Programming Resources

Courses

Courses with Video Lectures

http://cmlakhan.github.io/courses/videos.html

CMU 15-814: Types and Programming Languages

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rwh/courses/typesys/

Introduction to DevOps

• intro: Learn how to make your application lifecycle faster and more predictable for both developers and the operations team.
• homepage: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-devops-microsoft-dev212x

Top Machine Learning MOOCs and Online Lectures: A Comprehensive Survey

• blog: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/07/top-machine-learning-moocs-online-lectures.html

Assembly

A fundamental introduction to x86 assembly programming

• blog: https://www.nayuki.io/page/a-fundamental-introduction-to-x86-assembly-programming

C/C++

Templatized C++ Command Line Parser Library

• intro: TCLAP is a small, flexible library that provides a simple interface for defining and accessing command line arguments
• homepage: http://tclap.sourceforge.net/
• manual: http://tclap.sourceforge.net/manual.html

C/C++ tip: How to get the process resident set size (physical memory use)

• blog: http://nadeausoftware.com/articles/2012/07/c_c_tip_how_get_process_resident_set_size_physical_memory_use

Adcanced Linux Programming

• book: http://advancedlinuxprogramming.com/

The Ultimate Question of Programming, Refactoring, and Every

• intro: The book covers 42 recommendations about programming in C/C++. It contains real examples with errors and the author gives explanations of how these bugs could be avoided. — Alex Astva
• gitbook: https://www.gitbook.com/book/alexastva/the-ultimate-question-of-programming-refactoring-/details
• pdf: https://www.gitbook.com/download/pdf/book/alexastva/the-ultimate-question-of-programming-refactoring-

openFrameworks: an open source C++ toolkit for creative coding.

• homepage: http://openframeworks.cc/

Awesome C++: A curated list of awesome C/C++ frameworks, libraries, resources, and shiny things

• homepage: https://cpp.libhunt.com/

shpp: Call c++ functions from a shell with any arguments of any types parsed automatically

• github: https://github.com/GrossoMoreira/shpp

AwesomePerfCpp: curated list of awesome C/C++ performance optimization resources: talks, articles, books, libraries, tools, sites, blogs

• homepage: https://fenbf.github.io/AwesomePerfCpp/
• github: https://github.com/fenbf/AwesomePerfCpp

CUDA

Implementing Run-length encoding in CUDA

• blog: https://erkaman.github.io/posts/cuda_rle.html

Mixed-Precision Programming with CUDA 8

• blog: https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/mixed-precision-programming-cuda-8/

Docker

Docker for Beginners: A comprehensive tutorial on getting started with Docker!

• tutorial: http://prakhar.me/docker-curriculum/
• github: https://github.com/prakhar1989/docker-curriculum

Introduction to Docker (for Data Scientists)

• github: https://github.com/jseabold/pydata-chi-docker

Git

Learn Git in 30 Minutes

• blog: http://tutorialzine.com/2016/06/learn-git-in-30-minutes/

Git diff tips and tricks

https://blog.twobucks.co/git-diff-tips-and-tricks/

Git-Repo The ultimate utility for managing services

http://i.got.nothing.to/code/on/git-repo:_the_utility_for_services/

GitHub vs. Bitbucket vs. GitLab vs. Coding

https://medium.com/flow-ci/github-vs-bitbucket-vs-gitlab-vs-coding-7cf2b43888a1#.9fk5ubn5n

Git as a NoSql database

• blog: https://www.kenneth-truyers.net/2016/10/13/git-nosql-database/

Go

Go by Example

• blog: https://gobyexample.com/

Java

Java Decompiler

http://jd.benow.ca/

JavaScript

JavaScript on Board: With Maps, Dynamic Arrays and Objects out of the box. Just plug in and start creating in seconds

http://www.espruino.com/

Introduction to Functional Programming in JavaScript (Part 1)

https://asep.co/introduction-to-functional-programming-in-javascript-part-1/?utm_source=hn&utm_medium=direct-share&utm_campaign=fp-in-javascript

Lisp

mal - Make a Lisp

• intro: Mal is a learning tool, implemented in 56 languages
• github: https://github.com/kanaka/mal
• guide: https://github.com/kanaka/mal/blob/master/process/guide.md

Build Your Own Lisp: Learn C and build your own programming language in 1000 lines of code!

