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Ask HN: What topics are good for a software programming primer?
I'm creating a Software Programming Primer as an e-book to help students learn about software development, basic ideas about algorithms and data structures, APIs and SDKs, industry practices, etc.
I have 100 topics or so thus far. What topics do you suggest for a primer?
https://github.com/sixarm/software-programming-primer
This is the sixth primer in a series; all are available at https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson
- jones1618 3y agoFrankly, your "primer" is more of an encyclopedia and would absolutely overwhelm a beginner. Where would they start? For me an ideal primer would be a pyramid structure, listing five "start here" concepts, maybe divided into five sub-topics each. The rest of the Chinese menu would be references under those.
- jph 3y agoGood idea. What do you suggest for your "start here" concepts?