A mini MBA for software developers [free 8-hour course + case studies]

Here are this week's five links that are worth your time: 1. This course by computer science professor and entrepreneur Shad Sluiter will teach you business essentials for developers. You'll learn the basics of product development, agile project management, marketing, and more. (8 hour YouTube course): 2. The popular Bootstrap responsive design framework just hit Version 5.0. This course will teach you how to make your websites and apps look good on any device size, without having to write a lot of your own custom CSS. (3 hour YouTube course): 3. In the movie Iron Man, Tony Stark has a friendly artificial intelligence named J.A.R.V.I.S. who helps him get things done. You can build your own AI helper in Python with the help of this fun tutorial. (30 minute read): 4. Did you know that you can write code on a phone? There are more than 2 billion people around the world who have access to an Android phone, but not a laptop. In this course, 18-year-old Back End Developer Precious Oladele will show you how he builds apps right from his Android phone, and the many tools available for coding on the go. (1 hour YouTube course): 5. Over the past 4 months, Boston University sociologist Dilan Eren and I asked more than 18,000 people to anonymously tell us how they are learning to code and which tools they're using. And today I'm proud to announce that we just published the full results, along with a massive open dataset. (10 minute read): The freeCodeCamp community is working hard on several major initiatives to make it easier for ambitious people like you to learn to code: 1. The upcoming Math and Data Science curriculum expansion 2. A mobile app for learning on the go 3. And another fun project that I'll announce right before Christmas. We're putting every donation we receive to good use building these learning resources. If 2021 has been a good year for you financially, I encourage you to support our nonprofit and our mission: Quote of the Week: “Don't worry about people trying to steal your design work. Worry about the day that they stop.” — Jeffery Zeldman, Developer, Designer, and co-founder of the Web Standards Project Happy coding. - Quincy Larson Teacher at I share useful things on Twitter at If these emails aren't worth your time, you can turn them off: