I've interviewed 70 successful developers without Computer Science degrees now. Here are some of the best free courses that they have studied to get hired as programmers or start their own businesses.
Free online courses
- used by Ric Lavers - read his interview
Several courses put together by a non-profit. The founder doesn't have a CS degree either 😀
- used by Aaron Pietsch - read his interview
Wes Bos - Javascript - 30 Projects without frameworks
Learn to make 30 projects made with vanilla Javascript - no framework or library installations required. The first lesson is a drum machine!
- used by Harry Dry - read his interview
- created by Wes Bos - read his interview
Odin Project - Web Development 101
- used by Aaron Pietsch - read his interview
Test your skills and compete with other developers
- used by Aaron Pietsch - read his interview
Youtube courses and videos
A Great British Youtuber who has tonnes of content up for free on Youtube (as well as some Udemy courses as well). Coding is explained in a very fresh and friendly manner.
- used by Harry Dry - read his interview
Dennis Ivy  - Django and Python tutorials
Dennis makes easy to understand videos around the Python framework Django.
- created by Dennis - read his interview
Tony Alicea - Javascript - understanding the weird parts (preview)
- used by Josh Carvel - read his interview
Coder Coder - Web Development career plan
- created by Jessica Chan - read her interview
Books
Premium courses
Here are some paid courses for learning to code that been used or created by No CS Degree interviewees. This page does contain affiliate links at no extra cost to you. (It just means I get a cut of each sale).
Wes Bos - Beginner Javascript - Starter course $82 / Master course $97
A brand new course created by one of the most popular video tutors of Javascript on the internet.
- created by Wes Bos - read his interview
Wes Bos - React for Beginners - Starter course $82 / Master course $97
A beginner's guide to the hottest Javascript library around just now which is much in demand from employers.
- used by Harry Dry - read his interview
Algo Expert - use the code "NO CS" to get 15% off.
Prepare for technical interviews with this course on algorithms and data structures.
- created by interviewee, Clément Mihailescu, who got a job at Google as a Software Engineer after six months of learning to code. Read his interview
Andrei Neagoie - Zero to Mastery - variable price on Udemy
- used by Josh Carvel - read his interview
Wes Bos - Learn Node - Starter course $82/ Master course $97
Colt Steele - The Complete Web Developer bootcamp - variable price on Udemy
An extremely popular choice, this courses teaches you both front end and back end web development. Colt has also taught at bootcamps.
- used by Tae'lur Alexis - read her interview
ES6 - Starter course $82 / Master course $97
- created by Wes Bos - read his interview
Laracasts - variable prices
Screencasts for the popular PHP framework, Laravel
- used by Richard Blechinger  - read his interview
Tyler McGinnis - variable prices
- used by Richard Blechinger  - read his interview
Andrew Mead - the Complete Javascript Developer - variable price on Udemy
- used by Steph Smith - read her interview
Angela Yu - The Complete 2020 Web Development Bootcamp - variable price on Udemy
- used by Anne-Laure Le Cunff - read her interview
