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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 zouzhitao

Dec 16, 2018

very good course

By Dingze W

Jul 3, 2018

fantastic course

By TAO X

Dec 27, 2017

Epic course ever

By Chung M T

Sep 16, 2022

Perfect course

By Taegun P

May 26, 2020

Amazing course.

By Ashish S

Jul 21, 2017

Really great...

By pengwei

Feb 4, 2017

So far so good!

By Juspreet S

Oct 9, 2016

Amazing course!

By jzy

Nov 4, 2018

Well-designed!

By Gabriel M

Sep 7, 2022

Really nice!

By peanuts6

Jan 20, 2018

useful for me

By Guy H

Aug 12, 2017

Great course.

By Troy

Jun 14, 2017

great course!

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Jun 4, 2017

值得学习的j课程,获益匪浅

By Yurii B

Feb 2, 2023

Great course

By Sorin J

Aug 20, 2020

Outstanding!

By Yasha

Aug 5, 2020

great course

By Jin X

Sep 20, 2018

Dan is great

By XiangFeng M

Dec 11, 2017

Learn a lot!

By 黄文宇

Mar 15, 2017

great course

By Cherith K V

Nov 6, 2023

nice course

By S1nT4x

May 31, 2018

Having fun!

By Guang Y

Oct 24, 2017

good course

By Jan D

Feb 23, 2021

Excellent!

By 林桢

Feb 8, 2018

very good!