Learning to Program?

3 3	What are some good free sites to learn how to program? I'd like to know any site for any language. programming language online asked Jul 07 '10 at 02:07 FilipinoPower 13.0k●135●219●313

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You won't get a decent resource out of just any website. Some of them are garbage (cough-youtube-sucks-rotten-eggs-cough). These are what have been recommended to me in the past... I've broken it up into segments for easy referencing. You can now click these links to jump straight to the sections for particular languages:

Haskell
C
C++
C#
Java
Javascript
SQL

Links for Haskell:

Haskell official website, book & tutorial list
Real World Haskell
TryHaskell interactive tutorial in your browser; Trust me, it's better than Ruby!

Links for C:

K&R C is thoroughly recommended
Numerical Recipes in C
Writing Bug-Free C Code
C elements of style
The Art of Unix Programming
C99 standard + TC1,2,3 working paper
Portability attitude
Comp.Lang.C FAQ

Books (and links) for C++:

Thinking in C++ (electronic version) by Bruce Eckel -- The author/publisher has released this on the internet for people to read free of charge. Give it a try. If you like it, buy it.
C++ FAQ
Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example, by Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo. People who have already programmed in another language may prefer this book. ISBN: 0-201-70353-X
C++ Primer, 4th edition, by Lippman, Lajoie and Moo. Slower-paced than Accelerated C++, but also more thorough. Stops most bullets. ISBN: 0-201-72148-1
The C++ Programming Language, by Bjarne Stroustrup. Contains commentary on aspects of the C++ language, and advice for designing programs. People who have programming experience can begin learning C++ from this, but take a look before buying. ISBN: 0-201-70073-5
Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, by Bjarne Stroustrup. Unlike The C++ Programming Language, this book is aimed at people new to programming or to C++. ISBN: 0-321-54372-6
C++1X working draft

Links for C#:

A tutorial
ECMA-334 standard
ECMA-335 standard (read ECMA-334 first)
MSDN

Links for Java:

First Cup of Java tutorial
More Java tutorials
Again, more Java tutorials
Java standard API reference

Links for Javascript:

W3Schools tutorial
W3Schools reference
ECMA-262 standard

Links for SQL:

SQLCourse
W3Schools tutorial/reference

answered Jul 07 '10 at 03:46

Seb
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edited Nov 11 '10 at 17:39

Seb, learning Objective-C from YouTube isn't garbage because it's used in one of the most app distributed places, the Apple App Store.

(Jul 07 '10 at 08:30) AppleHack23

Have you written int storage_duration(void *object) yet?

edit: ok, I'll give you the benefit of doubt if you can find the obvious bug in this code I wrote last night. It's within the first 20 lines and last 2 lines of the function EventTrie_AddNode. I'll even credit the bug to you if you can find it. Show me how good at teaching youtube is...

(Jul 07 '10 at 08:46) Seb

You write good code, Seb, besides for the couple of bugs. Was there an enum in the EventTrueNode header?

(Nov 12 '10 at 17:34) HHBones

I actually rewrote it multiple times after that, most recently in C++, due to the fact that I couldn't decide just how generic it should be before it starts to get awkward or clumsy. I haven't actually uploaded the bugfree version, which allows me to rename and remove nodes entirely and has a full testcase. I haven't spoken to betawaffle in a while, which isn't entirely his fault, since I haven't been on MSN in a while. Maybe once I get over this "hard to reach" phase I'll post it somewhere independent.

(Nov 13 '10 at 17:55) Seb

1	for C++ i recommend this site and this one for C# and if you want to learn some web development you can check this answered Jul 08 '10 at 09:34 mahmouddaif 31●3

1	Bruce Eckel has the previous versions of his books online in HTML form for free. He is a published author. http://www.mindviewinc.com/Index.php answered Jul 13 '10 at 00:28 sulljason 2.4k●110●126●156

1	I like http://www.w3schools.com/ myself, it hosts tutorial for a lot of different languages. I like http://www.tizag.com/ too, and I use php.net for reference when writing PHP. answered Aug 20 '10 at 02:49 Foxumon 176●1●2●5

1	What I used to help me learn Java was Java video tutes, I found it really helpful. answered Aug 20 '10 at 03:14 DomChester 391●12●16●25

It's best if you have a particular language in mind, but W3Schools is a pretty good starting block for many languages.

If you're more of a book learner, then the 'For Dummies' series are pretty good; despite the title - but that's branding for you. In addition, 'In Easy Steps' - both I use for reference when programming, just something I've got used to using, and love using.

answered Nov 11 '10 at 17:28

swinnie
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1	A person off YouTube who goes under the name 'TheNewBoston' makes a lot of programming tutorial videos and they really helped me get started with programming. His channel is YouTube.com/TheNewBoston. answered Nov 13 '10 at 16:07 edgy 2.1k●20●32●51

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