After a decade of partnership with Harvard, Yale’s CS50 course will no longer be offered starting in fall 2025 due to limited funding and an expanding computer science department.
  • doylio@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    20 hours ago

    I learned the basics of CS from this course online 7 years ago and it lead to a great career as a software dev. Hat’s off to the whole CS50 team for creating such an incredible resource and making it available for free!

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      413·
      1 day ago

      This reminds me of when Bobby Hill thinks Hank’s a millionaire because he doesn’t understand how the finances work.

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    2 days ago

    Sad to see. I took the free online version of the course a few years ago. It was really well organized. Although it faltered near the last classes (excessive focus on web site application) it was undoubtedly the best introductory course available for free on the web and perhaps even better than most paid ones. I do wish we could find out who was the secret donor, not to berate them, just to say thanks.

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 day ago

      I took one of the free CS50 classes (among others) on EdX years and years ago, and honestly it helped get me into the business and into the job I have now.

      It’s fun to joke I took a MIT class for free. But it honestly helped me learn some logic and enough stuff to get me going.

    • model_tar_gz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      The online version will remark free and available. The in-person, for credit course is being discontinued. Unless you are an incoming Harvard student, this won’t affect you.