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Lec 1 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008

MIT OpenCourseWare · 6.6M views · 2009-08-20 · 53:30

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Overview

First lecture of MIT 6.00, an introductory computer science course taught in Python by Eric Grimson and John Guttag. It covers the goals of the course, what computation is, and data types, operators and variables.

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HN commenters recommend it as a simple, direct entry point for beginners who want to learn computer science, not just programming.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2010–2012

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What people said

mokash · 2012-11 · Recommendation

Make the entire Internet your mentor. It's filled with information and answers to all sorts of questions. Look at some programming tutorials such as codecademy. Maybe find some books on computer architecture, learn about mathematics that might apply to computer scientists. Here are some links to get you started. [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] Also, learn to use YouTube to search for answers. Check this video out. [VIDEO]

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jgrahamc · 2011-07 · Recommendation

I've really enjoyed watching the MIT 6.00 course (Introduction to Computer Science and Programming): [VIDEO] The Khan videos seem to be about programming instead of computer science.

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rblion · 2011-04 · Recommendation

Here is an MIT Course: Introduction To CS and Programming [VIDEO] Professor keeps everything simple and direct because this class is designed for beginners with no or little programming experience.

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