Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects? ↗
The books people recommended
2023-01-17 · 473 points · 203 comments · 9 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
3 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall
- 3Eloquent JavaScript
- 2How to Design Programs
- 2Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming
- 2Practical Common Lisp
- 2Hands-on Rust
- 1Zero To Production In Rust
Zero To Production In Rust
1 here · 4 all-time · #450 overall
- 1Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation
Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 3 all-time · #561 overall
- 1Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++