Programming/CS Related Resources

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programming

Top Resources

• Project Euler – For challenging mathematical/programming related problems
• Stack Overflow –  Question and Answer for programming enthusiasts
• Introduction to Computer Science – Harvard Course
• Google Code Jam – From Google itself.
• Google Tech Dev Guide – Grow Your Technical Skills with Google
• Open.Michigan
• Princeton University: Computer Science Department
• CS for All – Computer Science course from Harvey Mudd College
• Bioinformatics Algorithms
• Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• DOC Group
• freenode
• OpenGL
• OpenGL Tutorials
• Algorithm Zone
• Simple CPU
• BuiltWith – Find out what websites built with/running on.
• Computer Science Course from Harvard University
• OverAPI.com – Collecting all cheat sheets.
• Hacker News – Get a sense where current tech industry is going.
• Product Hunt
• GitHub – Build software better, together.
• Scratch Project from MIT
• jQuery – Official jQuery site.
• Reddit Learn Programming FAQ
• Peter Norvig
• Quantopian – Write investment algorithms for Wall Street
• Hashnode – Where developers meet
• The Art of Unix Programming
• DevDocs – All languages documentation in a single place. Can be used offline.
• Teach Yourself Computer Science
• Crypto101
• The Unix-Haters Handbook (pdf file)
• Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?
• Operating Systems : From 0 to 1
• Google CS Education
• Unix in Your Browser Tab
• Art of Programming Contest (ebook)
• entr(1) – Run the tests when file changes
• OpenShift (Red Hat) : Interactive Learning Portal
• Sorting Algorithm Animation
• Free Online CS Courses
• The Unix Workbench (Online book on Unix)
• GitHub – Developer-Y/CS- Video courses – Huge compilation
• GitHub – Open Source Society University/CS – Another Huge Compilation
• Linux Kernel Documentation
• Carbon – Create and share images of code snippets
• Command Line Heroes – A podcast by Red Hat
• Computer Graphics from Scratch (sort of book)
• CPUBoss – Compare CPUs
• Shapecatcher – Find Unicode character by drawing it
• Unicode Search –  Search for Unicode
• Try It Online – Try code from almost any language online
• Game Programming Patterns – Robert Nystrom
• Boolr –  A digital logic simulator
• The Elements of Computing System(nand2tetris)
• Linux Knowledge Base and Tutorials
• The Nature of Code (online book)

Language Specific

• Go Traps
• Luna
• Assembly Languages for Beginner(pdf) (relevant HN link)

Computer Science Related

• Measures of Complexity – a non exhaustive list(pdf) –  Seth Lloyd
• Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet(pdf)
• Mathematics and Computation(pdf book) –  Avi Wigderson
• Notes on Discrete Mathematics  – James Aspnes
• Operating Systems – James Aspnes (somewhat broken)
• Computer Science One (pdf book) – Chris Bourke – Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Mathematics for Computer Science (pdf file)
• Theoretical Computer Science – An Introduction (pdf file)

Data Structures & Algorithm

• IDEA – nonverbal algorithm assembly instructions
• Data Structures and Algorithm  (Trinity College, Dublin) –  Dr Anton Gerdelan
• Data Structures and Algorithms – Online Book by J Morris
• Introduction to Algorithms (pdf book) – Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein

JavaScript

• JavaScript versus Research Computing (online book)
• Learning Advance JavaScript
• JavaScript Allonge (online book)
• You don’t know JS

C Language

• A Crash Course in C
• The C Book (not up to date)
• Expert C Programming – Deep C Secrets (pdf)
• Modern C (pdf)
• MYCPLUS –  C and C++ resources
• DI Management C Resources
• Deep C (and C++) slides (pdf)
• The Development of C language – Dennis Ritchie
• Object Oriented Programming in C
• Object Oriented Programming in ANSI C (1993)
• Beej’s Guide to C Programming
• Essential C
• Yale Data Structures with C (Notes)
• Programming in C Course – University of Malta
• The Definitive C Book Guide and List – Stack Overflow
• Exercises in C – Allen Downey
• Notes on Data Structures and Programming Techniques –  James Aspnes
• C Programming Tutorial and Other material (Github/angrave)
• Understanding the C/C++ Memory Model
• Some Obscure C Features (relevant HN link)
• HN Link – Brushing up on OS and C
• The GNU C Programming Tutorial
• Introduction to C Programming – University of Leicester
• HN Link for Beej’s Guide to C Programming for many other resources
• StackOverflow – What and where are stack and heap
• StackOverflow – C Memory Management

