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CS 101
Coursera
2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2012–2014 · score 1.8
An introductory Coursera computer science course covering basic programming concepts such as variables, loops, and conditionals, taught with an in-browser engine so no software installation is needed.
Commenters suggest it for people who feel rusty in basic CS, noting it explains the concepts behind variables, loops, and conditionals and needs no software download.
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If you think you are rusty in your basic CS, then take the CS 101 course on Coursera - it makes you understand the concepts behind variables, loops, conditionals, etc. with an in browser engine, so no software to download. However, if you're comfortable writing programs in Python, then this might…
That depends what you mean by compsci. Given my university experience I wouldn't have found it helpful. Learning the basic syntax of a given language doesn't really apply to most of the classes I took, especially since most of the classes that did any programming did so in lower level languages…
Indeed, but a CS programming class might be a bit different than a non-CS one, I wouldn't know about the latter. Take a look at the CourseEra CS 101 class. Or you could look at what the various intro computer science classes cover. The amount of programming you will be taught depends on the…