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Introduction to Programming (Part 1)

University of Helsinki MOOC

2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2014–2015 · score 1.6

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An introductory online programming course from the University of Helsinki that teaches programming through hands-on exercises and assignments. It is the first part of a two-part series.

One commenter recommends it as an introductory, college-level resource to practice programming, and says doing the assignments teaches more than watching lecture videos.

Programming Languagesbeginnerfreeinteractive MOOC#programming#introduction#exercises#java#helsinki

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  1. Recommendsshaggoramar/learnprogramming2015in “Good introductory book for machine learning?”▲ 2

    Introduction to statistical learning with applications in R You should also sign up for the associated class which starts next week: https://class.stanford.edu/courses/HumanitiesandScience/StatLearning/Winter2015/about Did I mention that both the book and the class are free? Cause they're free…

  2. Recommendsegzodasr/learnprogramming2014in “[JAVA] Lectures”▲ 1

    Hey, I don't have an answer to your question but I do have a suggestion. Here are two introductory college level resources to practice programming: - http://programmingbydoing.com/ - http://mooc.cs.helsinki.fi/programming-part1 I think you would learn more by doing these assignments rather than…

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