Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ABCs of Programming, a children’s picture book
As a programmer I wanted a way to explain to my toddler what I do at work. Currently I tell him I give hugs to robots and write email. So my wife and I wrote a picture book about programming concepts called "The ABCs of Programming" https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548489778
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ABCs of Programming, a children’s picture book launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An alphabet book about coding for kids
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A Day in Code▲126A picture book written in code (with English translations!)
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve been working on a unique storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work, and I would love to get your feedback. Set 500 years in the future, the story follows two kids – one a robot, the other a human – as they explore the workings of what to them is ancient technology: our present-day computers. I’ve aimed to keep each story short and engaging, sprinkling in humor and illustrations to captivate young readers. As an open-source project, you’re also welcome to check out the source here: https://github.com/yong/lostlanguageofthemachines
2024 · lostlanguageofthemachines.com · its alternatives →
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https://www.manning.com/books/data-oriented-programming-in-j... This book is a distillation of everything I’ve learned about what effective development looks like in Java (so far!). It's about how to organize programs around data "as plain data" and the surprisingly benefits that emerge when we do. Programs that are built around the data they manage tend to be simpler, smaller, and significantly easier understand. Java has changed radically over the last several years. It has picked up all kinds of new language features which support data oriented programming (records,…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Everyday Data Science. A book about using data science to solve day-to-day problems. It is a collection of stories, jokes, pictures, math, and code all designed to inspire future data professionals. We make decisions everyday, but often times we don
2021 · andrewnc.github.io · its alternatives →
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After a four year journey, the book I wrote to help junior and mid-level programmers earn their first promotion was published today . The book is titled Junior to Senior: Career Advice for the Ambitious Programmer and is now available on Holloway’s website[0]. I truly believe that soft-skills are what makes the difference between a good programmer and a great one. I also believe that anyone can learn the soft-skills needed to accelerate their programming career. I wish I’d had better resources to learn these things in the early years of my career and I’m hoping this book will become a useful…
2022 · holloway.com · its alternatives →
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The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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I'm making a coloring book of data structures and algorithms for programmers and students. So far I have a prototype page for a sorting algorithm (albeit a rather simple one). Here the Selection Sort coloring pages you can print. https://coderscoloringbook.com/selectionsort And here is how I colored mine. https://coderscoloringbook.com/selectionsortcolored A coloring book is not quite enough to teach algorithms on its own, but I really get a lot from visual reinforcement of what I learn from books/lectures. Do you think having coloring pages like this could…
2017 · its alternatives →
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:baby: Superbook: ABC's for babies! Contribute to swzzl-com/ABCD-Animal-Book development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I wrote a book on programming called The Elements of Code. I put the entire book online here: https://elementsofcode.io/ When mentoring (usually new) programmers, I noticed there were a few common mistakes that seemed to account for about 80% of the complexity in their code. I couldn’t find a concise guide to fixing those mistakes, so I decided to write one. The title is an homage to The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, which is the classic guide for communicating well using prose. That guide is quite tactical in nature, and I wanted to parallel its focus in The…
2021 · pragprog.com · its alternatives →
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Two of my friends recently welcomed their first child and I "wrote" a kid's book for them using ChatGPT for the story and Midjourney for illustrations. The plot was sourced from a group of friends.
2023 · adventure-of-penelope.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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2012 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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authzed▲83A colleague and I made a kids' picture book that introduces authorization concepts. We work at AuthZed and explain these concepts regularly. We thought it'd be fun to put them together in a format accessible and appealing to kids and grownups alike. It would also be helpful when explaining what we do for work and make a unique gift for our families. The goal was a fun story first and foremost. We aimed to present concepts accessibly but made conscious decisions to simplify, knowing we couldn't be comprehensive in a picture book format. We also wanted visually appealing illustrations, so we…
2021 · authzed.com · its alternatives →
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Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Computer science curriculum must-read
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Interviews with the 15 most interesting computer programmers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A free digital book on design systems
2019 · programmingdesignsystems.com · its alternatives →
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ABC Finder▲122A fun AI camera game to help kids learn their ABCs
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I have started writing an unusual book discussing various topics in computer science by implementing them from scratch. I would like to know your opinion on it! WARNING: It's a very draft version of it!
2024 · keyvan.me · its alternatives →
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I recently published a book called “The Magic of Code” which is about the delights of the computational world, examining computing as a kind of “humanistic liberal art” that connects to so many topics, from art and biology to philosophy and language. The link I’ve shared is to a page on my book’s website where you can download a pdf of the introduction, to give HN readers a taste of what is inside. Right now there is so much worry and concern around technology that I feel like some people—though not the folks here—have forgotten how much fun that code and computation can also be. So I wanted…
2025 · themagicofcode.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive book introducing programming with ClojureScript
2017 · langintro.com · its alternatives →
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