Udacity CS101 Resources

This page collects some resources for my Udacity cs101: Introduction to Computer Science (Building a Search Engine) course.

Unforunately, as of Sept 2019, Udacity is redirecting all the links to this course to an unrelated "Introduction to Python Programming" (without any actual risk of being exposed to any computer science) course). The link to https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/cs101/ seems to still work (but requires registering for a Udacity account to see it). The videos are all available (and were released under a Creative Commons license, so can be mirrored) on youtube (Playlist).

Course Notes

Each link is a PDF file. For HTML versions of the notes, see the course wiki.

Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6

Python Reference

CS101: One Year Later (this blog post describes my experiences developing CS101 at Udacity)

Books

I've written two introductory computer science books, but neither is too closely related to this course.

Dori-Mic and the Universal Machine! (With Illustrations by Kim Dylla), 2014 A Tragicomic Tale of Combinatorics and Computability for Curious Children of All Ages "If only I had this book when I was a young student, I might have done something useful with my life like discover a new complexity class instead of dropping out and wasting my life on flipping pancakes, playing with basic blocks, and eradicating polo." Gill Bates, Founder of Mic-Soft Corporation

Introduction to Computing: Explorations in Language, Logic, and Machines Introductory computer science coursebook, 2007-2012. On-line version available from OTexts.org.

Both books are available as free downloads under a Creative Commons license. You can also buy nicely printed color versions from Amazon.com.