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Brandin Chiu

I've really enjoyed the Coursera programs. They're run by professional institutions, provide a tangible certificate at the end, and are broken into logical units.

They have quizzes and projects as well to provide some practical support.

They're reasonably priced and are setup to work well for "part time" learners.

There are also many "Bootcamp" and private industry colleges that do either full time or part time courses specifically designed to help people like you. I work as an instructor for one in Canada called Lighthouse Labs, but there are many others depending on where you're located.

Finally, many actual colleges will provide options for part time students. If you're looking for something more formal, you can discuss with whatever college or university is closest to you and see what your options there are.

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Kody James Ague

Thanks Brandin,

Is there anything specific at Coursera that you would recommend? There are quite a few courses there to sift through.

I'm south of Seattle so I know I am located favorably as there are a lot of options in this region.

I'll look further into bootcamps as I haven't really looked in that direction.

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Brandin Chiu

Something like this is probably a good start if you're coming from nothing, and would provide a good foothold for you to jump off from there: coursera.org/specializations/web-d...

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Mohamed Dahir

I can attest that this course is really good. It greatly focuses on making accessible websites which something many of us ignore when we start chasing Javascript frameworks. Speaking of Javascript frameworks, egghead.io/ is a great site for learning about the industry tools that are used in modern frontend development, and I highly recommend it.

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Kody James Ague

Thank you both. Even though I feel like I have some basics down I decided to start with this Coursera suggestion, especially because of the accessibility portion. I'd also like to solidify the foundational parts in my brain.

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Mohamed Dahir

You can check some of the online courses that I have documented here. But first, I have a question to ask if you don't mind. Do you have any prior experience with software development?

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Kody James Ague

I'll probably do CS50 at some point as well, thanks for the link and suggestions.