How to Become a Software Engineer

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Learn Computer Science without Computer

STEM Toys

• PS market: Programming Toys
• PS market: Science Toys
• Edison
• engino
• LEGO boost
• LEGO mindstorms
• Cubetto
• KIBO
• ozobot
• CleverBots
• UBTECH - Jimu Robot
• meccano
• Anki Cozmo
• Tenka Labs Circuit Cubes
• littleBits
• Robolink CoDrone

Referecnes

• The 17 Best STEM Toys That Teach Kids to Code (for Toddlers to Teens)

Activities

• CS Fundamentals Unplugged
• Computer Science without a computer
• Computer Science Unplugged

Books

• Computer Science Unplugged

Computer Science for Kids

• code.org

Learn Programming by Building Blocks(scratch)

• code.org: Hour of Code Activities
• Tynker: Coding for Kids (scratch)

Learn Programming by Playing Games

• Google: grasshopper
• codemonkey(CoffeeScript)
• CodeCombat(Python/Javascript/CoffeeScript/Lua)
• CodinGame(Almost All Programming Language)
• screeps

References

• 15 Free Games to Level Up Your Coding Skills
• 12 Free Games to Learn Programming

Creating A Sense of Accomplishment: Web Development

You can see what you code immediately by running the pages(your programs) in the browsers. It's most common way for non-CS students to learn programming.

• codecademy
• thimble

Start to Be Professional

Introduction to Computer Science

• Harvard CS50
• Stanford CS101
• Udacity CS101

Learn more: Open online courses

• Khan Academy
• Coursera
• edX
• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Udacity
• Teaching Tree: Learn by Topics
• code.org

Others

• Math
  • The underlying concepts of software comes from Math. To go deeply in CS, we get familiar with Math.
  • You can learn the from courses in Khan Academy to university-level in Coursera
• Physics and Electronic Engineering
  • The computer hardware is built for implementing the software. The better you know how how it works, the better you can write the efficient programs.
  • circuitlab is worth trying.
  • Arduino provides many kits for electronic hobbyist to build their own toys.