Minoring in CS possibly (should i rent or buy the textbooks?)

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<p>I’m currently a 2nd year college student majoring in business, and I am thinking about minoring in computer science. I will be taking my first Intro to Computer Science this fall and am required to get the book: Intro to Computer Science using Python by Dierbach. I don’t have much experience programming, so I wanted to get the book early so I could get a head start on learning the basics before I go back to school at the end of September. </p>

<p>And I’m a huge saver when it comes to textbook, so I try to choose the cheapest option when I can, but in this case, would it be better if I bought the book if I do end up minoring in computer science? Python seems to be a very important programming language, so I’d hate to rent it and then have to buy it later because i need it in the future. It’s about 35 to rent and 50 to buy btw.</p>

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<p>I’d just buy it. If you decide you don’t want to keep it, you could probably sell it for at least $15, which would make the cost between the two options even.</p>

<p>Another thing to consider is that there are a lot of resources for computer science and different languages online. You may not use the textbook later as a reference as much as you think.</p>