTube, their website, online chat forums, and more, the organisation claims to have over 40,000 graduates working with big tech companies. Their videos are long-form, in-depth content about various programming languages with playlists for beginners and experts. Their videos ranging from three hours to a few minutes cover traditional and modern technologies like HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, ML, data science and Python. Their YouTube channel is very popular with over 5 million students and several playlists.