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First year CS student currently on vacations looking for programming course to follow. (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Kawi@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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Hi, I'm a first year CS student and this 3 month period of vacations I want to follow a good free course on programming. If it's possible, I also want to learn how is the process in which a code written in a text editor can become an executable with it's GUI in the operating system (currently using Linux), because I really have no idea how that works.

Browsing the web for it have become overwhelming and I'm finding trouble in deciding what to follow, and I also need some order in order to learn things.

I would really appreciate if you can tell me if you know any course that meets this requirements.

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[–] ericjmorey@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago

If you want to learn how programming languages can go from text in a file to something a computer can process, I recommend either:

Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation

or

Crafting Interpreters

If you want to know how a computer processes the information, I recommend:

NandToTetris

If those are too much for your level of programming knowledge, I suggest one of the following to get up to speed:

A Data-Centric Introduction to Computing

or

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs