I am a novice programmer learning it primarily through How to Design Programmes, 2nd edition. I have to say it is a unique book, as it claims and superbly designed and written. I think any one who wants to learn programming should go through the entire book - if he/she knows it, the progress will be very quick and the result from the basics to the advanced levels will be logical and lay a foundation for a lifetime.<div> </div><div>Saad <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Matthias Felleisen <<a href="mailto:matthias@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">matthias@ccs.neu.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On Jun 27, 2012, at 1:39 AM, <a href="mailto:mike@goblin.punk.net">mike@goblin.punk.net</a> wrote: > I am planning to work through _How to Design Programs_ but > already have some (imperative) programming experience as well as > some exposure to Racket/Scheme. > > I found the following piece of advice in the mailing list > archive. Any updates or other tips? > > <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/plt-scheme/msg/167c9643e187d265" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/plt-scheme/msg/167c9643e187d265</a> > > Thank you, > Mike > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</a> The advice is appropriate for someone who has a good amount of programming experience and is comfortable with some Racket. Today I would amend it with a pointer to the second edition of the book (work in progress): <a href="http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html</a> (see note on Draft version on first page). Again, holler if you need help -- Matthias ____________________ Racket Users list: <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</a> </blockquote></div> </div>