resources

textbook

• interactive online : http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/pythonds/index.html
• hard copy : http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590282574

algorithm books and sources

• Think Complexity - python algorithms book ; free online version
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python - an online book
• summary of MIT intro algorithms lectures
• Algorithm Design Manual (used as our textbook in 2013)
  • Algorithm Design Manual textbook homepage
  • book code (in C)
  • video & audio lectures
  • solutions wiki
  • Stony Brook Algorithm Repository (descriptions and code)

Python

• python.org
  • install 2.7.8 (If your computer doesn't already have it.)
  • docs 2.7.8 (The python documentation will be more useful later in the term.)
• ipython.org - IPython is an interactive, alternative "python with extras" : browser notebook, scientific graphics & documents
  • install iPython , continuum's Anaconda version (everything included)
  • ipython docs
• python 2.7 quick reference
• python practice book
• Norm Matloff's Quick Python Tutorials
• codeacademy's - getting started with python
• MIT's gentle introduction to programming using python course
• list of the best free python books
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python: Interactive Edition 2.0
• Run python in a web browser.
  • PyCloud
  • https://www.pythonanywhere.com - includes a bash shell
  • http://pythontutor.com/ - visualize code execution
  • http://picloud.com - run local python function remotely, or run IPython notebooks on theirs.
  • https://www.pythonanywhere.com/try-ipython/ - IPython demo

C

• C refcard (pdf)
• K & R : the standard reference text
  • The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed; Kernighan and Ritchie
  • wikipedia: The_C_Programming_Language_(book)
  • http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628
• C Programming : a modern approach 2nd ed, by K. N. King
• Standford's EssentialC.pdf
• A Little C Primer (wikibooks)
• NYU C tutorial
• Matloff's unix & C tutorials

other software : unix & statistics

• learning the shell - the linux command line
• R - statistics & plotting
  • http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf - what to be careful of when using R. (Much of this is applicable to any programming language.)

background

• software tools - editors, compilers, statistics, etc
• Copyright and Palgiarism
• creative commons
• These wiki pages allow math formulas like \( \left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^\infty \frac{1}{i} \right) \) in LaTex via MathJax.