Programming Languages, Part C

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Dan Grossman
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University of Washington

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r/compsci • post
66 points • daredevildas
Coursera - Programming Languages by University of Washington

Would you consider the 3 part Programming Languages course on Coursera(linked below) a prerequisite or a building block for studies in Programming Language Theory?

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c

r/devsarg • comment
1 points • CFG-Zaphyrus

¡Muchas gracias por la información y por tu tiempo! Siempre me llamó la atención RoR y me interesa la propuesta.

Hace unos días ingresé a Alkemy pero no tomé el challenger porque me falta experiencia en el lenguaje. Estoy haciendo The Odin Project y viendo Open App Academy también, ya que los 2 tiene el path para RoR. Además tengo pendiente el curso de Ruby en Coursera llamado "Programming Languages, Part C". Me voy a animar a ver que pasa, cualquier avance lo comparto por acá.

Son ingeniero electrónico con especialización en diseños de hardware con técnicas en alto nivel, pero nunca trabajé de eso. Luego de un burn-out me puse a estudiar Deep Learning, un poco de Data Science y ahora estoy por el camino de Full Stack. No tengo problemas de aprender cosas técnicas, pero estoy flojo en inglés, por eso preguntaba. Entiendo el 90% hablado y leído pero me cuesta mucho comunicarme, tengo mala pronunciación.

¡Que bueno que seas parte de Alkemy, entiendo que es una startup argentina que se está expandiendo, felicitaciones!

Con la información que me pasaste voy a profundizar el inglés y tratar de acelerar el aprendizaje de RoR para el challenger.

¡Muchas gracias nuevamente!

r/programming • comment
1 points • Freyr90

Well, I do recall this course where the exercises for ruby were given in 2 or 3 versions for 2.6, 2.7 different ruby versions, but the funniest thing was that they didn't work due to the graphics library being broken on any Ruby implementation but JRuby.

There were no such problems with the other languages of the course, SML and Racket.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c

r/C_Programming • comment
5 points • TheAwdacityOfSoap

What do you want to do? Knowing what you want to do with the language would help to narrow the choices down. If you're just interested in learning a language for its own sake, you could try:

  • Taking a course online that covers multiple languages, such as Programming Languages on Coursera: Part A (ML), Part B (Racket), Part C (Ruby).
  • Scheme (a lisp). I've heard great things about SICP, but I haven't read it, regretfully.
  • Python, as others have suggested, is very different from C and also very practical. It's a top language right now in industry, especially in data science and machine learning. I think it's still a major contender in server development as well.
  • Java. Lots of people hate it for some reason. I love Java. It's got its quirks, sure, but I get the warm and fuzzies every time I use it, and it's one of the top languages in use today. Lots of practical stuff you can do with Java. Write servers. Program robots. Create a Minecraft plugin or write your own game.
  • Rust. A very exciting up and coming languages. Has a lot of really nice features like compile time memory/thread safety guarantees, traits and an official package manager. It's a tough nut to crack at first (I'm still working on it myself), but it's really nice.
  • JavaScript. Say what you will, but JavaScript is one of the top languages in use today. Learning JavaScript opens up frontend web development as an option for you. If you want to make a website that doesn't just sit there looking pretty, you'll have to go down this road eventually. Like Java, JavaScript has its quirks too, but is overall an enjoyable experience to use if you ignore some features (like double equals, unless you really know what you're doing). Paired with TypeScript, it's actually a joy.

If you're feeling analysis paralysis, I'd go with Java if you want something practical, or Scheme if you want your mind blown.

r/programming • comment
1 points • AnAirMagic

When I took a course on programming language theory (https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c) one of the things they explained is that it is really up to language semantics how generics behave. It's a design choice. Losing type information at run time is a valid strategy for implementing generics. And like all design choices, there are consequences. You gain a few advantages and a few disadvantages. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-having-Generics-as-erasure-or-reifiable has some details on the pros and cons (better than what I can type up at the moment).

