Learner Reviews & Feedback for Programming Languages, Part A by University of Washington
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YZ
Dec 03, 2016
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.
AL
Mar 22, 2017
Great course!\n\nI think this course has just the right balance of theoretical background, formal definitions, and actual examples to make "just right".\n\nThanks Dan, and everybody else involved!
101 - 125 of 366 Reviews for Programming Languages, Part A
By Sergey Z
•Apr 03, 2017
Great course!
One of the few courses I actually finished on Coursera.
Though I think it could be made longer to have less lectures/homework, but that's probably a general issue with Coursera for me.
By Aayush S
•Dec 29, 2019
Instructor's strive for perfection really shows. The quality of content is top-notch; both for the video explanations and the pdfs. Definitely going to check out the other two parts as well.
By Herb M
•Nov 17, 2016
Much much better than I ever expected even though I had already seen how good the instructor's other video lessons are -- definitely worth the time to take the course and do the home work.
By syoya
•May 17, 2020
A basic introduction to programming languages especially ML family. It's quite helpful to understand the theory behind the language design but not practical from a short-term perspective.
By Konstantinos O
•Jan 22, 2018
A great course, covering a wide range of topics in programming languages. Very well paces and Dan Grossman is an amazing teacher! Must watch for every programmer, beginner or experienced.
By Jan H
•Dec 27, 2016
I took this course about 10 years off the college, and it was excellent refresher on the topics I don't use on a daily basis. Absolutely great lecturer, great videos and study materials!
By Cheng H
•Dec 22, 2018
Best ever classic courses! Never learnt so much from any programming courses! Expect to see materials can be published as book even textbook! Looking forward further courses from Dan!
By Jingning T
•Jul 04, 2018
Great content. Everything is free to access so really learnt a lot from the homework and the exam. Also the professor is really good at illustrating the concepts with simple examples.
By Sean E
•Mar 12, 2018
Exceptionally well thought-through content taught by a highly motivating teacher. Without doubt one of the best courses I have taken on Coursera so far. Demanding and very rewarding!
By Igor B
•Oct 10, 2016
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
•Dec 10, 2018
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
•Jun 20, 2017
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 saif
•Dec 04, 2017
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
•Jan 04, 2017
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
•Oct 10, 2016
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
•Dec 31, 2018
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 Alexandre C
•Sep 28, 2016
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
•Apr 08, 2018
Awesome introduction to functional programming. A wonderful supplement to my working language Scala. Would be helpful for everyone working with functional programming.
By Arent S
•Nov 06, 2018
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 Jing C
•Nov 03, 2018
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 Yihuan H
•Jun 04, 2018
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
•Feb 04, 2020
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
•Apr 12, 2018
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
•Jul 31, 2017
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 S
•Apr 28, 2020
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.
