Competitive/Collaborative Programming Class

ICPC Computer Programming Contest Prep

Problem Solving in Computer Science

Spring 2015 -- CSC 2700 Section 01

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Programming, Computer Science, Art, Skill and a few other words bring about a log of discussion. Here are some web pages that relate to this broad topic:

Silenet Technical Privilege - easy for this guy to be accepted
A Commencement Speech for Graduating 2013 CS Majors
Reading Code
- Code is not Literature
- Reading, Writing and Code
- Reading Code: A Computer Science Curriculum
- How to Read Code
- Reading Code (Embedded in Academia)
Learning to Program
- The Importance of Whimsy in Learning to Program
- Calling all coders: How did you learn how to program?
- Open CS degrees
- What do you wish you'd known starting out as a programmer?
- What are the top 10 websites computer science students must visit?
Programming Ideas
- What are the genuinely useful ideas in programming?
- WTFs by programming language repository on github, revisted: The most WTF-y programming languages
- Things every practicing software engineer should aim to know
- Coding consensus: 9 popular programming conventions
- Arg! The 9 hardest things programmers have to do
- Ask Slashdot: What Do You Consider Elegant Code?
- Visualizing Algorithms
- Duff's Device - unrolling loops
Programming Language Related
- Is C Still Relevant in the 21st Century?
- 15 things we hate about Java
Programming Contest Related
- What are the 10 algorithms one must know in order to solve most algorithm challenges/puzzles?
- Dynamic Programming (DP): How can one start solving Dynamic Programming problems?
- Should programming contests be considered harmful? Why?
- Competitive Programming: What would you suggest for a team participating for the first time at the regionals?
- What is the best source to learn graph theory for competitive programming?
- Getting Started with the Sport of Programming
- Is my competitive programming approach correct?
- What are some good blogs for learning algorithms and competitive programming techniques?
- What are systematic ways to prepare for dynamic programming?
- What are some popular websites where people discuss algorithm problems?
- Competitive Programming: What are some must-know topics in discrete math and probability for competitive programming?
- ACM-ICPC: What are good ways to practice for ACM-ICPC as a team?
- What is a good 6 month plan to start and progress through competitive programming?
Does relying on an IDE for development make you a bad programmer?
Scientists Begin Looking at Programmers' Brains: The Neuroscience of Programming
Lies programmers tell themselves
Ouch! 7 historical decisions that continue to pain programmers
0, 1, 2, Go! 8 bad habits you can blame on programming
7 habits of highly successful Unix admins
Superclass: 14 of the world’s best living programmers
Python is now the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. universities
The Billionaire Mathematician
Convincing your mind to be rational
7 Proven Ways To Write Emails That Get Replies, Backed By Science
Slashdot - Just let me code
Dr. Dobb's - Juust let me code
Slashdot - Getting back to coding
DR> Dobb's - Getting back to coding
Videos
- You Tube
  - Andrew Sorensen OSCON 2014 Keynote: "The Concert Programmer"
- Ted Talks
Quora
What are some things that programmers and computer scientists know, but most people don't?

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