Resources
Helpful and/or fun links for CS students.
Computer Science
- Matt Might provides a pretty comprehensive guide to what CS students should know. There’s not really enough time for us to get to everything in class — you’ll need to put in time outside of class if you want to know all of this. It’s worth it, though.
- A nice collection of advice and info. Although it says freshman, it will likely be useful to all CS students.
- Vizualizations of many algorithms and data structures.
- A massive list of links for programmers, ranging from tech news to interview preparation to improving your English.
- Teach Yourself CS is another list of resources. It’s aimed toward self-taught software engineers, but the materials could be very useful if you’re struggling in a particular course.
- Get better at using the shell with with CMD Challenge.
- Visualize the code you write using Python Tutor. Despite the name, you can program in Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, and more!
- A collection of resources for programmers.
- Programming interviews are notoriously difficult. There’s little evidence to suggest they lead to good hiring decisions, yet I don’t think they will change anytime soon. In the meantime, get some practice at the Tech Interview Handbook. It gets easier with practice.
- Here is a fun collection of video game source code from real, commercial games.
- 100+ Project Ideas for programmers or those learning to program.
- The Interview Study Guide for Software Engineers
- Free-for.dev: a list of free software and services for developers.
General Learning
- Coursera’s free Learning How to Learn course will improve your learning of all topics, not just computer science.
- In a similar vein, improving your problem-solving skills will help many facets of your life. This tutorial is a pretty good one. Also check out Polya’s How to Solve it.
- I heard you like lists, so here is a list of cool lists.