CS 106A: Programming Methodology
Spring 2014

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Links

This page has various useful links about our course material and about computer science. Do you know a good link that is missing from our list? Email it to us!

Computer Science Major:

Stanford - Considering Computer Science as a major?
University of Colorado - Why Computer Science?
she++: Inspiring women to empower computer science
WICS: Women in Computer Science
Girls Teaching Girls to Code: a program where Stanford Women in Computer Science & Engineering teach, mentor, and inspire Bay Area high school girls
GirlGeeks (inspiring women in computing)

Java Programming:

Oracle's Java documentation
Stanford Java library documentation
CS 106A Style Guide (guidelines for coding style and design that we want you to follow on your homework)
Official Oracle Java coding conventions
Google's Java style guide

CodingBat (a useful site full of practice programming problems for Java/Python)
Practice-It!, Washington's Java practice problem web application written by Marty Stepp

Past 106A web sites:

Software:

Eclipse Java integrated development environment (an editor, compiler, debugger, etc.)

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (a free viewer so you can see the lecture slides)
OpenOffice.org (free office software that is compatible with Microsoft Office)
Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader (to view PDF documents)
Chrome web browser
Firefox web browser

Other Miscellaneous Links (not directly course-related):

Hacker's Dictionary
Building Java Programs, Marty Stepp's Java textbook (shameless PageRank boost!)
Web Programming Step by Step, Marty Stepp's web programming textbook (shameless PageRank boost!)

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