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Ask HN: Which is the best online course on Computer Science that you have taken?

5 pointsby newsoulabout 2 years ago
For the past few years there has been an explosion of online content w.r.t. courses on different topics. Some are good, some bad, some excellent.<p>What are some of the best online courses on Computer Science that you have taken and really enjoyed? What did you learn from them?<p>What are you doing now? Working or learning more?

3 comments

brudgersabout 2 years ago
I haven&#x27;t taken an online course in CS for almost a decade. Shifting interests. Changes in the business structure of MOOC&#x27;s...Basically since they stopped being called &quot;MOOC&#x27;s&quot; and became closed down.<p>Helerstein&#x27;s CS186 video lectures (Introduction to Database Systems, 2015) are probably the most informative CS-thing I have experienced online:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;ucberkeley_webcast_dY48_UZhvhw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;ucberkeley_webcast_dY48_UZhvhw</a><p>But of course, it is not an online course. Just course lectures online.<p>It&#x27;s informative because the problems - IO, optimization, caching, concurrency, partition, etc. are all right there in ways that require engineering (i.e. theory alone won&#x27;t get you to the required scale). YMMV.<p>Good luck.
cc101about 2 years ago
Stanford&#x27;s course on writing apps for iOS is wonderful. I took it years ago. Now it has moved on to SwiftUI. I think the previous versions on Objective C (the one I took) are still available.
dstalaabout 2 years ago
Working. Narrow down your interest, pick an udemy course, find an open source project in that area to contribute