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His Design of Computer programs course on Udacity is amazing. https://in.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--cs212 https://in.udacity.com/course/de

His Design of Computer programs course on Udacity is amazing. https://in.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--cs212 https://in.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--c...

dpflan 9y ago
I second this. It's interesting and informative to watch him break down programs and to see his code. Plus, you get treated to selections from his Hawaiian shirt collection.
zerr 9y ago
The problem with this course is that it is quite boring if you're not interested in given subjects - e.g. Poker lectures make me sleepy.
- Err_Eek 9y ago
  Tried to go through the course a few years ago. In my case it was the regex bit. Trying to write the code is a massive chore with with very little payoff for going through it, and needing to go through the instructions several times in a row. Gave up on the course there.
  - abecedarius 9y ago
    Some people gave up on that section (week 5 of 10) and went on with the rest of the course. That seems to work out OK. (I felt a little bad about these reactions because I'd helped with that code. In its defense, I've also been told by a couple of people that they gained a lot by working through it.)
    - Err_Eek 9y ago
      At one point I a friend was mentioning the regex golf https://xkcd.com/1313/ https://xkcd.com/1313/ comic and how some insane person on the internet solved it. I mentioned my pains with the regex bit of the Design of Computer Programs course, and how Norvig had some Chtulhu like ability to write regexes that befuddle mortal minds. Lo and behold, it had been Norvig all along solving that. Python notebook available in the pytudes above.
  - solaxun 9y ago
    Great course, learned a ton from it, but yeah lesson 3 where you had to build / follow him building a regex interpreter was definitely a beatdown for me. Everything else was pretty manageable, but still challenging.
- pvg 9y ago
  He's not really trying to teach you poker or even how to write a poker program but rather how to solve problems by programming.
  - sotojuan 9y ago
    GP just means poker as an example it vehicle bores him. I agree - same with deck of card exercises.
  - zerr 9y ago
    Solve problems in particular domains - i.e. you have to understand the domain, learn rules - and it is very boring if the domain is not interesting for you.

His Design of Computer programs course on Udacity is amazing. https://in.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--cs212 https://in.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--c...

dpflan 9y ago

I second this. It's interesting and informative to watch him break down programs and to see his code. Plus, you get treated to selections from his Hawaiian shirt collection.

zerr 9y ago

The problem with this course is that it is quite boring if you're not interested in given subjects - e.g. Poker lectures make me sleepy.

Err_Eek 9y ago
Tried to go through the course a few years ago. In my case it was the regex bit. Trying to write the code is a massive chore with with very little payoff for going through it, and needing to go through the instructions several times in a row. Gave up on the course there.
- abecedarius 9y ago
  Some people gave up on that section (week 5 of 10) and went on with the rest of the course. That seems to work out OK. (I felt a little bad about these reactions because I'd helped with that code. In its defense, I've also been told by a couple of people that they gained a lot by working through it.)
  - Err_Eek 9y ago
    At one point I a friend was mentioning the regex golf https://xkcd.com/1313/ https://xkcd.com/1313/ comic and how some insane person on the internet solved it. I mentioned my pains with the regex bit of the Design of Computer Programs course, and how Norvig had some Chtulhu like ability to write regexes that befuddle mortal minds. Lo and behold, it had been Norvig all along solving that. Python notebook available in the pytudes above.
- solaxun 9y ago
  Great course, learned a ton from it, but yeah lesson 3 where you had to build / follow him building a regex interpreter was definitely a beatdown for me. Everything else was pretty manageable, but still challenging.
pvg 9y ago
He's not really trying to teach you poker or even how to write a poker program but rather how to solve problems by programming.
- sotojuan 9y ago
  GP just means poker as an example it vehicle bores him. I agree - same with deck of card exercises.
- zerr 9y ago
  Solve problems in particular domains - i.e. you have to understand the domain, learn rules - and it is very boring if the domain is not interesting for you.