BRONZE RUNNER UP: Axiom Awards 2018 - Business Technology Category If you want to master the fundamentals of coding and kick start your career, Confident Coding is the book for you. Everyone has a digital life, but too few truly understand how the software that dominates the world actually works. Coding is one of the most in demand skills on the job market and grasping the basics can advance your creative potential and make you stand out from the crowd. Rob Percival gives you a step-by-step learning guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, building iPhone apps, building Android apps and debugging. On reading this book and honing your skills through practice, you will be able to code in each of these languages, build your own website, build your own app and have the confidence to supercharge your employability. Confident Codingprovides you with the roadmap you need to enhance your professional life through coding, with insightful and inspirational guidance, including real life success stories, on how to use your new skills. The ability to code can give your CV the edge on the competition, give you greater autonomy and improve your work performance. If you are a self-employed entrepreneur, being able to create your own website or app can grant you valuable freedom and revolutionize your business. If you are an aspiring developer, this book will give you the building blocks to embark on this career path. Online resourcesinclude coding exercises and activities where readers can practise and hone their new skills.

Table of Contents

Part one Why coding?

01 Why coding is important and what it can do for you

02 What coding is

Part Two Languages

03 HTML

04 css

05 JavaScript

06 Python

Part Three In practice

07 Website development

08 Building an app for iPhone or iPad

09 Building an app for Android

10 Debugging

Part Four Future-proofing your career with coding

11 Using coding to enhance your career

12 Coding and entrepreneurship

13 Pursuing coding further to become a developer

About the Author

Rob Percival is a web-developer and entrepreneur who has taught over 500,000 students how to code through his online courses on Udemy. His courses have been translated into over five different languages and have taught people all around the world to become proficient and confident web-developers.