Lec 1 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008

Lec 1 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008 on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 4 separate months, 2010–2012.

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First lecture of MIT 6.00, an introductory computer science course taught in Python by Eric Grimson and John Guttag. It covers the goals of the course, what computation is, and data types, operators and variables.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a simple, direct entry point for beginners who want to learn computer science, not just programming.

people recommended it: 4
separate months: 4
strong recommendations: 0
discussed on HN: 2010–2012

“Professor keeps everything simple and direct because this class is designed for beginners with no or little programming experience.”
— rblion, Apr 2011, in “How can I learn to program? ”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

mokashNov 2012Recommends

Make the entire Internet your mentor. It's filled with information and answers to all sorts of questions. Look at some programming tutorials such as codecademy. Maybe find some books on computer architecture, learn about mathematics that might apply to computer scientists. Here are some links to get you started. [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Also, learn to use YouTube to search for answers. Check this video out. ▶ this video

in “Ask HN: How would a high schooler find CS mentor?” · View on HN

jgrahamcJul 2011Recommends

I've really enjoyed watching the MIT 6.00 course (Introduction to Computer Science and Programming): ▶ this video The Khan videos seem to be about programming instead of computer science.

in “Khan Academy Computer Science” · View on HN

rblionApr 2011Recommends

Here is an MIT Course: Introduction To CS and Programming ▶ this video Professor keeps everything simple and direct because this class is designed for beginners with no or little programming experience.

in “How can I learn to program? ” · View on HN

bdlangJul 2010Recommends

Here's the MIT OCW index for EE and CS courses: [link] Here's the MIT OCW index for 6.00 w/ Grimson (2008): [link] Here's the first video lecture on YouTube: ▶ this video I should mention this is a really good (IMHO) CS course that happens to use Python.

in “A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python” · View on HN

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