News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series... by newsoul on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:12AM (#34412551)
But is that suitable for a beginner?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series... by nesarkvechnep on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:19AM (#34412628)
Yes, it is. It’s not about machine learning, neural networks but the more approachable AI of the 80s.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series... by globalise83 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @09:26AM (#34412711)
Haven't tried his, but can GPT3 write code that results in 1980s style AI?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series... by nesarkvechnep on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:13AM (#34424202)
Why not go ask it?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series... by larve on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:43AM (#34413823)
It depends on what you mean by beginner, but I would say for someone who has been futzing with a couple of js boot camps or building some php websites, it’s what takes you from hacking to software development. Completely new to programming, maybe, if someone has a background in maths or physics and has a sense of “rigor” in thinking.

But, of all the books I worked through, this is the one I remember just having tons of fun because the examples are so cool and the code so… clear. I think norvigs programming course in python (which I only skimmed) could be a great modern equivalent.

[ Parent | on HN ]