On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:12:45 -0800, josh wrote: > [pardon me if this is not the appropriate list] > > hello, > > i am interested in doing an undergraduate major in computer science > that mainly focuses on python as a programming language.. > > i am not a very bright student and neither do i have the money to > think about universities like caltech, stanford etc. i am looking for > a university that is easy to get admitted in and yet i can get good > knowledge and education out of it. > > also english is not my first language and i feel that acts against me, > but i do have a strong desire to learn. > > i have read the tutorials in python.org and understand the python > programming syntax but i feel that only a computer science class is > going to teach me how to program and apply advance concepts. if any > of you happen to know good video tutorials or self study materials or > tips that can act as an alternative to going to college, would you > please mind sharing or selling for something reasonable.
Try looking for these online references: * http://www.aduni.org - website of the defunct ArsDigita University. They have a plethora of resources that can be downloaded, or obtained in a couple of DVD's * http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy - How to think like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python (checkout their bibliography too. * http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. Not Python, but should give you a good material for functional programming - which is another paradigm that Python also supports. Try reading these (buy/steal :D) from your library: * The Art of Computer Programming (D. Knuth). 3 volumes and a fascicle of an upcoming volume. Very terse reading, but should you overcome this, you're on the way to computing greatness -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
