A small list of introductory CS Resources

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Lectures (MIT, Stanford and the greats), general e-Learning

• http://bit.ly/I8emXd — A comprehensive list of open courses

• http://bit.ly/I8eqpP — Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, MIT

• http://academicearth.org/subjects/computerscience — AcadameicEarth (some intro courses available),

• https://www.coursera.org/category/cs — Coursera CS (more advanced courses)

Videos, Screencasts

• http://www.youtube.com/education — Youtube EDU
• http://www.dimecasts.net/ — Dime Casts (10 minute casts, a bit technology-specific)

Code-learning platforms

• http://www.codecademy.com — Code Academy (looks like the best bet)
• http://learncodethehardway.org/ — Learn Code the Hard Way (books for more programming languages)
• http://code.google.com/edu/ — Courses from Google

Programming languages

I've heard some recommendations throughout the years regarding the first programming language one should learn.
Most people recommend Ruby (my choice) or Python (will begin learning it at some point) :

• Ruby

• http://hackety.com/ — Hackety Hack

• http://rubymonk.com/ — Ruby Monk

• Python

• http://diveintopython3.ep.io/ — Dive Into Python

• http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ — Learn Python the hard way

Problem sets (with increasing difficulty, they do start from 0 though)

• http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems — Project Euler
• http://codekata.pragprog.com/ — Code Katas