curriculum README

The project's README from github.com/TheOdinProject/curriculum. As one markdown file: README.md.

The Odin Project Curriculum

The Odin Project (TOP) is an open-source curriculum for learning full-stack web development. Our curriculum is divided into distinct courses, each covering the subject language in depth. Each course contains a listing of lessons interspersed with multiple projects. These projects give users the opportunity to practice what they are learning, thereby reinforcing and solidifying the theoretical knowledge learned in the lessons. Completed projects may then be included in the user's portfolio.

Lessons are structured through a combination of original written content and a compilation of carefully curated resources from the web. This is where the contributing happens!

This repo contains the actual lesson files used on our website. For the actual TOP app that pulls in this lesson content and contains our front-end and back-end code, please go to the main TOP repo.

Our community can be found on the TOP Discord server.

Contributing

The Odin Project depends on open-source contributions to improve, grow, and thrive. We welcome contributors of all experience levels and backgrounds to help maintain this awesome curriculum and community. If you would like to contribute to our curriculum, be sure to thoroughly read our contributing guide.

Some of the things you can do to contribute to our curriculum include:

Happy Coding!

See license.md for usage details.


Created by Erik Trautman.

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What is this?The Odin Project (TOP) is an open-source curriculum for learning full-stack web development. This repo holds the actual lesson files used on its website.
Is this the website itself, or the content behind it?The content: this repo contains the lesson files the TOP website serves, while the web app that delivers them lives in a separate main repo. Nothing to install — you just read the lessons on the site.
Can I work through it as a complete beginner?That's who it's built for: it's a learning path where each course takes its subject language in depth, so you can follow the courses in order without prior web-dev experience.
Can I reuse the lesson material for my own teaching?Possibly — the README defers usage details to license.md rather than naming a standard license, so check that file before republishing or reusing the content.
How does the project keep the content accurate?Automated checks run on the repo — codespell for typos and markdownlint for formatting — and a steady flow of open-source contributions keeps lessons current.
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