Many aspects of computer science are fundamental to data science. A good data scientist has to be able to transform/extract/manipulate lots of data. Computer programming is the main technique for such operations. Here are numerous resources to help you learn the fundamentals of computer science.
Online Computer Science Courses: Introductory Level
If you are not familiar with computer programming, this list is a good place to start.
- Udacity Introduction to Computer Science
- Coursera Computer Science 101
- Coursera Learn to Program: The Fundamentals
- Codecademy – A wonderful interactive site for learning to program
Online Computer Science Courses: More Advanced
- Udacity Algorithms
- Udacity Design of Computer Programs
- Coursera Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code
- Coursera Algorithms Part 1 and Part 2
- Coursera Design and Analysis of Algorithms Part 1 and Part 2
Two More Helpful Resources
Stack Overflow is a great site for answering all of your programming questions. It is good for beginners as well as more advanced programmers. Also, if you start writing a lot of code, Github is a great place to store that code.
Ryan,
Have you gotten wind of the coming data science course at Coursera?
https://www.coursera.org/course/datasci
I, personally, couldn’t be more stoked!
Yes, I am pretty stoked about it too. Hopefully, I will throw up a link to it tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
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