List of freely available programming books
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HN comment orderThere are several lists like this floating around, but this one is just amazingly comprehensive. Reading a subset of these books (and actually building stuff with the knowledge gained) will most likely provide one with a better education than all but the top-tier computer sci programs. And the cost is $0. Now one might argue that a college cuts down on the time it takes to select courses, find and work with other students, get access to mentors, etc. But…
I don't want to bother with an account there, can someone post these for me? http://www.htdp.org/ http://www.cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html -> First edition free
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 517
- Total comments
- 40
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-02 | List of freely available programming books | edw519 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010-06-19 | List of freely available programming booksFirst breakout | RBerenguel | 147 | 12 |
| 2011-11-13 | List of freely available programming booksBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | parallel | 364 | 28 |