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About the Course

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of programming languages, with a strong emphasis on functional programming. The course uses the languages ML, Racket, and Ruby as vehicles for teaching the concepts, but the real intent is to teach enough about how any language “fits together” to make you more effective programming in any language -- and in learning new ones. This course is neither particularly theoretical nor just about programming specifics -- it will give you a framework for understanding how to use language constructs effectively and how to design correct and elegant programs. By using different languages, you will learn to think more deeply than in terms of the particular syntax of one language. The emphasis on functional programming is essential for learning how to write robust, reusable, composable, and elegant programs. Indeed, many of the most important ideas in modern languages have their roots in functional programming. Get ready to learn a fresh and beautiful way to look at software and how to have fun building it. The course assumes some prior experience with programming, as described in more detail in the first module. The course is divided into three Coursera courses: Part A, Part B, and Part C. As explained in more detail in the first module of Part A, the overall course is a substantial amount of challenging material, so the three-part format provides two intermediate milestones and opportunities for a pause before continuing. The three parts are designed to be completed in order and set up to motivate you to continue through to the end of Part C. The three parts are not quite equal in length: Part A is almost as substantial as Part B and Part C combined. Week 1 of Part A has a more detailed list of topics for all three parts of the course, but it is expected that most course participants will not (yet!) know what all these topics mean....

Top reviews

JF

Mar 14, 2023

Excellent course and teacher. I love that all of it was 100% accessible for free, and that it was both fun and challenging, yet very doable for most people who do their work and had prior experience.

YZ

Dec 2, 2016

I'm just a beginner for CS or SE classes, and find this course really concise and challenging. It opens a door for me to get deeper into programming language. No wonder it got so high average score.

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By Yuhang W

Mar 14, 2020

I just LOVE this course

By Chenjun S

Jun 21, 2018

Dan is a great teacher!

By Apor B

Apr 25, 2022

A fantastic experience

By l1nxy

Apr 21, 2019

it's very great course

By Tso C F

Aug 20, 2018

learn real programming

By Suvrat A

Aug 29, 2016

The best MOOC ever! :)

By Alper G

Dec 30, 2020

Excellent content !!

By Walker

Aug 11, 2018

很赞,学到了很多实用的基本概念和方法。

By Alex

Jan 21, 2017

It's really good!!!

By Tang

May 20, 2018

took it, worth it!

By Patricia E R R

May 7, 2017

I like this course

By Elioth F

Jul 16, 2020

Excellent course!

By Joshua J

Jun 17, 2020

Very well taught!

By Chris T

Jan 21, 2019

excellent course!

By Evgeniy N

May 27, 2018

Very good course.

By 郑

Jan 10, 2018

very good course!

By Deleted A

Oct 14, 2017

fantastic course!

By Lyxn

Oct 4, 2017

make sense to me.

By Andrew W

Jul 12, 2017

Excellent course.

By Amal R

Oct 7, 2016

Excellent Course.

By SEYEDMOHAMMADRASOUL H

Dec 19, 2022

hard but good...

By Justin K

Sep 5, 2022

Excellent course

By Abdelrhman A

Sep 3, 2020

very good course

By Luis G

Dec 8, 2019

beautiful course

By Wang G

Aug 13, 2019

Very good course