CSCI 1170/2170 - Computer Science I & II   Online Resources & Handouts

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• CSCI 2170 Traditional (non-A2L) Main Menu

• Academic Honesty in the Context of CSCI 1170/2170

• Screenshots: Microsoft's Snipping Tool

• Screenshots: Take a screenshot on your Mac

• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python 3 (RLE)
• Making Games with Python & Pygame
• A Byte of Python
• Python for Everybody
• Style Guide for Python Code - by Guido van Rossum and Barry Warsaw
• The Practice of Computing Using Python - Punch & Enbody (cse231)
• Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3
• Python 101-Introduction to Python
• The Python 3 Tutorial - from the Python Software Foundation
• Python 3.4 documentation - from the Python Software Foundation
• Python Tutorial(s)
• Python 3 Self Tests - from Introduction to Programming Using Python 3 by Y. Daniel Liang
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python by Bruno R. Preiss
• Introduction to Python Programming by Pavel Solin et al.
• Python Cheat Sheet - one page by Dave Child
• Python Errors - a flowchart aid
• Dive Into Python 3 - an online book by Mark Pilgrim
• Python Challenge - from pyschools
• Pattis Python Lecture notes - ICS-31
• Google's Python Class - a free class for people with a little bit of programming experience who want to learn Python
• OCW Reference List for Python
• PyPI Python Package Index (aka The Cheese Shop). The Python Package Index is a repository of software for the Python programming language.
• Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
• Online Python Tutor
• PythonAnywhere - Host, run, and code Python in the cloud
• Trinket - Code is Your Canvas
• Coverage.py - a tool for measuring code coverage of Python programs

• How To Avoid Using MTMail
• Using Ranger via NX    (There are "Troubleshooting Tips" starting on page 9.)
     ( NX test drive page to test your NX client.)
• Connecting to shemp via Remote Desktop
• How to Run X On Your PC
• Units of Measure: Digital and Metric, Binary and Decimal (pdf version)
• vi made less difficult       (postscript version)
• Introduction to RUR-PLE - (video 6:40)
• Learning Python w/RUR-PLE
• Gaddis, Starting Out with Python (3e) VideoNotes
• Liang, Introduction to Programming Using Python (1e) VideoNotes
• Introduction to idle (video 10:44)
• Linux reference page - fairly comprehensive
• Taking a screenshot in Linux
• Advice on Writing Understandable Programs
• Karel the Robot Programming Summary
• Contents of a .wor file
• Using "kill" To Log Out Extra Sessions
• Understanding C-strings
• Hierarchy Charts
• The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two:
  Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information (1956) by George A. Miller
• ASCII Code Chart       (pdf version)
• Harvard Mark I & II computers, Grace Hopper, and the first computer bug
• Robert Reave's Slides (by chapter covering) Dale/Weems Programming and Problem Solving with C++
• CSCI 2170 Slides from Carrano Data Abstraction & Problem Solving with C++

Python to C++ Transition References:

• A Transition Guide: Python 2 to C++
• A Brief Introduction to C++ for Python programmers
• Side-by-side: Python 2 and C/C++
• python2cpp

C++ References:

• Bjarne Stroustrup's:     Homepage     C++ links     C++ book     FAQ         C++11
• Online C++ Resources
• C++ Language Tutorial
• Iostream Library
• Output Manipulators
• C++ compiler support for new C++ features
• C++ Has Become More Pythonic
• C++ Programming Resource Center from Deitel
• C++ Programming for Scientists - from NIST
• Software Design Using C++ - from St. Vincent College
• The C Preprocessor
• C++ shell - a web-based C++ compiler environment

Misc. References:

• Windows 10 "dictation" feature for hands-free typing
• Proofreading Marks
• Linux
• Apple's Boot Camp utility
  Running Windows 10 on a Mac using Apple's Boot Camp utility
• XDP
• WebMail
• SciTE
• DDD
• gdb/wdb
• gdb quick reference (.pdf)
• RoboZZle Wiki
• The Secret Powers of Time - an RSAanimate presentation
• Khan Academy  (background story: College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube)
• Using the Google Cloud - free tutorials
• Education Portal - list of available materials
• TIOBE Programming Community Index
• bookboon.com eBooks
• Tony Gaddis's Twitter Feed

Experimental References:

• Personality Test Center
• HumanMetrics Jung Typology Test
• SimilarMinds Jung Personality Test
• Wikipedia on Myers-Briggs
• Reshma Saujani's TED talk: Teach girls bravery, not perfection

Introduction to Computer Science (CS106A) from Stanford Engineering Everywhere

RIT CSCI 141: Resources