Is a pretty good starting point, but if you don't have any computer knowledge before this, it will most likely take extra time to understand the way it's explained.

too hard to understand. i was able to understand it with the knowledge of html, css and little JS i had already.

The degree of clarity in each lesson and exercise is very inconsistent, and some of the quizzes are literally impossible to earn a 100% on either because the "potential" max score is one(1) point higher than the number of questions can provide with all correct answers, or because a question will only have wrong answers, two of which are literally identical. The first week lulls you into a false sense of security, and the second week goes too hard for beginners, especially when relying on their web-app JavaScript interface. The way functions interact with the main code is not really explained well enough with the few examples they provide by that point in the course, and it's also right after they introduce bug fixing strategies- instead of at the beginning where people may not have any experience whatsoever. Most of the posts in the discussion boards are unanswered questions spanning multiple years; there is hardly any activity, which can be demoralizing when you have no idea why your code isn't working. The post-module surveys weren't open for submissions at all, so it feels as though this course has been abandoned by the college that released it, which is sad. I learned a lot from this course, but it was quite stressful since their use of proprietary library functions made it harder to get advice from outside their ecosystem. I probably wouldn't have succeeded in this course if I was an absolute beginner instead of someone that's rusty but has prior academic experience in programming.

The tests have very few questions so if you get one or two wrong then you fail which is not a good indicator of whether you know the material. The main problem was that there is no information on the correct answer for the exercises and try it out. You give a very basic explanation in the lesson and then expect us to be able to do a complex version of the lesson in the exercises without any real hints or answers. Then we are tested on the exercises that you did not give us the answers to study. This is not a good way to learn. Codeacademy gives hints and eventually will give you the answer if you cant figure it out so that you can see what you did wrong. Also, the times on which it would take us do the exercises were not accurate on the time you estimated us to finish them.

The structure and pacing of this course both feel off. In a lot of instances the projects don't seem to line up with what was taught in the videos, thereby making the tests extremely difficult.

One of the projects had me write an algorithm to identify/change the colors of pixels on an image. While interesting, I questioned the practicality, and relevance of this exercise. Algorithms can be used to edit an image on a website, but wouldn't learning how to write an algorithm that automates a task on a website have been more relevant?

Overall this is not a class for beginners as it requires a certain level of programming knowledge before starting.

HTML and CSS were GREAT. JavaScript was very confusing as it did not teach me what each part of the code meant, including the syntax --- and hence I was unable to understand anything by Week 4, despite having listened to all the lectures and participated in the all the activities. I wish JavaScript's structure was more consistent with that of HTML and CSS.

Too much use of their own Library . Makes you actually confused as to what type of JS functions are actually running in the background, to make the stuff come to reality.

Somewhat decent though.

No consistency, from very easy web design fundamentals to advanced Javascript with no explanation videos to help over a series of quizzes and assignments in week 3 lesson 3.

fuck you

The curriculum was poorly organized. A two-hour Youtube course can teach much more about html/css/js than all this 4-week long course. At least you should expect to be able to set up a simple page with some decent (beginner) layout and some interactvity after finishing the course. But no! This much time spent for so little stuff.

What did you I supposedly learn (I know html/css/js already)?

html: h1, p, ul, table, input, div (it should take fifteen minutes to explain)

css: color, background-color, border (maybe five minutes is enough)

js: document.getElementById, onclick, onchange, function, className, for loop, if (an hour for this level of simplicity)

All the above can be put into a one or two-hour video.

I understand that this is a beginner course, but still, it could be managed much better with some real world beginner project like a simple web page with some beginner functionality not a random useless Image processor built on their own library.

Genuinely this class is not designed for beginners.

Most assignments don't provide enough instruction or information to complete them, nor do they provide answers to double check your work. I would regularly complete an assignment one way, then the quiz would expect you to have done it another way and I could only guess what method they used.

The lectures are good and easy to understand, but often times provide just the bare minimum before the next assignment expects you to take that three steps further, with no additional assistance.

