I'm just a beginner for CS or SE classes, and find this course really concise and challenging. It opens a door for me to get deeper into programming language. No wonder it got so high average score.
Very interesting course! Superb teaching and homework assignments. If you are interested in functional programming or in programming languages in general, this should be one of the must take MOOCs
By Igor B
•This is one of the best courses that I have ever taken before! I have got a good introduction in functional programming and understood a lot of new concepts of programming languages.
By Zhengtao X
•This is a good course. It helps me to understand the same features about different programming languages, so I can get started quickly when I need to use a new programming language.
By Roberto U G
•Awesome course. A wonderful introduction to statically typed functional programming with a simple and concise language. After I took this course, Scala started to make more sense.
By Saiful A
•Exceptionally brilliant course. The instructor, Dr. Dan Grossman became one of my favorite teachers of my life. The contents are solid, illuminating at the same time challenging.
By Sean
•Instant favourite programming course. Great instructor and material, fun assignments, mind-bendy recursion, cool concepts you didn't know you wanted to know about. Learned a lot.
By Jon B
•Fantastic course providing not only a great introduction to Functional Programming fundamentals, but also leading on to how languages relate to one another. Highly recommended.
By Ernesto P
•Excellent course! I learned the basic concepts of functional programming which I feel will be useful throughout my entire career, event when not writing functional code.
By Wojciech B
•Really good content, I've learned a lot! In my opinion, some homework tasks are art for the art's sake, but overall really valuable. Looking forward to starting part B!
By Alexandre C
•Very interesting way to see programming fundamentals concepts without the "pollution" of any specific language constraints. Nice job from the developers of this course.
By cys1994
•Awesome introduction to functional programming. A wonderful supplement to my working language Scala. Would be helpful for everyone working with functional programming.
By Ádám S
•Very good course, the teacher goes in depth to explain the subject, the homeworks are challenging, so if you complete them, you know you actually learned the material
By Arent S
•This is one of the best courses I've taken so far. The assignments are difficult and interesting and more importantly, the assignment teaches the core of programming.
By db g
•I still had not finish the course ,but I can say this is amazing course , thank you for giving us for free such an amazing course. Can't wait for Part B and Part C.
By Jing C
•I think it is very good as a start up for programming. full of useful thoughts and ideas, and instructor is explaining everything in a clear way. very recommended.
By Yi-Huan H
•Overall an outstanding and organized course. Good for the those who want to know the fundamental knowledge of programming languages not related to a specific one.
By Robert S
•A great introduction to core concepts and terminology of functional programming for such a relatively short course. I am definitely going to take parts B and C.
By Saket P
•It is a very challenging course and great learning experience. One would be very clear on functional programming style and concepts after completing this course.
By Yuehan C
•The course and instructor are both amazing! It introduces some high level idioms in programming and is useful for all software engineers! Would highly recommend!
By itiel y
•Amazing course for those who have interest in functional programming. Prof. Dan is great lecturer, and his passion and enthusiasm for the subject clearly shows.
By Sohom B
•Amazing Course. Professor Dan really brings out the best in the students, and communicates the material really well. Will be taking Part B and Part C shortly!!
By Zachary R
•Great introduction to functional programming, especially for folks with an OOP background. Challenging and rewarding. I am looking forward to parts B and C!
By Michal Z
•Outstanding course. Actually, it's valuable even for experienced programmers. The ideas presented in course could be used in other - mainstream languages.
By Tega E
•I really enjoyed taking this course. It was quite taxing but I loved the way Dan Grossman presented the concepts in a very intuitive and didactic manner.
By Nester P
•Great course! HW
Great course! The HWs were more challenging than I expected but Dan's lectures are very clear and the concepts are explained very well.
By Jiayi L
•Great Course. Unlike other MOOC courses, it provides sufficent practices which helps me to understand the content a lot. Looking forward to take part B