I really think there is no right or wrong choice. Whatever you pick - reifiction or type-erasure - your language will have to live with the consequences. Do you want to let the developers implement List<int> and List<object> differently? Or do you want everyone to understand that all List objects share an implementation? Do you prefer having a more complicated compiler/optimizer to deal with the consequences of reification? It's not a simple reifiction > type-erasure IMO.

r/learnprogramming • comment
1 points • cristianobaptista

There is also the Open Source Society University, which is an self-learning guide from beginner to very advanced: https://github.com/ossu/computer-science/blob/dev/README.md

Before you start trying to get some money out of programming, I believe you should really understand some basics from these courses:

  • https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python
  • https://www.coursera.org/specializations/computer-fundamentals
  • https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-7
  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages
  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b
  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c
  • https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

After this you should be able to start learning most programming languages with some level of confidence that you kinda know what you are doing, and my advice is that you should start learning by doing before going through more advanced topics, using any of the other resources other people have shared with you.

If you want any more advice regarding how to start, feel free to message me directly.

r/nus • comment
1 points • chuabingquan

If you do want a head start for CS1101S, you can take the following Coursera courses:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b

They are based on the same materials taught in CS1101S, but with more rigour in their definitions, more emphasis on the benefits and trade-offs of functional programming, and also share the same goal of communicating computational process concisely as opposed to just strewing a bunch of code together and producing something that works. I took those courses during NS and CS1101S was more of a recap with more additional practices.

Do take note that the languages taught are certainly different; the Coursera courses use Standard ML and Racket while CS1101S uses Source, a subset of the better parts of JavaScript with a largely functional-style standard library. However, the language is not the key here and the goal is to establish a framework in your mind on how to reason and write programs that that communicates your ideas concisely.

There are also additional topics like Order of Growth, which you can refer to u/wild-berry-berry's fantastic reference to Abdul Bari.

If you want to clear your CS1101S requirements earlier, NUS has a programme called iBLOC; if you're an NSF, you can take CS1010X near the end of your service and transfer the credits earned in place of CS1101S when the semester starts. This way, you can fast track and take certain modules such as CS2030S as early as your first semester. Do take note however that CS1010X favours Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) much more over its functional counterpart. If you do want to dive into OOP too, you can follow up from the Coursera course mentioned earlier and attempt the next part:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c

Lastly, do study discrete math if you're not familiar with proving; it is the backbone of CS.

Hope it helps.

r/learnprogramming • post
3 points • Woadray
My plan to learn programming, looking for criticism ...

At the start of 2018 I decided to learn programming, web development especially. But the more I learned, the more I found it to be enjoyable and that it is something that I really like, too bad I'm so late, I wish I had figured it out earlier. So I decided to learn more and not just dive into specialization in web development. I want to be a "good programmer" first, not just good with JavaScript. So I did some research and found a bunch of MOOCs and guides, I took them, mixed them up and made a plan to fit my goal. Here it is then:

March:

  • https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x#!
  • https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-11

April:

  • https://www.edx.org/course/how-code-simple-data-ubcx-htc1x
  • https://www.edx.org/course/how-code-complex-data-ubcx-htc2x

May:

  • https://www.edx.org/course/software-construction-data-abstraction-ubcx-softconst1x
  • https://www.edx.org/course/software-construction-object-oriented-ubcx-softconst2x
  • https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/DB/2014/SelfPaced/about

June:

  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages
  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-b
  • https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages-part-c

July:

  • http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-1/
  • http://mooc.fi/courses/2013/programming-part-2/

August:

  • https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Engineering+Algorithms1+SelfPaced/about
  • https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/course-v1:Engineering+Algorithms2+SelfPaced/about

September:

  • https://www.edx.org/course/software-engineering-introduction-ubcx-softeng1x
  • https://www.edx.org/course/software-development-capstone-project-ubcx-softengprjx

Oct/Nov/Dec:

  • https://www.udemy.com/the-web-developer-bootcamp/?siteID=EXclnL5BfX4-y_h6hFc_gg3Ot8FKUGLISg&LSNPUBID=EXclnL5BfX4
  • https://www.udemy.com/the-advanced-web-developer-bootcamp/
  • https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-mysql-bootcamp-go-from-sql-beginner-to-expert/

On top of all of this I'll maybe add some maths if needed. I have no idea if my time estimation is accurate, but I will only know by doing so we'll see ... I do this full time by the way. Feel free to criticize, any input is valuable, beside this month every other one ca be tweaked.

Thanks for reading.