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Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by non-entity » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

terlisimo wrote: post #4

Design Your Own Computer (fpga/vhdl) https://github.com/MJoergen/nexys4ddr/tree/master/dyoc See how a cpu gets made from scratch.

Wow this looks cool! I will definitely be checking this out. I remember playing with 6502s a few years back and have been looking for a reason to toy with FPGA's.

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by kenforthewin » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #11

Hartl's Rails tutorial. Probably the best intro to modern full stack development I've ever come across. https://www.railstutorial.org/book

My choice as well. I'd also highlight http://railscasts.com/ as a great supplement.

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by Bjartr » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

Ray Tracing from the Ground Up, by Kevin Suffern

As a college freshman I started this book with only a passing familiarity to C++ and was able to follow it to implement a raytracer that supported depth of field and global illumination, among other things.

http://www.raytracegroundup.com/

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by jerryr » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #20

Easy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY0lrdXar8

I also really like his garlic video: https://jp.foundation/video/garlic-puree

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by SN76477 » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #20

Easy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY0lrdXar8

Thanks for this

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by clivestaples » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:05 PM UTC

zeroego wrote: post #13

As someone who was recently a total beginner, I've found two that I have really appreciated: 1. Learn to Program, by Chris Pine https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ 2. The C# Player's Guide, by R. B. Whitaker

I came here to mention Chris Pine. Amazing book and from my brief correspondence with him, a great guy.

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by enriquto » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:06 PM UTC

If the question was "what is your second favourite tutorial?" it would be very difficult to answer.

But, since the question is about the favorite, the answer is, unsurprisingly, "The C programming language" by Kernighan and Ritchie.

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by marai2 » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:10 PM UTC

Can someone recommend an easy tutorial for beginners for getting into electronics?

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by arionmiles » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:12 PM UTC

turingbombe wrote: post #17

I would really love one for containers/docker if anyone has a suggestion

I'd suggest "Practical Docker with Python: Build, Release and Distribute Your Python App with Docker" by Sathyajith Bhat.

Very beginner friendly.

Re: Ask HN: Your favourite tutorial for total beginners?

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Post by cake_42 » Thu, Aug 01, 2019, 4:13 PM UTC

nand2tetris.org Haven't finished it yet but it's all about building a full computer from a NAND to other logic gates (mux, dmux, and, or, etc) to higher level things like assembly, memory, cpu, and it keeps going to a tetris game. It's challenging, comprehensive and builds upon itself. It's awesome