Top Developer Training Resources

Columbus Developers have put together a list of our favorite training resources. 

Reference Sites

Learn HTML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, jQueryMobile, AJAX, JSON and more
http://www.w3schools.com/

The defacto standard for jQuery information
http://jquery.com/

The Spring site
http://spring.io/

SharePoint Tech Center
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/default

SharePoint Dev Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SharePoint

MSDN Virtual Labs
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/aa570323

MSDN Learning Resources
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb188199.aspx

TechNet Virtual Labs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs

Example Projects

Github
https://github.com/

CodePlex
http://www.codeplex.com

Interactive Training

Cool site that teaches you how to code
http://www.codecademy.com/

Video lessons, coding challenges and screen casts
https://www.codeschool.com/

Developer Video Tutorials

Video Training by AppDev
https://www.learnnowonline.com/

Introductory Videos on .NET
http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/

Lots of videos on Microsoft Technologies
https://channel9.msdn.com/

Video jump starts on Microsoft development
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com

YouTube has development videos
http://www.youtube.com/

Hardcore Developer Training
http://www.pluralsight.com/training

Videos for developers, designers, business, 3D and Audio
http://www.lynda.com/

Videos on web design, rails, iOS, Android, PHP and WordPress
http://teamtreehouse.com/

Video Courses and eBooks on After Effects, Mobile, Software Development and Web Design
https://tutsplus.com/

Links to Videos, Whitepapers, Quick References, and PodCasts
http://www.dzone.com

Videos on Javascript and jQuery
http://learn.appendto.com/

College Courses

Free online college courses
https://www.coursera.org/

Free Courses from elementary to college level
https://www.khanacademy.org/

Online College Courses
https://www.edx.org/

Podcasts

Scott Hanselman's Podcast
http://www.hanselminutes.com/

Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/

Best Forums

http://www.stackoverflow.com

Books

Giant free collection of programming books
https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#professional-development

Other

An online regular expression tester
http://regexpal.com/

Connection Strings
http://www.connectionstrings.com/

Regular Expression Library
http://www.regxlib.com

Design Patterns
http://www.dofactory.com

Solid Design Principles
http://butunclebob.com/ArticleS.UncleBob.PrinciplesOfOod

Law of Demeter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Demeter

Test Driven Development
http://jonkruger.com/blog/2009/07/23/tdd-starter-kit-sample-projects-and-links/