I am a recent grad with beginner knowledge in programming. I wanna get into programming seriously, and my former university is sponsoring all my coursera certifications. Which ones should I do over the summer?
Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
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Re: Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
#2I would recommend Andrew Ng's Deep Learning Course. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning
This course is extremely good mostly because it covers the essential theoretical topics and gives some practical advice. TIP: do solve the assignments bcz it will clear a lot of concepts while solving it. ( or other solution can be found on github )
Re: Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
#3Look up Programming Languages, part A and B
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#5Look up Programming Languages, part A and B
... and C. But I can see why you dropped Part C. Part A and B were excellent but C not that much.
Dan Grossman is an excellent educator. You'll probably learn more programming [languages] concepts than any other beginner's course.
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#6This isn't coursera, but it is so good I felt compelled to mention it, fast.ai is fantastic.
Re: Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
#7Look up Programming Languages, part A and B
... and C. But I can see why you dropped Part C. Part A and B were excellent but C not that much. Dan Grossman is an excellent educator. You'll probably learn more programming [languages] concepts than any other beginner's course.
C is the most important part to me, lol.
Re: Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
#8The first two course of the specialization on functional programming by Scala's founding father is worth your time if you're into that. I remember it being quite challenging, but gives you a thorough grasp of FP, and a new language in your toolkit.
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#9This isn't coursera, but it is so good I felt compelled to mention it, fast.ai is fantastic.
Seconding this. fast.ai has greatly emphasized practical approaches for those interested in building deep learning applications. While I haven't completed their Deep Learning from the Foundations course, I don't know of any other course that goes as in-depth on the fascinating topic of building your own Deep Learning API.
Re: Ask HN: Which Coursera courses/specializations you recommend?
#10Dan Boneh's Cryptography I course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto
I started learning about crypto from this one and found it well taught and detailed - he really goes into more rigorous proofs and attack models etc. When I did it (some 4-5 years ago) the assignments were also really challenging and fun, proper programming assignments.