http://www.buildyourownlisp.com/

Math

Benchmarking matrix multiplication implementations

• intro: Naive / Transposed / sdot / SSE sdot / SSE+tiling sdot / OpenBLAS / uBLAS / Eigen
• github: https://github.com/attractivechaos/matmul

ISAAC: Input-aware BLAS for super high-performance Linear Algebra on CUDA and OpenCL

• github: https://github.com/ptillet/isaac

Python

Python Computing for Data Science: An Undergraduate/Graduate Seminar Course at UC Berkeley (AY 250)

• github: https://github.com/profjsb/python-seminar

Awesome Python: A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources

• github: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python

Python 资源大全中文版

• intro: Python资源大全中文版，内容包括：Web框架、网络爬虫、网络内容提取、模板引擎、数据库、数据可视化、 图片处理、文本处理、自然语言处理、机器学习、日志、代码分析等
• github: https://github.com/jobbole/awesome-python-cn

live programming mode of Python Tutor

• intro: This is the live programming mode of Python Tutor, which continually runs and visualizes your code as you type
• website: http://pythontutor.com/live.html#mode=edit

A collection of useful scripts, tutorials, and other Python-related things

• github: https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference

CME 193: Introduction to Scientific Python

• course page: http://web.stanford.edu/~arbenson/cme193.html

Interesting Python Tutorials

• blog: https://pythontips.com/2016/08/19/interesting-python-tutorials/

PyInstaller

• intro: PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package. The user can run the packaged app without installing a Python interpreter or any modules.
• website: http://www.pyinstaller.org/
• docs: http://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
• github: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller

From Python to Numpy

• book: http://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/from-python-to-numpy/
• github: https://github.com/rougier/from-python-to-numpy

Numpy exercises.

• github: https://github.com/Kyubyong/numpy_exercises

Python 2 vs Python 3: Practical Considerations

• blog: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/python-2-vs-python-3-practical-considerations-2

problem-solving-with-algorithms-and-data-structure-using-python 中文版

• github: https://github.com/facert/python-data-structure-cn

Regulex

Regulex: JavaScript Regular Expression Visualizer

[https://jex.im/regulex/#!embed=false&flags=&re=%5E(a%7Cb)%3F%24](https://jex.im/regulex/#!embed=false&flags=&re=%5E(a%7Cb)%3F%24)

Demystifying The Regular Expression That Checks If A Number Is Prime

https://iluxonchik.github.io/regular-expression-check-if-number-is-prime/

Visualization of Regulex

http://refiddle.com/

https://regexper.com/

https://www.debuggex.com/

Rust

RustPrimer

• github: https://github.com/rustcc/RustPrimer

intellij-rust: Rust plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

https://intellij-rust.github.io/

Shell

ShellCheck - A shell script static analysis tool

• intro: ShellCheck is a GPLv3 tool that gives warnings and suggestions for bash/sh shell script
• github: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck

Vim

Things About Vim I Wish I Knew Earlier

• blog: http://blog.petrzemek.net/2016/04/06/things-about-vim-i-wish-i-knew-earlier/

PacVim

• intro: PacVim is a game that teaches you vim commands. You must move pacman (the green cursor) to highlight each word on the gameboard while avoiding the ghosts (in red).
• github: https://github.com/jmoon018/PacVim

Turning vim into an IDE through vim plugins

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/blog/2014/11/23/way-vim-ide/

Powerful VIM config on Github

spf13-vim: The Ultimate Vim Distribution

![(http://i.imgur.com/kZWj1.png)]

• homepage: http://vim.spf13.com/
• github: https://github.com/spf13/spf13-vim

dot-vimrc: Maple’s vim config files

• github: https://github.com/humiaozuzu/dot-vimrc

vimrc: The Ultimate vimrc

• github: https://github.com/amix/vimrc

Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering: Cracking Sublime Text 3

• blog: http://blog.fernandodominguez.me/cracking-sublime-text-3/

Tmux

A Tmux crash course: tips and tweaks.

