This course was at a good difficulty level where one doesn't feel like they are being spoon fed, nor does one feel overwhelmed. The machine problems(programs) are fun to work on and it's very satisfying seeing the auto-grader feedback after you have completed the programs.

The course was perfect for my needs, which were to get acquaintance with Java programing.

The course is built in a step-by-step manner, allowing people with no background at all to be able to learn and understand the course materials.

Great course!

Highly recommended.

The course itself is great - it is easy to comprehend and the amount of useful information is immense. Some typos are present in the materials, namely on slides. Overall, I can recommend the course to anyone interested in serious programming learning.

I am new to Java, and am glad to have chosen this course as my java introduction course. I learned a lot and I really enjoyed doing all the assignments! Now I think I can read and write simple Java code, and have a brief understanding about OOP.

Very good introductory course to JAVA; completing this course will help with the more advanced course Algorithms I and II since it exposes the necessary JAVA language features and makes you familiar with the autograder functionality.

This was great course with very enjoyable delivery. The reference to the Book was very helpful if you want to learn more. I liked the heavy inclusion of intersting extercies. I want to see the more in debt next levels taking place.

excellent course. Really helpful in understanding the basics of programming. although the assignment in the recursion was a major step up in the difficulty level, causing a mild frustration. other than that - Great job!

Excelente curso. Apesar de saber e usar python no trabalho, muitos conceitos de programação eu nunca aprendi da forma como esse curso aborda. Muito legal como uma reintrodução à ciência da computação em linguagem Java.

A really good and truly free course. All the quizzes and auto-graded submissions are free and extremely helpful. Free online courses like these are really revolutionizing education. Thanks a lot Princeton University!

The lectures are well organises and presented which give me a large motivation. I learn a lot in this course so that my problem solving skills are much better and programming concepts are much clearer to me as well.

Excellent course. I gained better understanding of java as well as more general programming skills that I can use in other programming languages. Great option for anyone who is starting his/her programming journey.

Up-to-date case study

1. visually interactive an interesting lecture material

2. usefull tools so students can be more participate in every particular lecture

3. applicable and an "up-to-date" example yet simple

I am really grateful to this course which have helped me get a whole new perspective to programming and computational thinking. It has brought a great change in me. Thank you for the wisdom and encouragement.

Very enjoyable class. Would definitely recommend to someone interested in Java programming. Also, for anyone like me who intends on majoring in Computer Science and would like a jump start before college.

What i most liked about this course. Is how the instructors showed us what those little programs we built. Can be used to build further programs and its application in different fields in Computer Science

The course is awesome. It really teaches me the basics of Java programming. Now I know what an object is.

The programming assignments are very interesting and really make you think. I like them very much.

The Course was fantastic and really fun! The lecturer was top-notch and He made the course really amazing. Thank you Cousera and Princeton university for this wonderful course, it really helped me a lot!

This was a very great course to learn a powerful programming language, techniques used. This has changed my life for better and am looking forward to a career change into the programming world.

Computer Science: Programming with a Purpose" is highly recommended for those seeking a solid foundation in computer science and programming, regardless of their level of experience.

Very useful and helpful course for beginner in Java. I learned Python before and this course is much more difficult, but it does help a lot for you to step further into CS world.

This is my first course in Coursera. If you are beginner, you should watch videos, read the booksite and the book that covering this course. It simply needs a lot of hard work !

It's easy to follow. And all the programming tasks help me to understand the content better. It's an friendly CS course with amazingly high quality. Thank you Professor!

Very useful for programmers, especially beginners. Examples taken to explain the concepts are real-time application oriented which reinforce importance of the concepts!!

Good introduction to programming and covers all basic aspects of programming with an object oriented language. Good knowledge to take to learn others like Python.

Definitely a great course abound with lots of supporting materials including informative website, book, guidance and auto-graders for each programming assignment.