References - NormandaleWells/CSn GitHub Wiki

This web site is highly influenced by the following references, some of which just happen to be the textbooks I use for CS0, CS1, and CS2.

• Algorithms, 4th Edition, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne

• Introduction to Programming in Java, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne

Algorithms, 4th Edition is the only book I would ever consider using for teaching a freshman/sophomore data structures and algorithms course. The influence of this book can be seen throughout the CS2 portion of this site, and somewhat in the CS1 topics as well.

Introduction to Programming in Java is also available in a Python version.

If Dr. Sedgewick and Dr. Wayne ever stumble across this site, I do hope that accept the imitation they see here as, indeed, the sincerest form of flattery.

• Head First Learn to Code, by Eric Freeman

This is an excellent book for learning to code using Python. I like it despite O'Reilly's annoying policy of not providing free desk copies to instructors.

• Fundamental Programming Concepts, by Frank Vahid

This is a very good web-based text from zyBooks. It steps the student through the basic CS0 topics using a very simple (too simple?) language the author invented for the book, called Coral. The only drawback for me is that it is very flowchart based, and I do have a "thing" against flowcharts. But this book does flowcharts in a very controlled way that makes them palatable to me.