Learner Reviews & Feedback for Learn to Program: The Fundamentals by University of Toronto
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Aug 18, 2019
Great for a fundamental course. I have to admit that I had learnt python a few years back and was using this as a practice and revision course. But I learnt a lot more which I can add to my knowledge.
Nov 17, 2017
This is a introductory course i would recommend. I especially liked that the instructors took the time to go through the python visualizer and try to unveil some of the background workings in python.
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By Leith S
•Apr 22, 2017
Excellent
By Sharanappa k
•Jul 28, 2020
Good one
By Abiza Y
•Jan 21, 2020
Perfect!
By Andre T
•Jan 25, 2019
The best
By Terrance C
•Mar 22, 2018
Love it!
By SABA N
•May 28, 2020
awesome
By Sanghyun C
•Feb 08, 2018
awesome
By Pranav P
•Dec 30, 2016
AMAZING
By Dingyanshen M
•Aug 15, 2019
useful
By Shashank P
•Nov 09, 2017
Thanks
By Mohammadreza S
•Aug 28, 2020
great
By Pritam K
•May 03, 2020
Great
By nayancy g
•May 08, 2019
GOOD.
By Stephen R
•Jan 28, 2019
Great
By Ching-Jui S
•Dec 23, 2017
great
By Yara F
•Oct 27, 2017
great
By Leo J M M
•Jul 23, 2017
great
By Pramod K G
•Jun 16, 2020
Good
By Stefan B
•May 15, 2019
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By Satheeshkumar M
•Dec 27, 2017
good
By Samuel W
•Nov 24, 2016
Nice
By 杨豆豆
•Aug 19, 2017
挺好的
By Netravati G
•Jul 26, 2020
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By Zubaer K
•Jan 04, 2018
IF YOU'RE NEW TO PROGRAMMING, READ THIS. The course was helpful in getting started understanding the fundamentals of programming. However, what was waaaaay more helpful was the textbook written by the teachers of this course.
If you rely on this course alone to teach you anything, unless you already have an in-depth understanding of programming in another language, you will be completely lost. Honestly, I don't even understand how someone could pretend that this is a viable approach to learning programming. It's probably why I've failed at learning so many times before.
A much more helpful approach is to get the textbook, PRACTICAL PROGRAMMING - AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE USING PYTHON 3, and read the chapters before watching the videos. Almost all of the weeks of the course line up perfectly with the chapters of the textbook, so you don't have to read too far ahead. The course covers chapters 1-11, although not everything is covered. One other helpful trick is to look at the course documents for the week - they often show what chapter and section they are covering, so you can read that specific part before watching the videos.
I just finished the course and I am excited to finally have figured out how to get started on coding. Hoping and crossing fingers and toes that the second course in this series is as good as the first.
