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Introduction to Programming and Computer Science

freeCodeCamp

3 recommenders · 3 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2022–2023 · score 2.6

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A roughly two-hour introductory course from freeCodeCamp that covers basic programming and computer science concepts without tying them to one specific language. It is also available as a playlist on the NullPointer Exception YouTube channel, which made the original video.

Commenters call it a beginner-friendly crash course in programming fundamentals, and one says even the first hour alone introduces the concepts well.

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On Reddit (3)

  1. Strongly recommendsjaymocodesr/learnprogramming2023in “What single book would you recommend to teach complete beginners the fundamentals of programming?”

    I dont have a singular book but I will try. For the absolute basic beginner's guide I suggest freecodecamps "Introduction to Programming and Computer Science - Full Course".It's 2-hour crash course but if you would the playlist version > it can be found on the channel "NullPointer Exception" who…

  2. RecommendsH809r/learnprogramming2023in “What Now? Some help, please.”

    You are absolutely right. As an introduction to programming it’s a “cool” idea but it’s not a serious programming language(don’t get me wrong, you can be creative with it and make a lot of interesting things). I recommend freecodecamp.org or freecodecamp on YouTube. Also, I would recommend any…

  3. RecommendsYhctir/learnprogramming2022in “where should I start?”▲ 1

    If you’re not sure, I would take a look at harvards cs50 course. It’ll teach you fundamental computer science whilst showing you a few languages at the same time. Definitely a great place to start if you’re new. Otherwise freecodecamp also do an intro to CS course. Web dev is in huge demand, as…

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