I think the order of the contents of the course makes you really confused. but the excercises was good and help you to better understand.

Assignments are too easy as compared to course content. Hence,sufficient practice of content taught in the course is difficult

The course provide a good introduction in object oriented programming and data structure foundation

Final project was tough.But they said only basic and asked to do project

i learnt so many things in this course.......

Its a awesome platform to learn coding..!

Not at all suitable for begineers...

course was really beneficial

not very challenging

for a beginner this seems a bit tough and they usually get startled

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Superb course.

Starts off with an in depth analysis of the different types of memory storage in C++ (and how they are used by a computer in general). After this detailed start, using very minimal but precise code, It then rapidly starts developing the all the other fundamental data structures in C++, moving at quite a fast pace until one has a nice broad overview. It then culminates in a substantial project, where the requirement is not so much to add a large amount of new code, but instead to assimilate the code base and use very precise logic to implement the functions.

The course develops a rigorous approached to coding based on unit test/test frameworks.

The multiple choice quiz questions are challenging and very well thought out, such that you will really have to think carefully about them, and in so doing will consolidate your knowledge.

Overall, I've really enjoyed this first course in the Specialization and look forward to progressing onward through the rest of it.

If you have no prior coding experience, or are new to Computer Science, you will probably find this course tough going, so I'd advise you perhaps do a couple of easier introductory courses first.

The fact that this course is based on C++ is a major PLUS in my view, as far too many courses are now dominated by Python, yet C++ is an industry standard language used for serious software engineering projects and major systems due to its extreme power and performance. (This does come at a price in terms of complexity, however!).

This is a really amazing course. I have been a hardware engineer for nearly 18 years. The last time I coded in C++ was in college. As I had a background in Python and Perl, it was a really good refresher. The professor is really the best. I was very skeptic when I started the course. I could complete the course in about 10 days. Never expected this. The fact that this course does not need addition books is really true. I did get a few books from the library just to refer but really one can complete this without any additional material. The assignments are also really good. They make you go back to the notes and slides. If I meet professor Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, I will really thank him for this. The discussion forums are also a good source of information. It helps reading what others have asked and learn from their mistakes.

I've dropped-out of over a dozen courses. But finished this one! Program layout is excellent. The biggest challenge is setting-up your programming environment. They recommend Cloud-9 IDE, but really, professional programmers probably all use a proper IDE. I went with Visual Studio Code and WSL on Windows. Took multiple installs, and about a week to set things up. After that it was smooth sailing.

Found this link < https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-wsl > much more helpful than the one provided by the instructor. It's a higher-level document, that provides more help in setting up WSL/Ubuntu/C++ compiler/VS Code. As a bonus, you also learn the best sequence in which to install everything.

I very much enjoy taking this course. Being already familiar with the basic C++ syntax and having some hands-on experience of scientific computation, this course helps me have a deeper understanding about memory, class constructor, template. I find it easier to read and understand the source code after I figure out all these concepts.

One drawback, though, is that the course does not give an overview at the beginning, like why the course material is organized in this way, and what is the connection between the different materials. Sometimes, it feels like we jump from one topic to another without knowing the correlation between them. It would be really nice if the instructor can add an overview part.

I already had a basic understanding of C++ with if-else, functions. But I was struggling with OOP part of C++ with use of Classes, constructors, destructors etc. I am a Computer Engineering student with background in hardware hence I have had little experience in the OOP aspect of C++. I really liked the fact the course focuses directly on the OOP rather than starting from absolute basics which saved a lot of time for me as compared to other projects. Thanks to this course I am able to understand the syntax of much complex C++ code for my research. Thanks Prof. Wade :)

Great course! Used it to refresh my C++ knowledge (last learned it 6+ years ago). I really like how it focused on some of the more confusing topics of C++ (pointers, heap/stack memory, classes). I got to learn some new things that I missed during my initial C++ education. The professor's lecture videos are very easy to follow (he draws out the function of the code) and he even provides lecture PDFs for download. I also appreciated the Linux based environment, it seems like it's really important for aspiring programmers to get used to this.

Associate Professor Fagen-Ulmschneider's lectures are clear, concise and interesting. Neither too dense or light, too brief or too long.

The assessment infrastructure for the quizzes and submission of challenges worked flawlessly. The instructions that came with challenges made it clear what was required and how to submit the finished work.

My only suggestion would be to add optional, 'stretch' challenges for those who want to be further challenged to apply the course material without making it too hard for the other learners.

It was a great learning and an eye opener to various ways of thinking while coding in a language. Unlike almost all other programming courses where only the syntax is the main focus, this course introduces a lot of compiler / memory related concepts which really take you into the crux of C++ and how to think in the language. Same method, if followed for other languages like Java/Python, would provide great insights into computer science languages and how computers actually operate! Great work! Thanks a lot for this course.

Excellent organization and a solid introduction to the topic. Quality of content is in the top tier of Coursera. They provide lots of working code that you can compile, run, tweak an learn from. I would recommend this course to anyone curious about C++ or "low level" languages generally. I would recommend some background with coding in another language, like Python of JavaScript, and some familiarity with OOP in those languages before taking this class. This class is C++ beginner but programming intermediate.

Extremely useful and satisfying course. Great in depth explanations of the concepts and in the same time demanding quizes and assignments. You can easily let yourself spend hours on single questions and you will end up with a deep understanding of each one of them. A great introduction to object oriented programming for someone with little background on the field (although necessary).

Just do yourself the favor and install the linux compatible environment instead of trying with the windows MinGW versions.

Utmost respect for the professor, who is clearly both a technical expert, and a gifted teacher. I particularly liked the way he would use the repeated structure of: (1) Introduce a concept (2) Use the new concept in some code, and make predictions about what will happen when the code is run (3) Run the code to confirm expectations. He has made it fun and engaging to come to grips with topics that were previously very opaque and seemed too complex or obscure for me to understand.

Excellent course!

The lecture is well-organized and clearly expressed. The homework is well-organized.

There is only one thing that may not satisfy one's expectation, that is the homework project requires more reading than coding, comparing with projects in my university that we need to do as much coding as reading. However, you could take this as an advantage, since it saves you time on coding parts unrelated to the algorithm's key point.

It wasn't tough but really helped me in building a strong understanding of how the memory works and could be controlled by using pointers and other operators along with how is it managed by the system inside. Also, surely the knowledge I'd gained through this course will help me learn Data structures & Algorithms more easily ! All in all it was a great experience and the last project was kinda fun !

It was a very nice course to refresh and touch important topics related to Object Oriented Programming in Modern C++. I especially liked the instructor's way of teaching that included both theory and practical in a concise, intuitive manner. Course content was both fun and easy to absorb compared to most C++ courses found online. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in C++!