CS50 2014 - Week 1

This week, David shows us the history of Paul Allen and Bill Gates and their path to programming the Altair 8800. We continue our look at Scratch, touching on variables, conditions, and we start to look at C and the CS50 Appliance.

[EslamMohamedX]

Prof. David, u r a pure TALENT !
thank u very much :)

[deekshithbommisetty]

David J. Malan
These lectures are making me understand my basics even better. I don't know from where you get soo much of energy but your style of teaching is thought provoking and entertaining.

[KunalYadav]

I never thought if Computer Science can be so much interesting! Thanks for providing such a

[mahmouds]

Most Amazing and entertaining way of teaching!! Can't get bored for a second
Thanks Prof. David J. Malan

[sankarebarri]

Computer science is making sense to me now...Thanks Harvard for such a wonderful proffessor!

[menhimself]

God what a professor. Wish we have such here in Slovakia :) Finally someone who can teach in human way.

[nocturnalsunlight]

I love dubstep. They make this amazing course even more enjoyable. :D

[brucesjoose]

This guy is a master educator. I am learning so much so fast

[happymos]

When how and what do i submit for the pset0? Where can I ontain the problem set at all? Please direct me to a link, if you may.

[sal]

Lol I wish you taught at DeVry.  Amazing. Quick question, if I get this $90 Harvard certificate is it for completing CS50 or the whole computer science course? Also, if employers call Harvard and ask for this certification will it count, like will it be Accredited.

[sheenabhdhar]

Thank you David for making it so easy for me to learn Computer Science! I'm an undergraduate student majoring in business but I've always wanted to learn about CS. I've been trying to find ways to learn it, bought some books too but they all presumed that I had some background in CS even though they all were entitled as introductory books. Could you kindly suggest me as to how I can move forwards in this field after completing this course?

[roseh]

why can't I watch this video anywhere - not at edx, not at cs50tv and not here? All the others work fine.

[garrec]

what is the dubstep song at the end called, and who made it? it was awesome

[tal]

Is there a follow up course to this class that is available online. I just started this course and am already looking for the next one because I like this one so much!

[mukarati.technologies]

where do i download the cs50 appliance

[ianastassov]

43:07 Is he about to say "crazy shit" :D

[ilsnorlaxil]

All i can think about at the end of this video is how he programmed that box to create the beats.  It seems like he has those little nodes to the left which changes the the reference notes of the squares which seem to be like the execution nodes, and like, ugh man i just wanna how he did it.  Did he decompose the song and make it so each little thing was as specific beat and he just did it by feeling? or did he do it based on some mathematical algorithm.  COMPUTER SCIENCE ROCKS

[RetroSpock]

What is the gedit side panel used during this lecture? Can't work it out because of the 360p resolution.

[SuperNeowiz]

Apparently in <stdio.h> the equivalent to string should be char. However it wont work for me for any reason. I'm trying to compile the source code with a different compiler just to see if I can do the same.

[RafaelCBF]

I should prob continue with the course and see if they answer my question but, why use an entirely new header when one could just use scanf, included in stdio.h, and not have to go through all the extra steps?