any book recommendations

[dinkuss]

what are the best computer science books for complete novices like me :D ?

[SecretBoxFox]

I'm gonna be honest. I'm a professional software dev with a degree in computer science, and I've never read a book on computer science.

That being said, I've been told that this one is pretty good if you want to learn JavaScript, which is a very useful language to learn, since it's used in everything on the internet: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

It's also free to read online

[olskoo]

JPod

[OlTrout]

Not sure if this counts as a book, since it's all online. But check it out

https://poignant.guide/

[ChiralAnomaly]

At 3/21/23 10:41 PM, SecretBoxFox wrote: I'm gonna be honest. I'm a professional software dev with a degree in computer science, and I've never read a book on computer science.

That being said, I've been told that this one is pretty good if you want to learn JavaScript, which is a very useful language to learn, since it's used in everything on the internet: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
It's also free to read online

Isn’t computer science more about algorithms than programming?

[olskoo]

At 3/22/23 01:25 AM, ChiralAnomaly wrote:

At 3/21/23 10:41 PM, SecretBoxFox wrote: I'm gonna be honest. I'm a professional software dev with a degree in computer science, and I've never read a book on computer science.

That being said, I've been told that this one is pretty good if you want to learn JavaScript, which is a very useful language to learn, since it's used in everything on the internet: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
It's also free to read online

Isn’t computer science more about algorithms than programming?

[SecretBoxFox]

At 3/22/23 01:25 AM, ChiralAnomaly wrote:

At 3/21/23 10:41 PM, SecretBoxFox wrote: I'm gonna be honest. I'm a professional software dev with a degree in computer science, and I've never read a book on computer science.

That being said, I've been told that this one is pretty good if you want to learn JavaScript, which is a very useful language to learn, since it's used in everything on the internet: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS
It's also free to read online

Isn’t computer science more about algorithms than programming?

It’s about a lot of things. It’s about algorithms, programming paradigms (OOP vs functional), data structures and how to use them, best practices, etc. Basically just the theory on why we program the way we do

He didn’t specify any particular topic, so I just recommend a book I heard was good. Learning a language is the first step into computer science for a beginner, and this book dives into theory beyond just how to program in JS