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What are the best resources to learn Scheme?

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Best resources to learn Scheme	Price	Languages	Features
-- The Little Schemer	-	-	-
-- Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days	-	-	-
-- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs	-	-	-
-- exercism.io	-	Clojure, CoffeeScript, C++, C#, Crystal, Elixir, Java, Elm, Erlang, F#, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Common Lisp, Lua, Objective-C, Ocaml, Perl 5, PHP, PL/SQL, PureScript, Python, R, Racket, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Scheme, Swift, TypeScript	Exercises
-- The Scheme Programming Language	-	-	-

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

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exercism.io

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Practice with production tools

Unlike many code practice websites, Exercism requires the user to develop and test entirely offline, submitting only the finished code. This promotes familiarity with essential tools and workflow, not just the bare language. See More

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Not a good starting place for beginners

It's best to have at least a basic understanding of programming before tackling the exercises on exercism.io. You also have to know how to set up your development environment, as you will be coding everything locally (versus websites that provide you an editor right in the browser). See More

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Languages:Clojure, CoffeeScript, C++, C#, Crystal, Elixir, Java, Elm, Erlang, F#, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Common Lisp, Lua, Objective-C, Ocaml, Perl 5, PHP, PL/SQL, PureScript, Python, R, Racket, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Scheme, Swift, TypeScript

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Human review and feedback

Rather than merely test for code correctness, Exercism uses peer review to improve general programming techniques. Users are encouraged to comment on others' solutions, and refine their own based on feedback. See More

The Scheme Programming Language

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Instructive explanations of concepts

"The Scheme Programming Language" does an excellent job of explaining concepts in a clear and readable way. See More

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Difficult to follow as an introduction to Scheme

"The Scheme Programming Language" is better suited for use as a reference. As an introduction to the language, the dry writing style and lack of exercises make it less-than-ideal for information retention. See More

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Great for use as a reference book

The layout of "The Scheme Programming Language" sets it up as an ideal reference book, making it easy to find specific concepts which are then explained at length. See More

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