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Ask HN: As of 2022, which are some of the best MOOCs to get into CS/programming?
- debanjan16 4y agoI don't know about MOOCs much. But there is a book called How to Design Programs. You can read that. And it is available for free at https://htdp.org/ https://htdp.org/
- jstx1 4y agoIt's still CS50 - great teaching, super accessible, starts from scratch, doesn't dumb things down - highly recommend for complete beginners.
- tanganian 4y agoNot MOOCs but college courses open to audit. Hands down the 3 introduction courses at UC Berkeley: CS61A, CS61B, CS61C. It's CS50 on steroids, spread across 3 courses. Tried a lot of things before finding those, nothing comes close.
- curious16 4y agoAre you a Berkeley student? If not, can you answer a few questions: 1. Which versions of the courses did you do? I mean which semester versions. Can you link to them? 2. Why do you say nothing comes close? What is so special about them? 3. Did they make you confident as a programmer?
- tanganian 4y agoNot a berkeley student. Because I tried a lot of courses and before finding this https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/ortnef/a_super_harsh_guide_to_learning_computer_science/ https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/ortnef/a_..., it should be self explanatory. Nope, they are just introductory courses, but they are good foundations to build upon.