• blog: http://tangosource.com/blog/a-tmux-crash-course-tips-and-tweaks/

Coding

Awesome Creative Coding

• github: https://github.com/terkelg/awesome-creative-coding

Top 10 coding challenges Websites

• blog: http://infocreeds.com/top-10-coding-challenges-websites/

Hackerrank - A great collection of questions to solidify your programming skills

https://www.hackerrank.com/domains

Python / C++ 11 Solutions of All 418 LeetCode Questions

• github: https://github.com/kamyu104/LeetCode

OpenGrok - a wicked fast source browser

• homepage: http://opengrok.github.io/OpenGrok/
• github: https://github.com/OpenGrok/OpenGrok

Code of Honor Series

Tough times on the road to Starcraft

• blog: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/tough-times-on-the-road-to-starcraft

StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames

• blog: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/starcraft-orcs-in-space-go-down-in-flames

The StarCraft path-finding hack

• blog:

The making of Warcraft

• part 1: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-making-of-warcraft-part-1
• part 2: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-making-of-warcraft-part-2
• part 3: http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-making-of-warcraft-part-3

Music and Coding

Music and Coding Part 1: Why listen while you work?

https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2014/07/music-coding-part-1-listen-work/

Music and Coding Part 2: What to listen to?

https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2014/08/music-and-coding-part-2-listen/

Music and Coding Part 3: How to listen to music

https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2014/08/music-and-coding-part-3-listen-music/

Programming Languages Used for Music

• blog: http://www.nosuch.com/plum/cgi/showlist.cgi?sort=name&concise=yes

Debugging

Debugging with GDB: a real life example

• blog: http://blog.0x972.info/?d=2015/09/09/09/19/14-debugging-with-gdb-a-real-life-example

Tips for Productive Debugging with GDB

• blog: https://metricpanda.com/tips-for-productive-debugging-with-gdb

A browser-based frontend/gui for GDB

• intro: A modern, browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Add breakpoints, view stack traces, and more in C, C++, Go, and Rust! Simply run gdbgui from the terminal and a new tab will open in your browser.
• github: https://github.com/cs01/gdbgui

GDB基础 - 张银奎

• slides: http://001001.org/gedu/06_LINUX_Raymond_GDB.pdf

Programming

Why is Object-Oriented Programming Useful? (With a Role Playing Game Example) http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2014/12/02/why-is-object-oriented-programming-useful-with-an-role-playing-game-example

Scraping NBA Play-by-Play Data with Scrapy & MongoDB

http://blog.nycdatascience.com/students-work/scraping-nba-play-by-play-data-with-scrapy-mongodb/

15 Sites for Programming Exercises

• blog: http://programmingzen.com/15-sites-for-programming-exercises/

Eliminate null-checks using arrays

• blog: http://firstclassthoughts.co.uk/Articles/Readability/NullCheckEliminationUsingArrays.html

Game AI Programming

The AI Programmer’s Bookshelf: A list of useful books for game AI programming.

• intro: Jeff Orkin, MIT Media Lab
• homepage: http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/aibooks.html

GENERAL EXAMS READING LIST

http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~jorkin//generals/general_exams.html

UAlbertaBot - StarCraft AI Competition Bot

https://github.com/davechurchill/ualbertabot

Software Development

Professional Software Development: For Students

• book: http://mixmastamyk.bitbucket.org/pro_soft_dev/

Software Engineering at Google

• intro: catalog and describe Google’s key software engineering practices.
• arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.01715

Codes

The Archive of Interesting Code

• intro: 95 entries
• author: by Keith Schwarz, Stanford CS166.
• blog: http://www.keithschwarz.com/interesting/

Dijkstra Cartography

• intro: Using Dijkstra’s algorithm (“finding the shortest paths between nodes in a graph”) to draw maps
• github: https://github.com/ibaaj/dijkstra-cartography

Interesting Projects

Game

(Update: this repo has been taken down by Blizzard) StarCraft: HTML5 version for StarCraft game

• project: https://github.com/gloomyson/StarCraft
• news: https://torrentfreak.com/blizzard-nukes-popular-html5-version-of-starcraft-game-151010/
• news: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/09/07/starcraft-now-works-in-the-browser-and-its-amazing/

The Brood War API

• project: https://github.com/bwapi/bwapi

CodeCombat: Multiplayer programming game for learning how to code

• github: https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat
• homepage: http://codecombat.com/
• wiki: https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/wiki/Archmage-Home

BrowserQuest: a HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

• github: https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest
• homepage: http://browserquest.mozilla.org/

2048-AI

• demo: http://ovolve.github.io/2048-AI/
• github: https://github.com/ovolve/2048-AI
• stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22342854/what-is-the-optimal-algorithm-for-the-game-2048
• zh-blog: http://blogread.cn/it/article/6827?f=wb

The Berkeley Overmind Project

• intro: “The Overmind is an agent for playing StarCraft®: Brood War®, using BWAPI.”
• homepage: http://overmind.cs.berkeley.edu/

