LibGuides: Computer Information Systems: Learning & Careers

Careers

Visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook for more information about careers, including salary and job outlook.

Learn to code

Codecademy
Learn to code interactively any of the following: HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, and APIs.
W3Schools
Web developer information website with tutorials and references relating to web development such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SQL and others.
Learn Code The Hard Way
LxTHW emphasizes precision, attention to detail, and persistence by requiring you to type each exercise (no copy-paste!) and make it run, as well as to read up on outside topics and to return to exercises and ideas that you don’t understand, and understand them.”

MOOCs

Massive Open Online Courses are a free educational resource offered by different colleges around the country. Many schools offer for-credit courses in the computer sciences. Two of the leading providers of MOOCS are:

Coursera
Offers several Computer Science courses including Algorithms, Compilers, Game Theory, Human Computer Interaction and Machine Learning.
Udacity
Offers several that vary in complexity, including Introduction to Programming; Introduction to HTML5 Game Development; Mobile Web Development, etc.