04/06: CS106A - Code in Place
I’m Nick and this is your daily COVID-19 update. All data from JHU CCSE.
Europe
620,147 confirmed cases ( + 28,728 from yesterday)
121,808 recovered
48,707 deceased
Most heavily affected countries
This is where I share something that inspires me in these challenging times.
This is my way of saying: “Sure, the world’s on fire - but look, there’s also this”.
Stanford engineering offers their famous CS106A introductory programming course to the word
The CS106A course is one of the most famous computer science courses in the world. In light of COVID-19, Stanford has decided to create an online version of the course and to open it up to the world!
CS106A is one of most popular courses at Stanford University, taken by almost 1,600 students every year. It has been developed over the last 30 years by an amazing team, including Nick Parlante, Eric Roberts and more. The course teaches the fundamentals of computer programming using the widely-used Python programming language. This course is for everyone from humanists, social scientists, to hardcore engineers. CS106A - Code in Place is built off the first half of CS106A.
Code in Place require no previous background in programming---just a willingness to work hard and a love for learning. It requires considerable dedication and hard work, over a course of 5 weeks.
if you’re up for learning something new - and especially if you don’t have a technical background - you should check this out, it’s guaranteed to be lots of fun and super educational!
That’s it for today! Wash your hands and, please, be kind 🥰
Nick (from Sunny Singapore)