Author Topic: Interest in higher topics of math/computer sciences  (Read 2052 times)

I may or may not take a class this summer, other than that I have no idea where the hell I could learn any of this.

I may or may not take a class this summer, other than that I have no idea where the hell I could learn any of this.
Well i've basically learnt EVERYTHING by myself on the internet, i use the guides on the official website and use Stack Exchange if im confused on stuff.

I may or may not take a class this summer, other than that I have no idea where the hell I could learn any of this.

http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
https://www.codecademy.com/

also any textbook by tony gaddis

programming is something that doesn't click with everyone, but anyone who's interested should at least give it an attempt. most of these books teach you from the bare bones beginnings of "hello world" (a beginner's program) to more complex algorithms and the basics of OOP (object oriented programing), depending on the language.

https://www.codecademy.com/
I tried this when i was EXTREMELY new, but it really didnt help at all since most of the things you have to do it the way it exactly says it, like saying "Hillo Wurld" will say your wrong, and plus it like mostly has things on website. Also no c++ or c on that.

I tried this when i was EXTREMELY new, but it really didnt help at all since most of the things you have to do it the way it exactly says it, like saying "Hillo Wurld" will say your wrong, and plus it like mostly has things on website. Also no c++ or c on that.

The reason it does that is because their input boxes are reading directly from a string; they're not making a compiler (to an extreme extent). They look to see if your code matches directly with what they provided as an example, it makes their lives simpler.

Also, it doesn't matter if you learn c or c++ first. Sure, they're useful languages, but I'd always suggest Python for beginners. You don't have to worry over pointers and life generally becomes more easy by learning programming basics before you have to deal with memory allocation. Learning all at once gets ridiculously confusing for beginners.

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Yeah I also tried Python first, specifically 3.5, and its a nice language to learn first

I might check out this stuff later.

Can't do it now, believe it or not I still have school for one more week.

took linear alg and dif eq last semester, might do some more advanced linear algebra since that was interesting.

as a CS major i sure hope that i'm interested in higher level cs lol, def interested in AI and cognition as well tho

i also loved number theory back in high school so i might try some higher level classes there and i have to take a discrete probability / algorithms class this summer so that will be fun.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2016, 02:21:16 PM by Placid »

i'm hoping to be able to do both higher maths and computer sciences, they both interest me well
imo i'm on a decent track for it considering that i'm a year ahead in math

I study Computer Science at an university in Holland, so ye

I took a Data Structures & Algorithms class at IIT that ended this May. It was very interesting - hashtables in particular seem super genius to me. We didn't really get into hasing algorithms which kind of disappointed me.

I also learned a bit of linear algebra from a friend in a higher math class, who basically taught us how the Jacobian works in switching between coordinate systems. It seems really interesting and I want to learn more but I don't know where to start.

I've also done a bunch of hacking competitions, which involved a lot of crypto and reverse engineering and steganography and things like that.

« Last Edit: June 12, 2016, 03:30:08 PM by ultimamax »

Just finished my 1st semester computer science college exams, so yeah I guess you could say I'm pretty interested

well, started learning tensor calculus from internet lectures
i hope it'll go well

khan academy videos
gaaah i hated those lol

when i had KA for homework the videos always gave simple problems as examples but the actual homework was way more complex, so they werent very useful

Gotta love doing those manual RREFs of loving 6x6 matrices forget me and forget linear algebra.