First Year Resources

Welcome to the Computer Science course. First year computer science introduces to the facinating world of computers and computing. The resources below are some of the most important as you begin your computer science path. Enjoy as you browse through.

Computer Courses

Introduction to Programming (Pascal)

The first programming-language the curriculumn will expose you to is the pascal programming as your foundation and introduction to computer programming.

Information and Communication Technology Systems

Here you will learn about the broad field of computer science and computing systems from basic computer organization to computed devices and cyber security.

Extra Curricular Compututer Science

These are relavant extra currucular computer science activities provided by ICTAZ Mukuba in conjunction with Hack Club.

Introduction to programming (Pascal)

Compilers & Editors

Essential Compilers and Editors
Free Pascal

is a compiler for the closely related programming-language dialects Pascal and Object Pascal. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License, with exception clauses that allow static linking against its runtime libraries and packages for any purpose in combination with any other software license (wikipedia). Best paired with free geany IDE Learn How

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Lazarus IDE

is a free cross-platform visual integrated development environment (IDE) for rapid application development (RAD) using the Free Pascal compiler. Its goal is to provide an easy-to-use development environment for programmers developing with the Pascal Object language, which is as close as possible to Delphi.

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Geany IDE

Geany is a lightweight GUI text editor using Scintilla and GTK, including basic IDE features. It is designed to have short load times, with limited dependency on separate packages or external libraries on Linux. Best paired with free pascal Learn How

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Suggested books

Essential Books
introduction to pascal
Pascal Programming Book by B.J. Holmes

The aim of this book is to help the reader acquire and develop the skill of computer programming in a block structured language and foster an understanding of the related topics of data structures and data processing.

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Online resources

The best online resources for Pascal
Github
Mukuba University Github Repo

This is were all our source codes projects and classroom examples and exercise solution resides to enhance your learning.

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ICTAZ
ICTAZ Mukuba Blog

The ICTAZ Mukuba University Blog is a filled with tutorial and article relevant for the study of Computer Science, IT and Education.

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Tutorials Point
Tutorials Point

Tutorials point provide and exellent reference material examples and exercises great for learning pascal.

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Free Code Camp
Pascal-Programming.info

Pascal programming info provide a good free resource for learning pascal programming. In addition they provide a free android app for offline viewing.

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Introduction to Computing

Suggested Books

Essentials Books Introduction To Computing
Cambridge IGCSE® Computer Science Coursebook
Cambridge IGCSE® Computer Science Coursebook

You will find this book handy for Introduction to computer science.This book covers all nessesary topics for the course from number Systems, input/output devices, security, basic Algorithms & flow charts and much more.

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Computer Science Illuminated
Computer Science Illuminated

Designed for the introductory computing and computer science course, the student-friendly Computer Science Illuminated, Seventh Edition provides students with a solid foundation for further study, and offers non-majors a complete introduction to computing.. (bookauthority.org)

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aqaComputerScience
AQA Computer Science for GCSE Student Book

Instils a deeper understanding and awareness of computer science, and its applications and implications in the wider world. Develops knowledge and computational thinking skills with tasks featured throughout the book. (google books)

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Online Resources

Online Resources For Intro to Computer Science
Tutorials Point
W3Schools

W3Schools is an educational website for learning web technologies online. Content includes tutorials and references relating to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, Python, AngularJS, React.js, SQL, Bootstrap, Sass, Node.js, jQuery, XQuery, AJAX, XML, Raspberry Pi, C++, C# and Java. (wikipedia)

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Javapoint
Tutorials Point

Tutorialspoint.com is a dedicated website to provide quality online education in the domains of Computer Science, Information Technology, Programming Languages, and other Engineering as well as Management subjects.

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Salman Khan, with the goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of videos. wikipedia

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Other Resources

Miscellaneous

Important Computer Skills You Will Be Glad You Have
typing club
Typing Club

Trivial as it may sound typing on the keyboard without looking at the keys is a skill few people mastered... mainly due to lack of exposure. But! it is surely one skill you will be glad to have. Plus it is easy to learn especially on this game interface! Grab a keyboard and learn to type the proper way.

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Github Education

Github Education provides a wealth of resources for teacher and student coders exposing them to real world production and industry standard tools and learning materials. Sign up to gihub and spare some time to study using world class resources.

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