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Computer Science For Beginners With Harvard's CS50x

 CS50x is a highly popular online introductory course to Computer Science that just keeps going. You can now enrol in the self-paced 2022 edition for free on the revamped edX platform.

CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science comes from Harvard University and already had a long history as an on-campus course before its online incarnation as one of the very first courses on the edX platform in 2012. In 2018, when several spin-off courses were launced (see More CS50 Courses on edX) Sue Gee wrote:


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https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/15183-computer-science-for-beginners-with-harvards-cs50x-.html

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