Awesome! I never seen this type of instructor .very interesting and useful.

thanks dr chuck . you are one of the coolest people i know . i learned alot

Great teaching: easy language, some extra work and thinking.

Thank you!

Best of Instructions and the best teaching faculty on internet.

very excellent course. this course is increase my knowledge

It is an excellent course. Ready to continue studying!!!!!

Clear, easy and concise for beginners. Highly recommended

i recommand this course for beignners learning in python

Long story short : awesome teacher, perfect materials

Excellent course even for a beginner in programming

Is such a valuable beginning. Well structured.

very good for a new python programmer

I love the professor! He is so funny!

This course is very interesting

Simple and informative content

Excellent course for beginners

instructor is really awesome

Dr. Chuck is obviously best

Good teaching methodology

A very good course.

very very good

great!

On the plus side:

- Videos are generally short and to the point.

- Quizzes are enjoyable and very very useful to double check your own progress.

- The speaking style of the teacher is, in general, fairly straightforward and never boring.

- Teaching staff answers quickly in the discussion forum.

On the minus side:

- The teacher generally writes over the slides without adding any value to their content (actually creating some confusion).

- He occasionally introduces a new subject with code that includes other subjects (i.e., loop lessons code includes lists, and lists are never fully explained as they're not in the scope of this course) and/or can lead to wrong assumptions (i.e., most of the slides offered for loops include lists in the code, but I found out at the very end that lists are not strictly needed to run loops).

- Sometimes, the exercises imply an extra logical effort and the default code in the autograder can unleash confusion: if on one hand I am a supporter of tricky questions and critical thinking to stimulate and challenge the learning process, I find that this stage should happen once the knowledge has been consolidated and not during early exercises. When plenty of learners call for help in the forum, often about the very same mistake (and the teaching staff answers with nearly copy-paste answers) this calls for a review of the exercise.

- I fail to understand the purpose of the "Office hours" videos, which do not give any Python knowledge.

Nevertheless, I still think this is a solid introductory course for beginners/non-programmers that is worth getting. While I am not a programmer, I can certainly say that I no longer feel a complete idiot!

Thanks a lot, Dr. Chuck!

Excellent overview of first few concepts in Programming in Python. Useful in understanding programming concepts (early early stages) for those who have never done programming and refresher for those who have, but it has been a while, I look forward to seeing how the other courses in the this series are. Only reason I didn't give a 5 star rating is because I think in addition to the given assignments there should be an extra assignment per week with practical applications. Granted not enough of the language is know yet to warrant anything really complex, but perhaps just number converter for scientific notation, or a tip calculator with code given that can make it practical to use (connect it to a website or phone application).

This is a very nice start for python beginners. Professor Charles Severence's way to teaching is very good. This course will help you build a strong foundation in python. I liked the conditional sequences lecture from other lectures. The assignments and quize were so engrossing and tricky which helped me a lot. Moreover the discussion forum is a nice help for fellow students. I would recommend you to take this course. I completed this course in 2 days along with all assignments and quiz submitted. The bonus videos give a nice exposure about successful people and career. I also loved them.