Confident Coding: How to Write Code and Futureproof Your Career

BRONZE RUNNER UP: Axiom Awards 2018 - Business Technology Category (1st edition) Coding is one of the most in-demand skills in the job market. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a recent graduate or a professional, you can supercharge your career simply by grasping the fundamentals, and Confident Coding is here to help. This new and improved second edition of the award-winning book gives you a step-by-step learning guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, building iPhone and Android apps and debugging. For entrepreneurs, being able to create your own website or app can grant you valuable freedom and revolutionize your business. For aspiring developers, this book will give you the building blocks to embark on your career path. For working professionals, coding skills can add a valuable edge to your CV. Whatever your professional profile, if you want to master the fundamentals of coding and kick start your career, Confident Coding is the book for you. About the Confident series... From coding and web design to data, digital content and cyber security, the Confident books are the perfect beginner's resource for enhancing your professional life, whatever your career path. Review: "If you want to teach yourself one of the most important skills of the future, read this book. Rob Percival has produced a thoroughly accessible and comprehensive how-to guide for learning how to code. Far from being a dry instruction manual, this book makes understanding coding easy and is a brilliant jumping off point for anyone to build a more exciting and sustainable career." * Tricia Kelleher, Head of The Stephen Perse Foundation * Contents: Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Why coding; Chapter - 01: Why coding is important and what it can do for you; Chapter - 02: What coding is; Section - TWO: Languages; Chapter - 03: HTML; Chapter - 04: CSS; Chapter - 05: JavaScript; Chapter - 06: Python; Section - THREE: In practice; Chapter - 07: Website development; Chapter - 08: Building an android app; Chapter - 09: Building an iPhone/iPad app; Chapter - 10: Debugging; Section - FOUR: Futureproofing your career with coding; Chapter - 11: Using coding to enhance your career prospects; Chapter - 12: Coding and entrepreneurship - creating your own business or product; Chapter - 13: Pursuing coding further - becoming a developer; Chapter - 14: Conclusion