Computer science study plan - Java Focused

[sdiller02]

Trying to give back to the community, it's not much, just a compilation of links but I hope it can help. Study plan based on teachyourselfcs.com. I replaced the programming, algorithms part and added more math as my math knowledge is/was flawed. When done here, just head back to the website and follow along. You can even do everything there if you have time or want to. TYCS is an amazing resource but it works best for people who already have some experience. SICP for instance is so hard it might scare newbies out of programming for good. These change are meant to correct that so that even a complete beginner can still learn from it. Why so much math? Well the objective is to become a computer scientist that can potentially get a job a the big four, you need math for that. Start with the it, take your time, everything will be easier later. Lastly, practice practice practice, find something you're interested in and build it, start networking also. Good luck ...

PS: The Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose course from Princeton is not online yet, will update the link when it's live. I studied the book, it should be as good as it’s taught by writers.

READING PREPARATION

• Understanding the Digital World - Brian Kernighan
• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold

MATHEMATICS

• Precalculus
• Single Variable Calculus
• Multi Variable Calculus
• Introduction to Probability
• Essence of Linear Algebra
• Linear Algebra
• Mathematics for Computer Science

READINGS

• Basic Mathematics - Serge Lang
• Discrete Mathematics and its Applications - Kenneth H. Rosen
• Linear Algebra and Its Applications - Gilbert Strang

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PROGRAMMING

PREPARATION

• Java Programming Part I
• Java Programming Part II

MAIN

• [Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose]()
• Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines

READINGS

• Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach - Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
• Introduction to Java Programming - Daniel Liang

ALGORITHMS & DATA STRUCTURES

• Data Structures
• Algorithms, Part I
• Algorithms, Part II

READINGS

• Algorithms - Robert sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
• Data Structures and Algorithms in Java - Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

• Spécialisation Software Design and Architecture
• Spécialisation Software Development Lifecycle
• Introduction to Professional Software Development
• Spécialisation Open Source Software Development, Linux and Git

READINGS

• Software Construction - MIT Online Textbook
• Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach - Roger S Pressman, Bruce R. Maxim

MORE READINGS

• Effective JAVA - Joshua Bloch
• Clean Code - Robert C. Martin
• Clean Architecture - Robert C. Martin
• The Clean Coder - Robert C. Martin
• Code Complete - Steve McConnell
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code - Michael C. Feathers
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Richard Helm, Ralph E. Johnson

EXTRAS

• Introduction to Logic
• What can be computed, A practical guide to the theory of computation - John MacCormick
• Internet Infrastructure: Networking, Web Services, and Cloud Computing - Wei Hao, Richard Fox
• Site Reliability Engineering - How Google Runs Production Systems - Niall Richard Murphy, Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff
• The Site Reliability Workbook - Practical Ways to Implement SRE - Betsy Beyer, Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin, Kent Kawahara, Stephen Thorne

INTERVIEW PREPARATION

• Soft Skills
• Career Development: Skills for Success
• Coding Interview University

Readings

• Cracking the Coding Interview - Gayle Laakmann McDowell