Best Machine Learning Resources for Getting Started

This was a really hard post to write because I want it to be really valuable. I sat down with a blank page and asked the really hard question of what are the very best libraries, courses, papers and books I would recommend to an absolute beginner in the field of Machine Learning. I really agonized over what to include and what to exclude. I had to work hard to put myself in the shoes of a programmer and beginner at machine learning and think about what resources would best benefit them. I picked the best for each type of resource.