Hard af. Course materials are not related to the assignment or the project.

The course starts of as beginner level but very quickly gets too deep and too confusing if you do not have any programming background. There are no practice examples throughout the course (except for the last exam) and quizzes are not enough to gauge learning levels. If you are not going to finish the Specialization related to the course and if you do not have previous background in programming, I do not suggest taking this course.

This course is really a great help for students like me, but it has many small problem which are. The lectures and the questions asked in quiz are very much like two shore of river did not have practically sounds. the lecture are much more focused towards genomics but really problem of data and how to handle that data need to incorporate in the course.

so an incredibly basic intro to python and string manipulation? thanks, guys.

Moderately difficult programming exercises, interesting and challenging final exam, fast-paced code-along lectures that required pauses and re-watching. This was an excellent course for someone with elementary programming experience and a logical progression from Introduction to Genomic Technologies, the first course in the Specialization. I feel motivated to keep going and complete the Specialization!

For me, this course is wonderful! It introduces almost all basic knowledge about python and combines it with biology and DNA sequencing. And for Biopython, this course gives us more space to explore on our own. The quizzes and the final project are of high quality and somewhat challenging for new-learners, but it feels really satisfying and I did learn a lot after going through all of them!

The course was very good, in general. The instructors and classes were also good. I'm a beginner in python, so I had a lot of difficulties. The final test was difficult for me, I couldn't solve all the questions. I think the course could offer more basic classes, but I intend to study more to understand some points that were not clear to me.

Good to learn the new paradigm of science in my life. Biology and the advanced scripting with Biopython are really interesting. I hope to learn more about the subject in detail.

I love to spend my hours on this course. Learn developed a new way of thinking. Overall great learning from the Professors.Thanks for creating wonderful content.

This course was really excellent! Basic enough for starters and with challenges to put the learned skills into action! The only way to improve this course would be to share the slides to make it easier to browse through the course. THank you very much for this course.

This course teaches some of the bioinformatics stuff but it is equally good for programming practice too. The final test was a good challenge and even some other tests were challenging and i enjoyed a lot.

4th week sessions towards the end seemed tougher for me since I am new to python other than that good course for beginners.

Thanks to the instructors for the content of the course. I have some recommendations for improving the quality to make it more comprehensible for newcomers to the field. I think the gap between what is instructed in the class and the exams are massive and the student may find him/herself overwhelmed. I do appreciate it if the forum for each week is more active. There are so many questions unanswered in each week's forum. I think if the moderators guide the students more actively, forums are also a very good chance for us (students) to learn new prospects.

I like to learn the bioinformatic and I think this course was a good start. Thank you very much for giving me this chance to learn something new.

I went through this course while doing the genomics specialisation. Though I know Python, I went through it just to complete the certification. I understand that the lectures are beginner level, but they are quite dull and tedious to go through. In some of the lectures, it seemed like university professors were just recording lectures for the sake of recording them without trying to make them interactive and interesting. In contrast, the final exam requires a decent amount of effort. It would have been nice if some of the problems asked in the final exam were covered in the lectures - it is better to build on concepts and reach the end goal instead of having basic boring lectures and then suddenly a reasonably difficult final exam. I don't mind the difficult final exam - it was in fact refreshing, what I mind is the tedious hours of pointless lectures I had to go through which had nothing to do with the final exam. My guess is that people who're new to programming would have found it difficult to transition from such an average course content to a reasonably elaborate final exam.

The instructors told this course is not made for people with a programming background. In my opinion - as a software engineer (without much python experience) - this course is not made for beginners. The lectures are starting with basic programming knowledge but this is not enough to pass to quizes at all. You need much more exercise to understand the basic concepts.

The course and the quizes have more potential. I wish they would care more about highlighting, formatting,readability and also correctness of the provided code snippets. The final exam was totally confusing - a sample file is provided for implementing the algorithms, but no solution is available for the asked questions. Also the explanations are not always clear, so you need to guess what could be another possible solution

This is not a course for beginners, and further explanation is needed if the course is targeted as an introduction to Python for genomic data. Furthermore, one of the instructors may want to improve her teaching skills.

Unfortunately, this is the worst course I have taken in Coursera (and the only one which I rate below 3 stars).

A very large portion of the code in this course material does not work, even when copied directly. Moderators don't post the discussion forums where students are trying to help each other due to lack of guidance. Some of the moderators have never posted in the forums at all - 1 of them has only posted 3 times.

People who have used Python have commented in the forums that the code formatting in the quizzes is terrible, and that they have to use their existing understanding of Python to be able to get to correct answers. This course is marketed to people who have no prior knowledge of Python. Many are just completing quizzes by repeating them over and over until they get the right answers.

In short - don't do this course if you are looking to learn. It has been abandoned by Johns Hopkins University. If you just want the certificate, just keep trying till you get the right answers and youll be fine.

Poor lectures by one of the instructors makes it hard to listen.

Nothing about genomics is taught.pretty much disappointe.

Very poorly organised material and illustration

terrible course

I recomend this course to any person interested in bioinformatics. Amazing teachers all along the specialization!. My conclusion is the following: I have lots of experience working in java development, and I know very well what is about to construct a software solution. But this course is not about that, this course at the end is about understand some main problems in genomics, like mainly the analysis of Open Reading Frames, and then start to give it our version of the solution, in this case using Python as a tool for the explotation of data and analysis. Easy are the modules about Python if you are programmer, but in my experience the final assestment is far as being easy. Thank you! to any one who was involved in the development of this course, I learned and enjoyed very much!

This Python course for bioinformatic analysis is truly exceptional. It provides a comprehensive foundation in Python programming, covering everything from the basics to building and importing modules/packages, and even utilizing biopython. The instructors have done an outstanding job in creating a course that instills confidence in writing and modifying code for personal projects. I am grateful for their expertise and guidance. Highly recommended!

Really good introduction to Python, Genomics in the two together. This was the first Python course - of many - I've since done and then gone on to use Python professionally and for my own 'Hacker/Maker' projects.

A few typos / mis-alignments between the slides and the explanations - but nothing serious. The presenters know the material and present it well.

A couple of good TAs (full disclosure - I am / have been one of the less good ones!)

Out of what I have tested so far, I think this is the best Coursera course for beginners.

I frequency use regular expressions, so I think that might be helpful. However, you also thought of things that I frequently use that I might not have remembered were important for beginners. So, perhaps there could be a recommendation of what to do to learn more intermediate skills?

Thanks for the interesting course made by two brilliant teacher. This is my first time to learn something about computer science on coursera and I really enjoyed this kind of experience. As a beginner of Bioinformatics, this help me a lot. In the futrue I will continue focusing new courses on coursera provided by Johns Hopkins University!