Free computer class

[cmcanulty]

Stanford Univ is offering a free online intro to Comp science. The 1st week just started. It has lectures, texts, exercises, etc. It seems quite good for a beginner.I did week one which is 4 videos and exercises and already learned a lot.
https://www.coursera.org/course/cs101

[nothingspecial]

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[cmcanulty]

It's weird this was moved because I first tried to post it in community cafe and it said I didn't have permission to use this forum

[Gremlinzzz]

Interesting .Thanks I'm checking it out:popcorn:

topics are covered with a mixture of video lecture and active lab work, all in the browser:

The nature of computers and code, what they can and cannot do
How computer hardware works: chips, cpu, memory, disk
Necessary jargon: bits, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes
How software works: what is a program, what is "running"
How digital images work
Computer code: loops and logic
Big ideas: abstraction, logic, bugs
How structured data works
How the internet works: ip address, routing, ethernet, wi-fi
Computer security: viruses, trojans, and passwords, oh my!
Analog vs. digital
Digital media, images, sounds, video, compression

[Gremlinzzz]

Interesting but he is teaching using Windows, I'm not a Windows user so Thanks anyways:popcorn:

[lykwydchykyn]

Interesting but he is teaching using Windows, I'm not a Windows user so Thanks anyways:popcorn:

:confused:

Umm, the videos seem to have been made on a Mac and the code used to illustrate principles is all javascript in a browser.

Seems useful to anyone on any platform who wants to know about CS.

I think I'm going to go through this with my son. Thanks for the link, cmcanulty!

[Gremlinzzz]

:confused:

Umm, the videos seem to have been made on a Mac and the code used to illustrate principles is all javascript in a browser.

Seems useful to anyone on any platform who wants to know about CS.

I think I'm going to go through this with my son. Thanks for the link, cmcanulty!

This is what i was looking at:popcorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCHvhNeAYA&feature=related

[ph4nt0m117]

Khan academy also does an intro to comp science.

Is worth looking into for basic Python, learning Binary, and learning code tables.

[haqking]

This is what i was looking at:popcorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCHvhNeAYA&feature=related

why are you looking at that when thats not the course the OP linked to ;)

[Gremlinzzz]

I click this on the site
Here is another video Nick created for this class.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pMbRKq8Ro
got this then look right and seen Computer Science 101: Lesson 1 Getting Started Part 1, believed they were related:popcorn:

look at his videos name Computer Science 101

[cmcanulty]

The Stanford Class states it is platform independent.

[haqking]

I click this on the site
Here is another video Nick created for this class.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pMbRKq8Ro
got this then look right and seen Computer Science 101: Lesson 1 Getting Started Part 1, believed they were related:popcorn:

look at his videos name Computer Science 101

you could just go to the original link and sign up to get to the course which would then not be a random video link on youtube LOL ;-)

The course is platform independent and browser based.

Hope this helps.

Peace