- It's similar to a book club but uses free courses and tutorials instead of books.
- Participants are free to code independently, or to pair program.
- Meet on discord to share progress, provide support, and help with debugging.
- Each course should take roughly 1 to 5 weeks to complete.
- Some weeks have two shorter courses
- It's a really relaxed, supportive, and social atmosphere.
Note: Participants should start the courses before the meetings.
- Date: Tuesday, January 16th.
- Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm
- Location: TJS Discord - will create a channel.
- Sundays 11am-12pm
- Tuesdays 6:30pm-7:30pm
| Course | Platform | Instructor | Duration: Hours / Minutes | Number of Lessons/Video | Proposed Duration for Buddy Club | Week(s) of the Year | Dates (Monday - Sunday) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Tips & Tricks Please see note 1 below | Egghead.io | Joe Previte | 8 min | 10 lessons | 01 Week | 03 to 03 | Jan 15 to Jan 21 |
| Build faster with GitHub Copilot and Codespaces | YouTube: Microsoft Developer | Damian Brady and Rizel Scarlett | 8 min | 10 lessons | 01 Week | 03 to 03 | Jan 15 to Jan 21 |
| JavaScript: ES6 and Beyond | Egghead.io | Laurie Barth | 11 min | 6 lessons | 01 Week | 04 to 04 | Jan 22 to Jan 28 |
| Vite Crash Course Faster Alternative To CRA | YouTube: Traversy Media | Brad Traversy | 16 min | 1 video | 01 Week | 04 to 04 | Jan 22 to Jan 28 |
| Secure React User Authentication with Auth0 | Egghead.io | Will Johnson | 24 min | 9 lessons | 01 Week | 05 to 05 | Jan 29 to Feb 04 |
| Full Stack with React and Appwrite Please see note 2 below | Egghead.io | Colby Fayock | 2h 11m | 15 lessons | 05 Weeks | 06 to 11 | Feb 05 to Mar 17 |
| Creating Accessible Skeleton Loader Animation from Scratch with HTML and CSS | Egghead.io | Will Mendes | 5 min | 3 lessons | 01 Week | 12 to 12 | Mar 18 to Mar 24 |
| Javascript Internationalization Object | Egghead.io | Matías Hernández | 11 min | 5 lessons | 01 Week | 12 to 12 | Mar 18 to Mar 24 |
| Build a Modern User Interface with Chakra UI Please see note 3 below | Egghead.io | Lazar Nikolov See Notes! | 42 min | 9 lessons | 02 Weeks | 13 to 14 | Mar 25 to Apr 07 |
| Build a Keyword Extractor: React + OpenAI API + Chakra UI | YouTube: Traversy Media | Brad Traversy | 48 min | 1 video | 02 Weeks | 15 to 16 | Apr 08 to Apr 21 |
| Introduction to Applying Web Components | Egghead.io | Yonatan Kra | 17 min | 7 lessons | 1.5 Weeks | 17 to 17 | Apr 22 to April 228 |
| Accessible HTML forms Please see note 4 below | LinkedIn Learning | Ifeoma Nwosu | 44 min | 5 sections | 1.5 Weeks | 18 to 19 | May 05 to May 12th (May 05, 07, 12) |
| Learning TypeScript Please see note 4 below | LinkedIn Learning | Jess Chadwick | 1h 11min | 6 sections | 1.5 Weeks | 20 to 21 | May 13 to May 26 (May 14, 19, 21) |
We're having an end of Winter/Spring Code Buddy Club season brunch at the Firkin on Yonge just north of Queen Street. Stay tuned to Guild.host for details and to reserve your spot!
- If your Git skills are rusty, need an upgrade, or you just want to improve them the free Egghead.io course Practical Git for Everyday Professional Use is highly recommended either before the first week of Code Buddy, or during the first week when we focus on Git and GitHub.
- If you want to dive deeper into Auth0 the free Egghead.io course Custom Authentication Flows for Modern Applications with Auth0 Actionsby Will Johnson is just 32 minutes long
- Lazar Nikolov is a Toronto JS member!
- His website and discord server is Creatures.dev
- His Build a Full Stack Blog with Astro course on Egghead.io is well worth a month of paid Egghead pro ($25 USD). Both Sami and Liz have completed it. Marco is redoing his blog with Astro after Liz and Sami's experience.
- LinkedIn Learning courses are avaiable free though Toronto Public Library (sign in with your library card), most other Greater Toronto Hamilton Region (GTHA) public libraries and if you have a LinkedIn Premium subscription. (Access LinkedIn Learning via the Toronto Public Library)[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=EDB0187]