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About the Course

The basis for education in the last millennium was “reading, writing, and arithmetic;” now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is an essential part of the education of every student, not just in the sciences and engineering, but in the arts, social sciences, and humanities, as well. Beyond direct applications, it is the first step in understanding the nature of computer science’s undeniable impact on the modern world. This course covers the first half of our book Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach (the second half is covered in our Coursera course Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines). Our intent is to teach programming to those who need or want to learn it, in a scientific context. We begin by introducing basic programming elements such as variables, conditionals, loops, arrays, and I/O. Next, we turn to functions, introducing key concepts such as recursion, modular programming, and code reuse. Then, we present a modern introduction to object-oriented programming. We use the Java programming language and teach basic skills for computational problem solving that are applicable in many modern computing environments. Proficiency in Java is a goal, but we focus on fundamental concepts in programming, not Java per se. All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion....

Top reviews

VS

May 13, 2019

Beautiful course. I am a software developer with 10+ years of experience in programming and have never realized depth of actual MATH behind all that I do. Thank you Robert Sedgewick, you are the BEST.

PK

Aug 6, 2023

This was a very great course to learn a powerful programming language, techniques used. This has changed my life for better and am looking forward to a career change into the programming world.

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By Grazyna K

Aug 22, 2020

I expected to review all java basics but found myself working hard with high level, challenging projects that set up a growing environment for me.

By J H

May 20, 2020

It did not just teach coding, but taught efficient coding and how to think about performance issues, and separation of program parts into objects

By Decent M

Apr 24, 2023

A fantastic course that walks you through the material in a good pace with great assignments that are both challenging and interesting!

By 赵凌乔

Feb 5, 2020

This course is full of the fundamentals that one should learn in programming, especially how everything works in OOP. Excellent course.

By Steve C

Mar 28, 2022

Such a great course with interesting assignments. It really helps me a lot in java programming and important programming concepts.

By Darshan B R

Aug 14, 2023

The course is really very informative and nice, explaining basics to advance level is great, Im greatfully thanks to lecture ..

By Тугов С А

Jan 12, 2021

This is an absolutely incredible course. I couldn't have hoped for better one. My endless admiration and gratitude to authors.

By Neevraj K B

Nov 11, 2023

Great course! Teaches core fundamentals of programming and debugging in java! Recommended as a second language for beginners!

By JOSÉ E O L

Aug 14, 2023

curso muy completo, leer bien la ultima tarea antes de hacerla,incluso si crees que no la puedes hacer ,primero lee bien

By Kuirong W

Aug 21, 2020

This is a great course with heavy loaded homeworks which is definitely help if you like to get the best of the course.

By Sreejit C

Jul 11, 2020

Quite a nice introduction to Programming and Java . Thank You lecturers for this interesting course and assignments .

By Meysam A

Nov 2, 2019

It's a prefect starting point for those who want to learn programming or those who wants to refresh their knowledge.

By Deleted A

Aug 6, 2019

Awesome course. Very challenging even for experienced programmer. Prof. Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne do a great job.

By Ang L

Feb 20, 2022

This course is very helpful to me to understand the basic knowledge of computer science, thank the professors!

By Gopala V R

Jul 27, 2020

Excellent. Wish I had this professor teaching when I first started learning programming quite a few years ago.

By Jack H

May 20, 2020

Great intro level course, I really enjoyed it. I look forward to the Instructors' other courses on algorithms.

By John C

Jul 20, 2020

Interesting programming exercises.

Well-structured course and automatic evaluation of exercises very good.

By EDI V

Oct 15, 2022

Muy bueno aunque yo soy pricipiante en la tecgnologia. De bajos recurson y vivo fuera de estados unidos

By Arshad

May 13, 2020

It is always a privilege to learn from someone who is the best in his field. Thanks for the lectures.

By Anika P

Jul 16, 2022

This course was good and helpful and it deveploped my understanding for computer science as a whole.

By Nguyen D L

Sep 15, 2022

It's amazing how an introductory course in programming can show student many fundamental skills.

By Arnold H

Nov 13, 2022

Examples are interesting.

The professor clearly explained all the concepts he want to introduce.

By Manuel M T

Aug 12, 2021

This is an excellent course. Well taught, organized, covering the foundations of java and OOP.

By Christos N

Sep 25, 2020

Great experience. Of course a lot to learn, and big effort to complete but provided new ideas!

By Vorravoot N

Jan 10, 2022

Great course, i get many idea and basic knowledge for Java from this useful course. thanks :)