Computer Science textbooks that are freely available online • Hacker News Board

rckoepke wrote: post #14

https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/index has 100% free interactive versions of high quality textbooks. They use a JavaScript implementation of Python which runs in the browser (Skulpt) to provide a REPL. Example Textbooks: Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python (3rd edition)

I had blogged about them, but for a different reason, also interactive - online turtle graphics:

Online turtle graphics in Python from Runestone Interactive:

https://jugad2.blogspot.com/2013/02/online-turtle-graphics-i...

Had also mentioned that anyone can host a course there for free.

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Post by isaacdl » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 2:36 AM UTC

riknos314 wrote: post #24

Runestone academy has a good collection of interactive online textbooks https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/index Disclaimer: I helped build this platform as a student

Hey, I worked on Runestone as a student too, with Brad! Small world :).

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Post by asicsp » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 4:31 AM UTC

All my ebooks are free to read online: https://github.com/learnbyexample/scripting_course#ebooks

And here's a huge list of freely available programming books: https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/boo...

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Post by brogrammer2018 » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 4:55 AM UTC

The best list: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/bl...

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Post by teleforce » Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 6:04 AM UTC

Nice list thanks.

Perhaps you can add "High Performance Browser Networking" in your networking book section:

https://hpbn.co/