YouTube is a fantastic learning platform which, in recent years, has seen a rise in web development related content. There are now thousands of channels dedicated to web development and programming where you can learn to code for free!
The amount of choice can be overwhelming, so where is the best place to start?
If you’re a complete beginner, or just want to sharpen your skills, we’ve got you covered. Here are our picks:
Beginner
freeCodeCamp
With thousands of videos on their channel, and even more articles and interactive coding lessons on their website, freeCodeCamp is an excellent resource for learning HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Linux, Gi, SQL and more for use in web development, mobile app development, data science and AI.
New content is released regularly, and they even offer free professional certifications.
Subscribers – 11.3 Million
The Coding Train
The Coding Train has a plethora of playlists with everything you need to learn easily accessible in one place.
The content on this channel is very interactive, and the lively nature of the host, Daniel Shiffman, makes the learning experience all the more enjoyable.
Subscribers – 1.25 Million
Net Ninja
2000+ and counting videos on modern JavaScript (beginner to advanced), Node.js, React, Vue.js, Firebase, MongoDB, HTML & CSS, PHP & MySQL, Laravel, React Native, Flutter, Open AI and SolidJS to “black-belt your web development skills”.
Subscribers – 1.81 Million
ProgrammingKnowledge
ProgrammingKnowledge offers a wide variety of content covering backend and frontend languages.
Their tutorials covering an incredible range of web development related fundamentals like setting up cron jobs and containers to creating APIs and using operators.
Subscribers – 1.85 Million
Web Dev Simplified
Web Dev Simplified is all about teaching web development skills and techniques in an efficient and practical manner. You’ll learn to use all the latest tools and most popular technologies as you convert “from a no stack to full stack developer”.
We’ve included this channel in our beginners section, but there is plenty here for seasoned web developers too!
Subscribers – 1.75 Million
Intermediate
Tech with Tim
Tech with Tim is for those with previous experience wanting to expand on their knowledge, and is particularly great for Python, JavaScript and AI.
Subscribers – 1.91 Million
Programming with Mosh
Hosted by a software engineer with over 20 years of experience, this channel is packed with clear, concise, practical coding tutorials “no fluff, just the good stuff”.
Although there is a lot of beginner-friendly content, the more in-depth courses focus on real-world projects and cover everything you need to hone your web development skills.
Subscribers – 4.87 Million
Computerphile
Computerphile’s content is aimed at junior level and upwards. This channel covers all things coding and also has a wealth of useful IT and computing-related content to keep you on top of emerging industry trends.
Subscribers – 2.59 Million
Advanced
Syntax
Formerly known as LevelUpTuts, this channel features tutorials, challenges and entertaining podcast style content from Wes Bos, Scott Tolinksi and CJ Reynolds.
You’ll find everything from Nuxt crash courses to guides on how to properly plan, build and test your coding projects.
Subscribers – 446k
Jesse Showalter
Jesse Showalter is a UI/UX Designer who shares his knowledge through video tutorials and live streams.
This channel focuses on a wide range of topics such as HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript and many more, which is great for building on existing knowledge.
Subscribers – 440k
These are just a handful of the amazing channels publishing programming-related content regularly – there really is something for everyone.
Let us know which of these channels you use most, or if we missed out any of your favourites.
If you’d prefer to learn coding through games, check out this article: 18 websites where you can learn code.
Thanks for the list! I really need to practice programing and Coding Train looks really fun