Overall an interesting course that improved on my skills with Java

Goes over object oriented programming in Java, as well as other topics such as networking, GUIs, and concurrency.

Lectures could’ve had better explanations of things

Make sure everyone is working on the final project, keep others accountable

Project based course is fun when you get a good team.

The content is relatively easy to understand. Unlike many courses you actually get to make things with what you learn

Dr Turkstra obviously cares about teaching.

Do your work early I guess. Don't sweat too hard, this is an intro class for a reason

Well taught class, make sure concepts are understood on the homeworks and the projects will be easy

Start projects early and do well so you have to worry less about midterms and final

Overall, not bad. His lectures were actually very interesting and he knows how to explain difficult concepts well. My only issue was that sometimes the quizzes were overtly tricky.

Great guy. Good sense of humor and very easy to talk to. One of those teachers who want you to learn not to fail.

If you have a group project like I did. Make sure that everyone either pulls their weight. Hold everyone accountable, my group fell apart at the end because half the group decided to reveal four days before the project was due that they had no idea how to do their parts so two of us finished the whole thing on our own.

Jeff Turkstra had many rules in this course, but the materials weren't that hard, but it's pretty hard for non-cs majors or someone who is new to programming.

A ton of work that takes time, but its easy to get 100% on it. Can easily have enough points to not need to study for the final.

Turkey is hard but a good prof.

Work ahead