Programming and Computer Science Resources

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This discussion focuses on resources for new programmers seeking guidance on various programming languages and concepts. Key recommendations include websites offering free tutorials and guides, such as Programmers Heaven, O'Reilly Resources, and specific links for languages like Python, C/C++, and Perl. Participants share valuable resources for game programming, DirectX, and OpenGL, emphasizing the importance of understanding object-oriented programming and callback functions. The conversation highlights the necessity of practice in mastering programming skills, along with suggestions for IDEs and online platforms like Codecademy and Stack Overflow for further learning. Additionally, users mention the availability of free software tools for students and various online courses to enhance programming knowledge. Overall, the thread serves as a comprehensive guide for beginners looking to navigate the programming landscape effectively.
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oh! thank you guys for providing such a useful links..I really want to learn about different kinds of language in programming..So I'm very glad guys that you've share some tutorial sites bout programming..
 
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  • #54
Foundations of Computer Science, C edition by Al Aho and Jeff Ullman:

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/focs.html"

A superb book that's theory oriented. It's probably suited for programmers who are a little more experienced, but I'm a beginner, and this book served me quite well. It's probably one of the best books in its class. Best of all, it's free!
 
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  • #55
Figured this deserves to be mentioned:
http://stackoverflow.com
Probably the most active programming Q&A site on the internet as I post this. Questions at any level about any programming language, library, algorithm, standard, etc. are welcome.
 
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Thanks!
 
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Does anybody have a good resource for learning the about what the preprocessor directives in C++ do? I mean as a novice they tell you to use iostream, iomanip, math.h, etc, but never tell you how to fully utilize them.
 
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http://www.topcoder.com/
http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/
http://train.usaco.org/usacogate
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/
http://www.jot.fm/issues
http://online-judge.uva.es/problemset/

Technology will come & go. Complexity itself, algorithms, programming languages will stay with us. There is no substitute for practice. These are my favourite programming sites:

Stick with what is important. The rest will be simple.

http://www.infographicsposters.com/submit-infographics
 
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  • #59
I forgot the link but "The C++STL-T&R.pdf" is a great detail ebook about algorithm in C++.It explain about vector,list,deque,map,multimap and many more
 
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Is there any website that has or is a database of the current known computational complexity of mathematical operations?
 
  • #61
Learn Linux the hard way
http://nixsrv.com/llthw
 
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Hi, I have a very Bad reputation with maths,yet i want to learn about algorithms and their analysis , theory of computation , and machine learning . Can anyone help me with the level of mathematical understanding I need to understand these topics. I really want to understand these things
 
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If you already know some C/C++ and need extra performance, I would like to recommend use of NVIDIA CUDA.
It have a great set of samples and libraries. Personally I use it as a great sandbox for computer simulations.

For CUDA I recommend course on coursera.org: https://www.coursera.org/course/hetero

Installation is quite simple nowadays. For example on windows:
- download and install MS Visual Studio 2015 Community or MS Visual Studio 2012 Express depending on what HW and CUDA version you use.
- download and install CUDA toolkit or check archive. In my case it is enough to use CUDA 5.5 but of course I recommend the latest.

Good instalation guide is also here.
 
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signerror said:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

This.
 
  • #69
Where can I find a freely downloadable ifort compiler suitable for a dual core Ubuntu system. The non-commercila version available at the Intel website is rather too big
Emman 1
 
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A good introduction to programming using Python, similar to Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, is Composing Programs:

http://composingprograms.com/
 
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Overall great thread! Thanks for everyone's input.
 
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Regardless of the coding language chosen, the best tool for coding efficiency is an excellent code editor. And no - Notepad is not a code editor.

I used to be most effective with Brief - and then Borland bought it, renamed it Codewright and dropped it.

My programming editor of choice now is Slickedit.
 
  • #75
As a self-taught programmer, I follow mainly OSSU's (Open Source Society University) curriculum on GitHub. It claims to be a complete education in computer science and has a list of free MOOC courses that you can follow, just like attending university.
https://github.com/ossu/computer-science
 
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Curiosity 1 said:
As a self-taught programmer, I follow mainly OSSU's (Open Source Society University) curriculum on GitHub. It claims to be a complete education in computer science and has a list of free MOOC courses that you can follow, just like attending university.
https://github.com/ossu/computer-science
I’m also a self taught programmer. Well, sorta... I learned a little on my own and then when I got really serious about it, I used other sources to help me.
 
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For Russian.
1. Stepic.org - russian education resources, equal coursera.
2. Russian language course C++ White Belt (for c++ beginners) - https://www.coursera.org/learn/c-plus-plus-white
 
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Personally, I prefer reading code theory, especially when I was a beginner at coding and often needed some guidance on how to perform one thing or another. An example of such code theory would be this: https://www.bitdegree.org/learn/ . I like that everything is explained step-by=step and it's easy to navigate thanks to the sidebar
 
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My GitHub repository: https://github.com/aromanro?tab=repositories has16 C++ projects targeted at computational physics. I'm working on the 17th now, on Ray Tracing (related with geometrical optics quite well).

Projects range from easy physics topics to quite advanced.
 
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So far my coding is not so good so I usually re-use other programs and add/modify them. Here is good resource to look at some code examples:

code examples in different languages
 
  • #81
Thank you very much! This is A LOT of resources. Absolutely what I am looking for. :oldbiggrin:
 
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