Studying PC for school

[Nickinum]

Hi I'm wondering if anyone knows any good books about computers building, networking, repair, system security, all kinds of coding and computer science? 

[Windows7ge]

A book that can teach you a lot about networking is the Cisco CCNA Simplified 5th Edition. If you're just starting out though it will probably be too advanced. You might be more interested in something like the CCENT range. A lot of the data is propriety to CISCO equipment which is kind of useless for most people but it still teaches you a lot of the fundamentals of networking including the IEEE standards allowing the CISCO equipment to communicate with most other manufacturers of networking equipment so it's a nice book to have.

[ExplosiveSloths]

The for dummies series is a good series, for the most part though I'm sure most of the stuff can be found online for free, in text or video form.

 

[Nickinum]

so I'm assuming the comptia books are useless 

 

[AntiTrust]

I took an elective class in computer hardware and we used a CompTIA textbook for it, I thought it was pretty good actually. Lots of things I didnt know after years of building computers and teaching myself. 

 

this book was strictly about hardware but if your interested the textbook we used:

CompTIA A+ Guide to IT Technical Support Ninth Edition

 

 

[Tsuki]

i was gonna suggest Linda.com but apparently they arent a sponsor anymore?

[Nickinum]

what about coding because i would like to learn about that?

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

19 hours ago, Nickinum said:

so I'm assuming the comptia books are useless

Not really, but it depends on what side of computers you're looking at learning. For hardware, there isn't much better than CompTIA(in my experience), but there's a whole host of books for coding and other software-related topics.

 

I'm currently studying for my A+ certification, and I've learned a lot from reading the study guide for it.

[Nickinum]

3 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Not really, but it depends on what side of computers you're looking at learning. For hardware, there isn't much better than CompTIA(in my experience), but there's a whole host of books for coding and other software-related topics.

 

I'm currently studying for my A+ certification, and I've learned a lot from reading the study guide for it.

what would you recommended for learning about coding i know there are all kinds java html css what do you think would be the best for computer science

[NovaNightmare]

3 minutes ago, Nickinum said:

what would you recommended for learning about coding i know there are all kinds java html css what do you think would be the best for computer science

What do you want to be and what do you want to do?

 

You threw everything at the wall there, but what do you really want to do? Networking? Hardware? Cyber Security? 

 

You can do it all, but if you are just starting out, I'd recommend you go for a topic you are really interested in, but will also pay your bills.

 

For example, when I started out, I always wanted to program, I started school, for a programming degree, but within a year, the job market for it kind of collapsed. 

It was so bad that the college stopped offering the degree plan, and while we could continue if we wished, they recommended picking another. It was beneficial to me to 

pick something that was hands on (feeling it would be not be possible for the job to be exported). I still took the time to learn programming stuff, as an interest, as opposed to a job related thing however.

 

Today, the hottest, most on fire thing I see out there is Cyber Security, so I would recommend taking a track that gets you a CISSP and/or CASP certification.

 

[Nickinum]

3 hours ago, NovaNightmare said:

What do you want to be and what do you want to do?

 

You threw everything at the wall there, but what do you really want to do? Networking? Hardware? Cyber Security? 

 

You can do it all, but if you are just starting out, I'd recommend you go for a topic you are really interested in, but will also pay your bills.

 

For example, when I started out, I always wanted to program, I started school, for a programming degree, but within a year, the job market for it kind of collapsed. 

It was so bad that the college stopped offering the degree plan, and while we could continue if we wished, they recommended picking another. It was beneficial to me to 

pick something that was hands on (feeling it would be not be possible for the job to be exported). I still took the time to learn programming stuff, as an interest, as opposed to a job related thing however.

 

Today, the hottest, most on fire thing I see out there is Cyber Security, so I would recommend taking a track that gets you a CISSP and/or CASP certification.

 

i wanted to lean about networking and cyber security but don't you need to learn some coding for both