Many small things are not mentioned, but you are expected to know. Not knowing or utilizing them does break your code. But without the teacher mentioning it, you have no idea that you're unaware. So you're just stuck trying to figure out what you missed or what you should be doing with no guidance as to what you need to be doing.

Never again will I take a course with Duke University

The teachers act upon scenarios that are way too dramatic and overkill. Best way to describe their acting: Cheesy AF. Also, the old lady has a high pitched voice that sounds like it would break glass, so I always have to turn down my volume when she starts speaking. The students look like they are doing this for an internship. They sound super nervous and stumble all over the place. I cannot follow their instruction with their shaky voice and lack of eye contact.

The lack of genuine behavior and proper explanation of concepts is apalling. I had to leave halfway through the course. Never again with Duke University.

Too much fake excitement and enthusiasm by most of the instructors (not all of them), they put too much effort in acting, ending up being bad actors instead of good (or just normal) teachers. they have the technical and subject matter expertise for sure, but as a learner, i cant get past the too much bad acting in the course - its a constant massive distraction from learning... i feel this course was produced by someone with a background of making cheap entertainment shows on TV. too bad, as the course structure could have made it a promising one! in short, there are many better options out there, this one is not recommended!

This is a terrible course, starting from Week 2. This can't be a beginner course for Javascript. The assignments seemed nearly impossible for someone who has no experience with Jacascript. The lecture videos gave some broad and generic knowledge about what a variable is for example and then the assignment asks of you to change a picture's pixel colours without explaining to you how that works. This is a really disheartening course for someone who has never done any JavaScript in their life.

I won't even talk about how devoid of charisma all the instructors were.

I did CS50 Computer Science from Harvard after. Because I still didn't get it . The content is similar, but is MUCH better in every way possible. The teachers, the tools, the projects, the explanations, everything I can think of, is just way better. It's more up to date. I can't think of a better way of teaching it. Also it is cheaper.

Week 1 and 2 were very useful. As a beginner, I learned a lot about HTML and CSS. Week 3 was a big leap to JavaScript, and the level of difficulty was the reason why I quit the course. Concepts are not well-explained, a lot of material for completing the tasks is missing. Please make JavaScript part simple for beginners.

Its not detailed in explaining the method. I am a fast time HTML learner and the course starts by giving an assignment to "try it" but as a first time learner I have no idea what I am doing. The instruction videos are very very shallow!. Are they assuming students are pros before they sign up for the course?

I quit this course as it does not live up to the specialization which it begins. JavaScript is not Java. The course description should clearly state that JavaScript will be taught and that it will be used to draw boxes of different colors. I was extremely let down by this course.

Honestly not a very well designed course. I went through the videos and tests for weeks 1 and 2 and found that it's just rushing us through the basics while not really telling us much. Much of it was "here's an introduction to a tiny detail... You go find out the rest"..

Please give the course name the right title so people can choose it properly. I searched for Java Programming and the course says Java programming and Software engineering fundamentals so I choose it but when I open up the course it says Javascript, HTML and CSS .

Answers in quiz exercises don't match results. Instructional videos often assume knowledge a beginner does not have. it is probly me but I was unable to follow steps yo success. failed a quiz even when I tested code and got a positive result.

This course, starting from week 3 in NOT for beginners at all. If you are truly new to programming you would understand nothing from the Java Script part of the course. A lot of people complain about the same issue during the course.

The course starts well. But then, it turns into an processing image course! In the end you even learn Steganography, to hide messages inside imagens, and the usage (according to the teacher) is to bypass government censorship 🤣🤣🤣

Poorly designed and explained. You do not really gain much knowledge from this course.

I would not recommend my friends and basically others to take this course. There are far better courses out there for much cheaper prices.

Not satisfied with the course.

Please see other programming course like python and matlab and see yourself that there is a lot difference between them and this course.

please improve and make a mooc.