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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by munificent on Friday September 08, 2017 @12:57PM (#15201885)

> I love this trend of using comics to describe technical ideas (which, as far as I can tell, started in earnest with Julia Evans).

Julia deserves a ton of credit, but I think it's also important to remember whytheluckystiff's "Poignant Guide to Ruby" [1]. Going even farther back, Forrest M Mims' electronics books [2], which I remember being sold in Radio Shacks, get much of their fame and familiarity from being hand-written.

[1]: https://poignant.guide/ [2]: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Electronics-Forrest-M...

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by warvair on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:31PM (#15204936)

Also, "Starting Forth" by Leo Brodie is the earliest computer-related version of teaching with comics I can remember reading. It came out around 1981 and you can find an online version (including most of the original illustrations) here: https://www.forth.com/starting-forth/0-starting-forth/

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by fapjacks on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:12PM (#15204625)

Forrest Mims III taught me electronics as a teenager. Also Larry Gonick really rounded out my rusty calculus knowledge with his "Cartoon Guide to Calculus" [0] This is just the product page, no stupid referral on the link.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Guide-Calculus/dp/0061689092

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by humanrebar on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:46PM (#15205159)

I was about to post Gonick's guide to physics. Fantastic series.

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by smnplk on Saturday September 09, 2017 @04:40AM (#15206129)

Wow, he has many cartoon guides (stats, chemistry, algebra, history..) Check this out https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Gonick/e/B000AQ75IY/ref=dp_byli... Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by fish_fan on Friday September 08, 2017 @05:25PM (#15204083)

I remember this going back at least to The Little Lisper, though they more accompany the text than serve as explanations themselves. The aesthetic certainly leaks into the lessons.

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by erikschoster on Saturday September 09, 2017 @09:43AM (#15207035)

Another, from 1978: 'A Fortran Coloring Book' https://archive.org/details/9780262610261

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by tudorw on Saturday September 09, 2017 @04:29AM (#15206102)

here's one on soldering, http://cornfieldelectronics.com/cfe/projects.php

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Re:Show HN: A coloring book of data structures and algorithms by cyphar on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:22PM (#15205095)

There's also the SELinux Colouring Book by Dan Walsh and Mairin Duffy.

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