When I decided to start learning web development, I took a “total immersion” approach. I listened to programming podcasts at the gym, filled my inbox with web development newsletters, and made HackerNews my homepage. Thinkful’s “Best Of” Series aims to help you do the same, by guiding you to resources that will bring you up to speed with the world of web development and inspire you to keep learning.
Last week, we discussed the best hackers to follow on Twitter. This week we’re focusing on email newsletters. Here’s a round-up of newsletters that cover a variety of topics in web development:
If you’re focusing on front-end, or just looking for a place to start with web development:
- Smashing Newsletter (from Smashing Magazine, sample issue(s) here)
- HTML5 Weekly (from Cooper Press, sample issue here)
- CSS Weekly (from Zoran Jambor, sample issue here)
- Javascript Weekly (from Cooper Press, sample issue here)
If you love design…
- Web Designer Depot (from Web Designer Depot, sample issue here)
- Web Design Weekly (from Jake Bresnehan, sample issue here)
- Responsive Web Design (from Justin Avery, sample issue here)
- Sidebar (from Sascha Greif, sample issue here)
If you’re learning Ruby…
- Ruby Weekly (from Cooper Press, sample issue here)
- Green Ruby (sample issue here)
If you’re an aspiring Python programmer…
- Pycoder’s Weekly (from Mike Grouchy and Mahdi Yusuf, sample issue here)
- Python Weekly (from Rahul Chaudary, sample issue here)
- Django Weekly (from Jon Atkinson)
If you want to build a mobile app…
- iOS Dev Weekly (from Dave Verwer, sample issue here)
- iOS Dev Nuggets (from Hwee Boon-Yar)
- iOS Goodies (from Rui Peres and Tiago Almeida, sample issue here)
- Android Weekly (sample issue here)
If you’re overwhelmed from incessantly checking Hacker News …
- Hacker Newsletter (from Kale Davis, sample issue here)
Editor’s note: Upon request, we’ve added an easy-to-remember link to share the newsletter love :) bit.ly/thinknews