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📣 turuinedmylife

How to get done with programming basics fast?


I've a computer engineering degree but I forgot everything that I studied due to memory loss I had few years ago. :(

My goal is to be a learner of computer science for the love of it.

Below are the curriculum that I want to accomplish. The way I want to accomplish them is through in-depth study instead of just surface level skimming. I solve almost all exercises of java programming textbook. I build projects. But learning takes time. It's slow. I've been studying java since Mar 2024(3hrs/day), and I have completed 1/3rd of the book as of now.

In java, I'm about to finish OOPs concepts. But since I love java, I want to complete entire book. It generally should've taken 1 week to finish 1 chapter(with 3-5 hrs of study per day) but OOPs is hitting hard and learning is getting delayed.

- java programming

- data structures

- algorithms

- operating system

- computer organization and architecture

- database management system

- computer graphics

- computer network

- distributed systems

You might say just start data structures and algorithms. But here's the problem. I want to implement data structures in java. For which OOPs is good to have.

I want to solve interesting problems in algorithms textbook, simulate them (So learning a gui like javafx is also essential).

Then, I plan to study OS where I solve all exercises from the dinosaur book(at least most relevant)...

I will study COA by solving patterson's books problems. Then I will learn dbms. Where I would not solve anything. Instead I'd focus on sql querying and database administration books.

Then, I will learn servers etc in computer networks, implement networked programming in java(So I need to learn network programming as well in java or any other language).

I'll study distributed systems with case study like Kafka, Redis, DNS etc.

Finally, I will do computer graphics where my goal is to make some good graphics.


  👤 brudgers Accepted Answer ✓
A classic essay on the subject:

https://norvig.com/21-days.html

Good luck.