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This is a great course in teaching actual programming skills in Python. It is the most time-consuming course so far in the series but is well deserved.
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Excelente curso. Los laboratorios fueron muy instructivos. Las explicaciones claras y concisas.
Excellent course. The labs were very instructive. Clear and concise explanations.
By Andrew J
•Oct 29, 2022
The course was interesting, but the Theia lab they use it full of bugs that you have to work through.
By Rakesh J
•Apr 15, 2024
need more practice for programming. Directly assigning project is not appreciable.
By Siegfried K
•Apr 24, 2024
Often unclear. Took much longer than expected to
By Marc M
•Sep 10, 2022
It is more oriented to APIs not to AI
By MOHMAD A
•Jul 17, 2024
the AI sound makes it harder
By Saman S
•Jan 17, 2023
Final lab has some issues.
By Kenneth B
•Jun 9, 2023
I would have given this course one more star, but the IBM Watson Translator has been deprecated (as of tomorrow, 10 June 2023). The "demonstrate understanding" aim of this course is commendable but it is a clear departure (a wakeup call?) from the earlier "demonstrate memorization" approaches of the earlier coursework. Student be warned: the synopsis does end with "It is intended for you to apply prior Python knowledge." -- you will have to build on 4 different aspects of app dev in order to succeed here.
1. Python Web development using Flask:
2. Watson API implementation: Exchange data using Watson APIs
3. Python Test techniques: Develop functions and application logic and write unit tests
4. Python Packaging: Package the application for distribution with Github. You will demonstrate your foundational Python skills by employing different techniques to develop web applications and AI powered solutions.
My quibble (for other 2 stars) is that this should really have been a 4-week course that could have had two different programming projects and not generated the student angst that shows up so clearly in the comments and moderator responses. For someone who is a more accomplished developer, much of my comments would have been of little concern. To continue to carry forward the majority forward the course could easily have smoothed the learning curve and perhaps made it a little less steep.
By Zachary W
•Apr 14, 2023
The course was pretty short and didn't really live up to the name of AI & Application Development.
The lectures were to the point and worth watching.
I appreciate that the final project didn't hold your hand the whole way like other IBM courses, but it was still too easy, especially considering that the sample screenshots on the submission page showed exactly what code to write.
Unfortunately, the Skills Network Lab theia environment gave me no shortage of headaches, especially because I couldn't get the Docker service running, no matter what commands or permissions I used. The staff on the discussion forums were zero help on this issue, simply copy-pasting a response that completely ignored the problem and focusing on a later task that those of us with the issue hadn't even got to yet.
By Alexander K
•Dec 3, 2023
This is 8th course of IBM Fullstack developer professional certificate package I am finishing. The materials of final project are of so bad quality that I will probably abandon the whole package. Starting from the thing, that you actually cannot do the final project on your PC (despite the statements in the final projct materials). You are forced to do that in cloud console, which doesn't even save your work. Being fullstack dev for many years (just different stack) I can only sympathize people who need to finish the course. The course does not demonstrate modern state of development at all. What it will do is to put people off such a career.
By Karalea F
•Dec 28, 2023
My goal is not to be a coder and the content was a bit overwhelming and directions were assuming that everyone thinks like a coder which we all do not. Lastly, there were many errors with the interactive system; perhaps because it was constantly updating itself therefore the directions didn't quite match up to what I was seeing or there was an error on the part of the developer. I don't know but I won't continue with this module.
By Lori F
•Sep 4, 2022
Was created assuming the learner has development experience, first week was great however by jumping straight into the project without walking the learner through putting things together is very over welhming. You claimed the assignment was to take 1 hour however it took me over 10 hours to figure out and even then I couldn't figure out the unittesting.
By Shubham R
•Jun 9, 2023
Whenever I try to open the 'Unit testing' and 'packing' videos are the website shows "Sorry we are down for maintenance". I has been ongoing for last one month. I have been encountering a problem while going through my course and 100% completing it . It's really frustrating. please look into this as soon as possible
By Lorenzo v d H
•May 27, 2022
I've spend HOURS on the last assignment. I felt stuck so many times and I had a lot of unexplained package and server problems I had to do a lot of googling for. I felt like they could have gone much more in depth on less different topics. They covered too many topics in such a short time.
By Jaco P
•Oct 4, 2023
This course was bad. The labs did not work. The final project was an absolute mess. Only giving it 2 stars because it forced me to seek resources and help outside of Coursera which is good to learn. Never be afraid to ask for help. But that should not have been the lesson here.
By Richa
•May 26, 2023
I'm getting same activation key as other courses for IBM Cloud and that has made it impossible to complete IBM Cloud related graded assignments. Plus the instructions for the final assignment are not very coherrent.
By Tim M
•Feb 7, 2024
There's A LOT of instructions that could have been explained way better, and it felt like the final project was lacking thorough explanations and directions
By Jorge P S S
•Sep 17, 2022
the first Lab as got already problems with a package or file that should have been installed...
just quit the course
By Florian M
•Dec 19, 2022
unable to finish hands-on lab due to problem with python packages, no response from support
By Kyu P
•Oct 27, 2023
Course not maintained well, some typos and instructions very unclear
By Timothy O
•Apr 19, 2024
This course is riddled with errors and needs immediate attention.
By Cameron D H
•May 6, 2023
IT was prep for and a project that had numerous technical issues.
By Haluk T
•Dec 7, 2022
Lab Works had some issues and limited support was available.
By Benjamin W A
•Dec 18, 2023
Peer review is a headache not worth dealing with.
By hassan s
•Sep 5, 2023
final project not updated
By Josh H
•May 25, 2023
TL;DR: The staff needs to completely re-make this course due to poorly written and outdated instructions, but they would rather just sit back and collect our $50 per month instead. I took this course as part of the Full-Stack Certificate course. The first half of the course is fine. Once you get to the actual project, the instructions are either written in poor English, missing information, missing steps, or all of the above. There is a common error that students have been running into regarding imports after a certain step. When you go to the discussion section to search for help, the staff give you ridiculous answers such as switching Python versions mid-project, uninstalling a package then starting the project over skipping a certain step, among others. I do not recommend taking this unless you are completing the IBM certifcate course. If that is the case, best of luck to you.