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About the Course

Programming is an increasingly important skill, whether you aspire to a career in software development, or in other fields. This course is the first in the specialization Introduction to Programming in C, but its lessons extend to any language you might want to learn. This is because programming is fundamentally about figuring out how to solve a class of problems and writing the algorithm, a clear set of steps to solve any problem in its class. This course will introduce you to a powerful problem-solving process—the Seven Steps—which you can use to solve any programming problem. In this course, you will learn how to develop an algorithm, then progress to reading code and understanding how programming concepts relate to algorithms....

Top reviews

ER

Aug 13, 2020

The instruction provided in this course are very clear and anyone who can learn coding by this course. But the course has more readable content for you to take notes and reading it may take more time.

MK

Jan 27, 2021

It's a very good as a beginning with programing language. It helped me to think like a compiler and how it exactly works. I've finally understood the saying "Everything in computer works in logic".♥

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By Nai Z M

Jun 5, 2020

Need more videos instead of paragraphs of texts. Very difficult to digest the words.

By Tika R R

Dec 30, 2022

its self reading course and is tough to crack for beginner.

By Vishwambhara B

Jul 14, 2020

More info is in text form than video

By Sparsh G

Apr 5, 2020

wont recommend waste of time

By Lukas W

May 28, 2020

boring and dry

By mo k

May 15, 2023

too basic.

By Deleted A

Dec 5, 2020

There are better courses to learn about programing basics around Coursera. The manner of teaching is more of a read all these notes I gave you and understanding it well and very minimal lecture to elaborate on the topic. Some of the topic would have been easier to teach in video form rather than reading a note but nope.... For those who takes this course with the hope of completing the specialization, just go away... the programming environment and grader is not working 95% of the time ( I tried to get into it 10x already) which prevents you to complete the next few courses.

By Wuan H

Aug 16, 2024

I have 40 years of experience as a computer programmer, and I enrolled in this course to see if I could recommend it to someone looking to enter the field of computer science. I definitely would not recommend this course to anyone. It is a huge waste of time and does not focus on those vital things for success as a programmer. I was truly disappointed because if someone who was interested in programming started in this course then I doubt that their interest would continue.

By Justin M

Mar 7, 2021

So disappointed in this class/specialization. The tools (programming environment) is buggy, slow, and a pain to use. Instruction is lacking in content and clarity. Had to waste massive amounts of time googling and looking up explanations on discussion boards.

I've taken over 50 Coursera courses, and this is the first specialization I quit because I just couldn't keep putting more effort into taking the course than the instructors put into making it.

By Zachary G

Oct 1, 2020

I took the algorithms example and could already tell this course was pathetic. It makes 0 sense to start counting occupation of a graph at 0. Will never take another course at Puke University.

By Courtney E

Jun 14, 2021

Wow this course is just awful.....The videos are not helpful in anyway and this course was not what I expected and definitely not for beginners looking to learn how to use code with C.

By Kumar R R

Aug 31, 2020

very complicated nothing explained clearly

we had so much to read rather than video explanations i could have got that that even in a book

it didnt started from basics as promised

By PRABHRHYTHM S

May 1, 2024

coursera's grading system by launching labs isn't working at all and the assignment is marked as 'unattempted' even though one has tried doing it for several times!

By Jose A G

Aug 6, 2021

What a waste of a credit. Desorganized information, slow pace but then jumping foward... and so on

By SHRINIKET D

Apr 4, 2020

sir at least give us some idea why our answer to given question is wrong. it only show incorrect.

By Jaemyong C

Jun 14, 2020

I dropped the course due to technical issues on Duke's side. Can't complete the assignments.

By Aditya k D

Apr 3, 2023

please mention my correct name in my certificate .i get frustated to change it

By Kuldeep m

Apr 4, 2020

I am not geeting my certificate after completing the course ehat can i do

By Deleted A

Sep 28, 2020

the teacher are very uninteresting and totally kill the desire to learn

By Rich H

Apr 13, 2023

The most confusing class i've had the misfortune to take. Awful.

By Biswajit G

Jul 22, 2020

sorry but i failed to understand the course may be i am lagging .

By Md M I K I

Sep 7, 2020

not very interesting. Need more improvement on course material.

By S C R

Oct 26, 2020

in the certificate the full name of university is not their

By Gaurav G T

Jul 27, 2024

the worst programing website i have seen worst

By Yuxin H

Jun 22, 2023

the grading system is trash