Re:Ask HN: Great and intuitive courses on Algorithms
by yzzxy on Saturday November 29, 2014 @03:46PM
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> my parents won't let me spend my pocket money on them
This sounds like a larger problem. Unless they're trying to get you to invest it or something "responsible," it seems like a red flag that someone as interested in computing as you appear to be would have parents stifling their learning.
On a more useful note, there are some good courses available on Coursera:
Both the Stanford and Princeton intro courses there don't appear to require nonfree texts.
Also, I wouldn't worry about a course being "old." Algorithms don't really go out of style, outside of some advanced topics like concurrency and architecture-specific design. Algorithm texts from the last century (or perhaps even earlier, if you look at number theory work by ancient mathematicians) are totally useful and relevant today.
This sounds like a larger problem. Unless they're trying to get you to invest it or something "responsible," it seems like a red flag that someone as interested in computing as you appear to be would have parents stifling their learning.
On a more useful note, there are some good courses available on Coursera:
https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=algorithms&languages=...
Both the Stanford and Princeton intro courses there don't appear to require nonfree texts.
Also, I wouldn't worry about a course being "old." Algorithms don't really go out of style, outside of some advanced topics like concurrency and architecture-specific design. Algorithm texts from the last century (or perhaps even earlier, if you look at number theory work by ancient mathematicians) are totally useful and relevant today.