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Young Coder
Young Coder is a Medium partnered publication about coding, science, and tech — usually with a twist. We love quirky science, creative coding, and all the places inspiration meets semicolons.
A Tiny Introduction to JavaScript
150 pages. 35 interactive exercises on CodePen. No setup required (just a web browser). Pay what you want, or get it completely free.
Halfwit to Hero
Our Halfwit to Hero series uses short chapters and online exercises to help you master tech topics like Excel and WordPress.
CodeQuest
Our (upcoming) CodeQuest series teaches programming to kids by wrapping the concepts in fantasy and science-fiction stories.
Cthulhu for Kids
Our Cthulhu Halloween project abridges a selection of stories by cosmic horror writer H. P. Lovecraft into more kid-friendly versions.
Other Publishers
If you’re looking for the books Matthew MacDonald has written for other publishers, including the Missing Manuals series for O’Reilly and .NET programming books for Apress, you can find them here.
What’s New
New Release: A Tiny Introduction to JavaScript
150 pages. 35 fun and interactive exercises on CodePen. No setup required (just a web browser). Available in print (good) or as a a PDF ebook (even better). Best of[…]
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WordPress: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition
It’s been a while! The first edition of WordPress: The Missing Manual was released almost exactly 8 years ago to a very different world. Websites were complicated, web hosts were[…]
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A Flowchart for Kids Learning to Code
In the past decade, the world has gone crazy for code-themed education. There’s an iPad app or robot caterpillar for every age. Many of these toys and games are perfectly fun[…]
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