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Reddit mentions of The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
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Release date | December 2016 |
I'd recommend The Self-Taught Programmer
I think it gives a very good overview of a first two semester sequence of Computer Science. Code as someone else said is also good, but IMO a little too abstract to read. Save a lot of that stuff for when you actually take courses IMO.
Don't get overwhelmed and give up though! This stuff is heavy, I'd still take the class this fall if you aren't getting any of this now reading it.
The Self-taught Programmer
Alright man, let's do this. Sorry, had a bit of a distraction last night so didn't get around to this. By the way, if you look hard enough, you can find PDF versions of a lot of these books for free.
Classic computer science principle books that are actually fun and a great read (This is the kind of fundamental teachings you would learn in school, but I think these books teach it better):
Then, if you want to get into frontend web development for example, I would suggest the following two books for the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. What I like about these books is they have little challenges in them:
Another great book that will teach you just fundamentals of coding using an extremely flexible programming language in Python, how to think like a programmer is this book (disclaimer: I haven't read this one, but have read other Head First books, and they rock. My roommate read this one and loved it though):
Let me know if you want any other recommendations when it comes to books on certain areas of software development. I do full stack web app development using .NET technology on the backend (C# and T-SQL) and React in the frontend. For my personal blog, I use vanilla HTML, CSS, and Javascript in the frontend and power backend content management with Piranha CMS (.NET Core based). I often times do things like pick up a shorter course or book on mobile development, IoT, etc. (Basically other areas from what I get paid to do at work that interest me).
If I recommended the very first book to read on this list, it would be the Head First book. Then I would move over to the first book listed in the classic computer science book if you wanted to go towards understanding low level details, but if that's not the case, move towards implementing something with Python, or taking a Python web dev course on Udemy..
Other really cool languages IMO: Go, C#, Ruby, Javascript, amongst many more
P.S. Another book from someone that was in a similar situation to you: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Taught-Programmer-Definitive-Programming-Professionally-ebook/dp/B01M01YDQA/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=self+taught+programmer&qid=1557324500&s=books&sr=1-2