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Lec 1 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008

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What it is

First lecture of MIT 6.00, an introductory computer science course taught in Python by Eric Grimson and John Guttag. It covers the goals of the course, what computation is, and data types, operators and variables.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a simple, direct entry point for beginners who want to learn computer science, not just programming.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2012

What HN commenters said

  1. “I should mention this is a really good (IMHO) CS course that happens to use Python.”

    First lecture of a good CS course that uses Python

    bdlang, 2010-07 · Recommendation · in “A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python”

  2. “Professor keeps everything simple and direct because this class is designed for beginners with no or little programming experience.”

    Simple, direct MIT intro course for beginners

    rblion, 2011-04 · Recommendation · in “How can I learn to program? ”

  3. “I've really enjoyed watching the MIT 6.00 course”

    MIT intro course teaching computer science, not just programming

    jgrahamc, 2011-07 · Recommendation · in “Khan Academy Computer Science”

  4. “Check this video out.”

    One resource among many for a high schooler to learn CS

    mokash, 2012-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How would a high schooler find CS mentor?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: mit opencourseware, python, programming, computation, beginners

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