Coding Pitfalls for Beginners

10. Coding Pitfalls for Beginners

Read this last tutorial after you’ve spent time learning your chosen web development frameworks. Also from the Tuts+ team, this article outlines some of the common mistakes made by beginning programmers. With specific insight into Ruby, JavaScript and PHP issues with some language-neutral insights thrown in, it’s definitely worth a read.

A Roadmap for Beginning to Code

9. A Roadmap for Beginning to Code

As author Jimmy Li states in his intro, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Well, with this big-picture tutorial on beginning web development, you’ll quickly learn what you need to know and how to get there. It’s a great read before jumping into anything else.

30 Days to Learn jQuery

8. 30 Days to Learn jQuery

jQuery is an open-source JavaScript library, designed to simplify the job of client-side scripting. If you’re looking to use it in web development, check out this tutorial—30 days worth of 10- to 15-minute lessons from Tuts+ will get you started on the road to being a jQuery ninja.

Non-Programmer’s Tutorial to Python 3

7. Non-Programmer’s Tutorial to Python 3

One of the top 8 programming languages, Python is often used as a scripting language for web apps. This tutorial will help you master the basics of Python, but more importantly, you’ll master the fundamentals of programming in the process.

GitHub for Beginners

 GitHub for Beginners

GitHub is the de facto collaboration tool for many software development projects. If you want to work in web development, familiarity with GitHub is a must. This tutorial is a great way to learn the ins, outs and terminology that make the networking site tick. And like the title says, this tutorial truly is for beginners—no prior programming experience is required.

PHP 101 for the Absolute Beginner

PHP 101 for the Absolute Beginner

This popular scripting language is not just one of those fleeting web development trends (Flash, anyone?); it’s here to stay, and has long been used for server-side programming on a large number of websites. If you’ve been itching to learn it, start here with Zend’s free tutorials. They’re easy to understand and will have you writing code in no time.

Mozilla Developer Network

4. Mozilla Developer Network

From the folks behind the Firefox browser comes this helpful list of web development tutorials. Focused on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, tutorials run the gamut of beginner to advanced.