Spaceship.codes - A Game for Programmers

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• intro: A programming game in which the user writes JavaScript code to control a spaceship in order to complete some objective. https://fotino.me/intro-to-space-ai/ https://github.com/rfotino/space-ai

SnapSudoku: Extract and solve Sudoku from an image

• github: https://github.com/prajwalkr/SnapSudoku

TerraLegion

• github: https://github.com/jmrapp1/TerraLegion

Editing

Latex to HTML5

• project: https://github.com/smarr/latex-to-html5

LaTeX handwritten symbol recognition: Detexify Backend Server implemented in Haskell

• demo: http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
• github: https://github.com/kirel/detexify-hs-backend

Enhancements for The official editor for Code in the Dark

• github: [https://github.com/codeinthedark/editor/pull/1)

activate-power-mode atom package

• package: https://atom.io/packages/activate-power-mode

ActivatePowerMode: plugin for Xcode

• github: https://github.com/poboke/ActivatePowerMode

Texter

• intro: Texter is a little javascript experiment that lets you explore your creativity by drawing with words.
• demo: http://tholman.com/texter/
• github: https://github.com/tholman/texter

PDFMiner: a tool for extracting information from PDF documents

• github: https://github.com/euske/pdfminer/

A business card in LaTeX.

• github: https://github.com/opieters/business-card

Painting

polygen: genetic algorithm for approximating an image with polygons (Golang)

• github: https://github.com/armhold/polygen

PyGraphArt: Some Python code to make GIFs from graph algos

• github: https://github.com/dnlcrl/PyGraphArt

WaveFunctionCollapse: Bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics.

• github: https://github.com/mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse

Utilities

Python Gems: A collection of python scripts that solve interesting problems

• github: https://github.com/RealHacker/python-gems

nude.js: Nudity detection with JavaScript and HTMLCanvas

• website: http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/nudejs/
• github: https://github.com/pa7/nude.js

Hastily - A downloader of subtitles(Haskell)

https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hastily

nba-cli: Get NBA Data From The Command Line

• github: https://github.com/jaebradley/nba-cli

Octotree: Code tree for GitHub and GitLab

• github: https://github.com/buunguyen/octotree

coursera-dl-all

• github: https://github.com/Chillee/coursera-dl-all

gifify: Convert any video file to an optimized animated GIF.

• intro: Convert any video file to an optimized animated GIF. Either in its full length or only a part of it.
• github: https://github.com/vvo/gifify

pdf-diff: A PDF comparison utility in Python

https://github.com/JoshData/pdf-diff

Web Image Downloader Tools

• intro: Python utilities for automated download of images from various web sources
• github: https://github.com/kencoken/imsearch-tools

Multi-media

cmus — C* Music Player

• website: [https://cmus.github.io/]
• github: https://github.com/cmus/cmus

a2mp3 - anything2mp3

• github: https://github.com/apfeltee/a2mp3

eyeD3

• intro: a Python tool for working with audio files, specifically mp3 files containing ID3 metadata (i.e. song info).
• homepage: http://eyed3.nicfit.net/
• installation: http://eyed3.nicfit.net/installation.html

Algorithm

Lean: a new open source theorem prover

• intro: Microsoft Research
• website: http://leanprover.github.io/

Technology

RF-Capture: Capturing the Human Figure Through a Wall

• project: http://rfcapture.csail.mit.edu/
• paper: http://rfcapture.csail.mit.edu/rfcapture-paper.pdf

Stealing Keys from PCs using a Radio: Cheap Electromagnetic Attacks on Windowed Exponentiation

• homepage: https://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/

A Windows 95 Simulator on Browser

https://win95.ajf.me/win95.html

eviltransform: Transform coordinate between earth(WGS-84) and mars in china(GCJ-02)

• github: https://github.com/googollee/eviltransform
• blog(“Why You Can’t Trust GPS in China”): http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/digital-maps-skewed-china

Apollo-11: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules

• github: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

Others

Module 7: Introduction to D3.js

• github: https://github.com/INFO-474/m7-d3-intro

Resources

24 Data Science, R, Python, Excel, and Machine Learning Cheat Sheets

• blog: http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/20-data-science-r-python-excel-and-machine-learning-cheat-sheets

Reading for graduate students

http://matt.might.net/articles/books-papers-materials-for-graduate-students/