Databases and SQL

• A Primer on SQL
• The SQL Tutorial for Data Analysis – Mode Analytics
• SQL Notebook
• SQLCourse2 and SQLCourse
• SQL Tutorial: How to Write Better Queries
• Use the Index, Luke – SQL Indexing and Tuning e-Book
• Modern SQL
• PostgreSQL Exercises
• Quora: How do I learn SQL?
• This image from SQLITE
• Ask HN: What is the best online resource to learn advance SQL?
• SQLZOO
• Postgres Indexes Under the Hood (Also this HN link)

Bitcoins/Blockchains

• IBM Blockchain 101: Quick start guide for developers
• Understand the Blockchain in Two Minutes
• Mastering Bitcoin (O’Reilly online book)(good one)
• Ask HN: Resources to learn Bitcoin and smart contracts?
• Bitcoin Resource List
• Bitcoin mining the hard way: the algorithms, protocols and bytes
• WTF is The Blockchain?
• Ever Wonder how Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) Actually Work? – YouTube video (good channel also)
• Blockchain Demo
• Everything You wanted to know about Blockchains
• The Math Behind Bitcoin
• Making Money (Bitcoin explained)
• Blockchains: How They Work and Why They’ll Change the World – IEEE

General Website for Tutorials

• Code.org
• Pencil Code
• CodeCombat – Learn how to code by playing a game
• Live Coding – Watch engineers code live
• Thenewboston.org
• Learn Code the Hard Way
• RubyMonk
• CodingBat
• CodeAcademy
• Topcoder
• Code School
• CodersClan – Get Code Done.
• Neocities – Create your free website now!
• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
• CodePupil
• Treehouse
• Hour of Code
• CodeSkulptor – For running Python programs in web browser.
• Think Tutorial (Computer Tutorials)
• Flow Chart Maker & Online Diagram Software
• Lrn – App for learning code.
• Learn Git in a Browser
• Introduction to Networking – Charles Severance (pdf)
• Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science
• What Every Programmer Should Know about Memory
• GoalKicker.com – 40 free pdf books
• GitHub -tpn/pdfs – 1000 pdfs

Blogs

• Coding Horror (Jeff Atwood)
• Joel On Software (Joel Spolsky)

Programming Articles

• Machine Learning in a Week. Follow-up article: Learning How to Code Neural Networks
• Machine Learning is Fun
• Deep Learning From Scratch I – Computational Graphs
• Deep Learning is Easy – Learn Something Harder
• Machine Learning isn’t Magic: It’s all about Math, Stats, Data and Programming
• Probabilistic Programming from Scratch
• Predict the future with machine learning
• A Beginner Explains Machine Learning 101
• Becoming a Data Scientist Podcast : Shlomo Argamon
• Simple Guide to Forks in Git and Github?
• The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
• A framework for learning for programmers
• Computer Science from the Bottom Up
• C Family Interview – Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, James Gosling
• Quantum Mechanics for Programmers
• 0x5f3759df and fast inverse square root hack
• Back to Basics (about C strings) – Joel Spolsky
• Reflection on Trusting Trust – Ken Thompson (pdf)
• Network Protocols: For Anyone who knows a programming language
• A Nonsense Collection of Disgusting Codes (also check this relevant Reddit link for comments)
• Ask HN: What is favorite CS paper?
• What papers should everyone read?
• Ask HN: Are there any basic primers for basic comp sci? (web/network related)
• A quick Introduction to Git
• Engineer How-To: Access and Make Awesome Your PATH System Variable
• Nuts and Bolts of Multithreaded Programming
• What Every CS Major Should Know
• Floating Point Visually Explained
• Floating Point Demystified, Part 1
• The Intuitive Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms
• Quantum Computing Explained
• Why is this C++ code faster than my hand-written assembly for testing Collatz conjecture? – Great answer (SO)
• The Most Expensive One-Byte Mistake

General Articles

• What is Code? – Fantastic, rather long and elaborate article. Must read for those who just began coding. Or going to.
• If you want your own tech company, forget an MBA – and learn to code instead
• How to Ask Questions The Smart Way
• No, Seriously, Why Should I Learn to Code?
• How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code
• Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
• Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard
• Here is what ICT should really teach kids: how to do regular expressions
• How I Hacked Amazon’s $5 WiFi Button to Track Baby Data How I hacked the OnePlus reservation system
• So You Want to Learn How to Code
• Next Steps for Beginning Programmers
• Ten Tips for Young Programmers
• 9 Things I Learned as Software Engineer
• How a Japanese cucumber farmer is using deep learning and TensorFlow
• We are Google researchers working on Deep Learning. Watch our video (link inside) to learn more about Neural Networks, then Ask us Anything!
• Tips for self-learning programming
• Timeline for Computer Science – Scott Aaronson blog
• 600 Free Online Programming and CS Courses
• What Are Algorithms? (Infographic)