Start assignments early and be solid on your object oriented programming fundamentals. Utilize unit testing and write your own tests to verify that your program logic is correct and passes the assignment requirements listed in the rubric.

Submitted Fri Apr 05 2024

I paired this with 271 and this was definitely the easier course. It also allows you to work ahead. I stayed 2 weeks ahead through most of the course, so if I had a challenging week in 271 I could focus on that and not think about 162. The material in this course is pretty easy if you are familiar with Python and OOP.

Submitted Wed Mar 20 2024

I would come in being comfortable with OOP and recursion. Also take advantage of Samarendra's Learning Sessions. They are extremely helpful to understanding the content. Also, be prepared to review concepts from 161 as 162 builds on them.

Submitted Tue Dec 12 2023

Should be merged with 161 to make room for a real class.

Submitted Thu Jun 22 2023

Definitely more challenging than CS161 but in a fun way. If you're taking CS271 with this class, you'll definitely appreciate this class since you won't have to worry about managing the stack, registers, etc.

Submitted Wed Apr 05 2023

Could have stood to be more rigorous.

Submitted Mon Mar 27 2023

I ran through Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes before starting the program and it covered more than this class did. The final project for this class was really frustrating though. They had us make a Chess replica, but due to having such a sparse and vague ReadMe, they wound up telling us the tests would only use moves that followed the rules. In other words, we did not have to test for users trying to break the rules. It made the project trivial, but also useless in terms of putting on GitHub later on.

Submitted Mon Mar 27 2023

Projects 2 and 3 were long but quite easy. If you did fine in 161 this class will be a breeze.

Submitted Sun Mar 26 2023

Start projects early, some of the assignments can be quickly completed but Weeks 2,3,6,7, and the final project take much more time.

Submitted Mon Mar 20 2023

Pair with another easy class (not 271)

Submitted Sun Mar 19 2023