Tying the assignments to an Android Studio project was overkill; the same principles could have been demonstrated with a SIMPLE java application.

Overall, a good course. The only (HUGE) drawback is that your assignments are being checked by students, who often have no clue what they are grading.

Content is ok but doesn't go in detail and often just scratch the surface.

Exercises instead are quite poor. Many errors in the UML diagrams and code examples.

this course really needs more explanation and going through details in order to be useful. I believe it is just a introduction to design patterns and you cannot learn design patterns by introduction

Poor peer-review system, lack of support from teachers in discussions

I have never had a chance to study CS at the university so I am always looking for ways to improve my knowledge - to keep up with fellow programmers. And this course met my requirements perfectly. :)

The course is a really good introductory course for beginners to understand new concepts and for intermediates to refresh basic software design patterns and anti-patterns.

Very very useful to both academician and industry professionals..Thanks Coursera and University of Alberta

The course was very interesting and provided a good basic knowledge about design patterns. - I had to study Design Patterns and Code Smells also with other resources, as the knowledge in the course is not very deep. But i'ts completely ok to have some inputs for further investigations.

It's been a while since I have taken any academic course, however, I found this course very insightful and beneficial in my career. It helped me to fill gaps in my programming knowledge knowledge. I'm intending to use the materials provided as a reference in my day to day activities.

Amazing course. I've learned so much about not only design patterns, but also how to make code more usable, maintainable, and flexible as well. I recommend this course to anyone who is interested in extending the capacities of how to write good well designed software.

very nice practical and theoretical approach towards the subject.

Very well planned assignments.

Few of assignments were challenging, but the guided tutorial help them to understand and solve problems methodically.

I love this course.

Very well structured course. Assignments are good and the mechanism of peer review is very good. Quizzes are also very good. After completing all assignments and quizzes one gets a very good understanding of the subject.

The course was really recommended for a good kick start in design patterns and it would be more effective if you follow this course along with head first design patterns book

Great course, I find very useful and clear explanation about the patterns, principles and code smell, with ti has diagrams and code to explain great all the topics

I consolidated my previous knowledge, and also learned a lot of new things about patterns and OOP in general. Thank you very much, the course is excellent! :)

i learned a lot form this great course thinks for every one who contribute for such a course and i hope i finish the rest of it's specialization

great, lecture notes are well prepared, with hands-on assignment. My design getting more solid and well structured after taken this course.

This course helped me learn about Design Patterns and better ways to organize things at work. It's a good start to learning Design Patterns.

Great course, some of the patterns in GoF's book are covered in the course and some of the code smells are covered as well in a great way.

Its a wonderful course for all the software engineers who use object-oriented paradigm for software application development.

Great content, I would add a few more patterns, not necessarily for grading, but to have them as guide for when needed.

Brief introduction to design patterns. The lectures, quizes, assignments are all good. Recommended to take.

you can just open the video to look to the beautiful instructor lady and how can she simplifies everything

Good course, really loving this specialization though I am a bit behind with progress as I wasnt well