Section 7 · checked 7–11 Nov 2026
Resources
The full course and docs list, the GitHub resource map and the jargon buster. Stars are a popularity signal, not a quality guarantee.
- Missing Semester of Your CS Education (MIT, 2026) (opens in a new tab)missing.csail.mit.edu
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈4 h (6 of 9 lectures, notes)
- Weeks
- 1, 4, 19
- Pro Git book (Ch. 2) (opens in a new tab)git-scm.com
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈1 h
- Weeks
- 1
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- setup
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- uv (Python + packages) (opens in a new tab)docs.astral.sh
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.5 h
- Weeks
- 3
- VS Code – Getting Started with Python (opens in a new tab)code.visualstudio.com
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.5 h
- Weeks
- 2
- Cost
- Free (optional paid edX certificate)
- Time
- Weeks 0–6 + first hour of 8; lectures ≈10 h + problem sets (Weeks 1–4)
- Weeks
- 1–4
- Exercism – Python track (opens in a new tab)exercism.org
- Cost
- Free (incl. mentoring)
- Time
- ≈6 h of extra practice in Phase 1
- Weeks
- 1
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈1.2 h
- Weeks
- 3–4
- Cost
- Free tier
- Time
- 42 problems × 30– 35 min ≈ 21–25 h (Weeks 5–21)
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- MDN – Overview of HTTP (opens in a new tab)developer.mozilla.org
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.6 h
- Weeks
- 5
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- used in projects
- Weeks
- 5
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈3 h
- Weeks
- 5, 15
- Scottish Health & Social Care Open Data (PHS) (opens in a new tab)opendata.nhs.scot
- Cost
- Free (OGL)
- Time
- used in projects
- Weeks
- 5–6
- SQLBolt (opens in a new tab)sqlbolt.com
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈2 h (lessons 1–12)
- Weeks
- 5–6
- FastAPI docs (Python Types, Tutorial, Docker, Deployment) (opens in a new tab)fastapi.tiangolo.com
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈3 h
- Weeks
- 6, 18–20
- Gemini API docs (free tier) (opens in a new tab)ai.google.dev
- Cost
- Free tier
- Time
- ≈0.5 h
- Weeks
- 6
- Claude Platform docs + pricing (opens in a new tab)platform.claude.com
- Cost
- Docs free; API pay-as-you-go
- Time
- ≈0.5 h
- Weeks
- 6
- Anthropic Academy – Building with the Claude API; Claude Code in Action (Skilljar) (opens in a new tab)anthropic.skilljar.com
- Cost
- Free + certificates
- Time
- No duration stated; ≈3.5 h of sections used
- Weeks
- 6, 8–9, 11, 19
- Cost
- Free (tiny API cost)
- Time
- ≈2.5 h
- Weeks
- 8
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈2.5 h (chapters used)
- Weeks
- 6, 14–15
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 9
- Chroma – Getting Started (opens in a new tab)docs.trychroma.com
- Cost
- Free (open source)
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 9
- Streamlit Community Cloud (opens in a new tab)docs.streamlit.io
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.2 h
- Weeks
- 9
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈2 h (sections used)
- Weeks
- 10, 17, 20
- Cost
- Free during platform beta
- Time
- 2h36m
- Weeks
- 10
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.7 h
- Weeks
- 11
- Hugging Face Agents Course (opens in a new tab)huggingface.co
- Cost
- Free + free certificate
- Time
- ≈3–4 h per unit (Unit 1 used)
- Weeks
- 11
- DeepLearning.AI – MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic (opens in a new tab)learn.deeplearning.ai
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈1h53m
- Weeks
- 12
- Ollama (macOS 14+) (opens in a new tab)docs.ollama.com
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- setup
- Weeks
- 11
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈1 h docs
- Weeks
- 11, 16
- LM Studio (optional) (opens in a new tab)lmstudio.ai
- Cost
- Free download
- Time
- optional
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- StatQuest video index (opens in a new tab)statquest.org
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.5 h
- Weeks
- 14
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- micrograd 2h25m; GPT 1h56m (first ≈45 min used)
- Weeks
- 14–15
- PyTorch – Learn the Basics; MPS notes (opens in a new tab)docs.pytorch.org
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈2 h
- Weeks
- 15
- Hugging Face LLM Course (opens in a new tab)huggingface.co
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- Ch. 1, 2, 11 used (≈2 h)
- Weeks
- 9, 15–16
- Cost
- Free quota
- Time
- optional
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- Docker Desktop for Mac (Apple silicon) (opens in a new tab)docs.docker.com
- Cost
- Free for personal use
- Time
- setup
- Weeks
- 20
- Cost
- Free / $7 per month smallest paid
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 20
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- Part 1 ch. 2, 4, 5, 11 ≈3 h
- Weeks
- 18
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈1 h
- Weeks
- 18
- React docs – Quick Start, Tutorial, Thinking in React, Using TypeScript (opens in a new tab)react.dev
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈2.5 h
- Weeks
- 19
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 19
- Node.js via Homebrew (opens in a new tab)formulae.brew.sh
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- setup
- Weeks
- 18
- Claude Code docs (overview, costs) (opens in a new tab)code.claude.com
- Cost
- Docs free; tool needs Pro/Max or API credit
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 19
- GitHub Copilot Free (plans page) (opens in a new tab)docs.github.com
- Cost
- Free tier
- Time
- optional
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- after Week 21 (FDE track)
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- Cost
- Free articles
- Time
- ≈1 h
- Weeks
- 20
- Hello Interview – Anthropic guides (opens in a new tab)hellointerview.com
- Cost
- Free guide pages
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 21
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- ≈0.3 h
- Weeks
- 21
- Cost
- Free
- Time
- 9 lessons × ≈90 min
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional
- Google Colab (free tier) (opens in a new tab)colab.research.google.com
- Cost
- Free (no published GPU quota)
- Time
- optional
- Weeks
- after Week 21 / optional