Introduction

Design of Computer Programs (Udacity)

• Youtube Playlist
• Udacity Course
• PyTudes (GitHub)
• A must course for learning problem solving and clean coding
• Problems:
  1. Poker: ties, deal, hand_rank, shuffle, seven_card_stud, jokers_wild
  2. Zebra Puzzle: generator_based_solution, timedcalls
  3. Cryptarithmetic: overall_solution, fill_in, compile_word, no_leading_zeros, floor_puzzle, subpalindrome
  4. Regular Expressions Recognizer: subset_impl, matchset_1, matchset_2, fillout_api, search_match, pattern_compiler
  5. Language Generator: lang_generator, genseq
  6. Decorators: n_ary, decorated_wrappers,memo, trace_tool, disable
  7. Language Parser: grammar, whitespace, parser, speedy_parser, catching_typos, json_grammar, inverse_function, html_tags
  8. Water Pouring: solution
  9. Bridge Problem: bridge, bsuccessors, calculating_costs, bridge_problem2, lowest_cost_search, bridge_problem3, refactoring_bsuccessors
  10. Missionaries & Cannibals: csuccessors, mc_problem, shortest_path_search, mc_problem2
  11. More Pour Problem: solution
  12. Subway Planning: solution
  13. Play Pig: hold_roll, clueless, hold_at, play_pig, dependency_injection, utility_quality, game_theory, gamble, optimal_pig, Pwin, max_wins, pig_scouts, win_diff, max_diffs, legal_actions, using_tools, story
  14. Conditional Probability: simulation vs enumeration, condP, tuesday, tuesday_sol
  15. More Pig: improving_optimal, improving_optimal_sol, doubling_pigs, doubling_pigs_sol
  16. Foxes and Hens: problem, solution
  17. Scrabble: finding_words, regression_tests, read_wordlist, extend_prefix, adding_suffixes, adding_suffixes_2, longest_words, word_score, top_n_hand, crosswords, anchors, anchors2, anchor_class, rowplays, legal_prefix, add_suffixes, increasing_efficiency, increasing_efficiency2, board, show_board, horizontal_plays, horizontal_plays2, all_plays, all_plays2,set_anchors, final_bits, scoring, making_board, making_board2, making_plays, best_play
  18. Anagrams: problem, solution
  19. Blank Tiles: problem, solution
  20. Boggle: problem, solution

Programming Languages Concepts (CSE341 UW)

• Course - Spring 2019 (web)
• Covers useful programming languages concepts using ML, Racket and Ruby

Systems Programming (CS361 UIC)

• Course - Spring 2021 (web)
• Youtube (videos)

Compilers

• How a Compiler Works in ~1 minute - Youtube (video)
• Compilers - Harvard CS50 (video)
• C++ Compilers and Linkers - Youtube (video)
• Understanding Compiler Optimizations cppcon'15 - Youtube (video)

Garbage collection

• GC in Python - Youtube (video)
• Deep Dive Java: Garbage Collection is Good! - infoq (video)
• Deep Dive Python: Garbage Collection in CPython - Youtube (video)

Testing

• To cover:
  • how unit testing works
  • what are mock objects
  • what is integration testing
  • what is dependency injection
• Agile Software Testing with James Bach - Youtube (video)
• Open Lecture by James Bach on Software Testing - Youtube (video)
• Steve Freeman - Test-Driven Development (that’s not what we meant) - Vimeo (video)
  • Slides (pdf)
• Software Testing - Udacity (videos)
• Dependency injection - Youtube (video)
• Dependency injection - Tao Of Testing (article)
• How to write tests - Tao Of Testing (article)

Computer Graphics

• OpenGL Tutorial

Courses

• Programming Paradigms - Stanford (27 videos)
• Directory of Online CS Courses (GitHub)
• Awesome CS Courses (GitHub)
• CS Video Courses (GitHub)
• Teach Yourself CS Summary (website)

Project List for Practice

• Project Lists (GitHub)
• Build Your Own X (GitHub)

General

• 45 Days of Code
• Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
• Tutorials Point
• TIOBE Index
• Awesome Lists (GitHub)
• Websites Programmer Should Visit (GitHub)
• Professional Programming (GitHub)

Useful Conferences To Follow

• Google Developers (playlist)
• Facebook Developers (playlist)
• CppCon Talks (playlist)
• JSConf (playlist)

Useful Tools

• CS50 IDE
• CS50 Sandbox
• repl.it
• RegExr
• Kaggle
• CodePen
• Trello
• Colaboratory
• PlantUML and its Online Editor

Coding Style Guides

• Google Style Guides
• Udacity Style Guides

Blogs & Websites To Follow

• Peter Norvig's Blog
• TechCrunch
• Tech Stacks of Major Companies

Java

• Stanford CS106A - Programming Methodology (video)
• Software Construction In Java (video)
• Introduction To Programming In Java
• Algorithms 4th Ed - Algorithm Book In Java
• Effective Java 3rd Edition
• Data Structures Easy to Advanced Course - Full Tutorial from a Google Engineer
• Java Tutorial
• Object Oriented Java Specialization - Coursera