Ask HN: Resources for Software Engineering

#1

Post by deathWasp271 » Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

Hi all. I'm a 2nd year CS student who is well-versed with the basics of CS. I have completed a couple of small projects, which included a Tic-Tac-Toe and a minimalist RPG.

Over the summer, I would like to focus on building larger and more complex software systems, and over the next semester, I would be teaching what I learn to the freshmen at my institute.

What resources(books/videos/tutorials) would you recommend to me? How useful would be books on Design Patterns, and Software Engineering? I found the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge online, but I'm not sure how relevant it would be at my current position.

Re: Ask HN: Resources for Software Engineering

#2

Post by Haijal » Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 1:38 PM UTC

The biggest piece of advice I can gave you: develop everything! What I mean by that is just create lots of applications, and try to change their target so you aren't creating different versions of the same application. I admit I haven't looked at in recent years but I used to read: http://www.dreamincode.net/ a lot. You can search the forums for side project ideas if you are at a loss for your next project.

Re: Ask HN: Resources for Software Engineering

#3

Post by deathWasp271 » Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 10:28 PM UTC

Haijal wrote: post #2

The biggest piece of advice I can gave you: develop everything! What I mean by that is just create lots of applications, and try to change their target so you aren't creating different versions of the same application. I admit I haven't looked at in recent years but I used to read: http://www.dreamincode.net/ a lot. You can search the forums for side project ideas if you are at a loss for your next project.

While I understand the sentiment of learning by building, would it be appropriate to build a large software system in such a manner?