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Computer Science From Scratch
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Computer Science From Scratch

by David Kopec
September 2025
Intermediate
280 pages
7h 38m
English
No Starch Press
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About the Author

David Kopec is an associate professor of computer science at Albright College. He joined academia in 2016 after working as a software developer, with a concentration in iOS app development. He’s the author of four previous technical books, including Classic Computer Science Problems in Python, which has been translated into eight languages and published around the world. An avid app developer and podcaster, Kopec lives with his wife and three children in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

About the Technical Reviewer

Michael Kennedy is well known in the Python space through his work at the Talk Python to Me and Python Bytes podcasts, which have covered important topics and news in the Python community for almost 10 years. He’s the ...

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