Lecture 1 | Programming Methodology (Stanford)

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Lecture by Professor Mehran Sahami for the Stanford Computer Science Department (CS106A). In the first lecture of the quarter, Professor Sahami provides an overview of the course and begins discussing computer programing.
CS106A is an Introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Uses the Java programming language. Emphasis is on good programming style and the built-in facilities of the Java language.
Complete Playlist for the Course:
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CS106A at Stanford Unversity:
www.stanford.edu/class/cs106a/
Stanford Center for Professional Development:
scpd.stanford.edu/
Stanford University:
www.stanford.edu
Stanford University Channel on KZbin:
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[@AlecThilenius]

I owe where I am in life to these lectures. I watched all 3 classes from Stanford (Methodology, Abstractions and Paradigms). It was an AMAZING series. I then got a college internship with Intel, and am now part of a funded startup writing code. Thank you Stanford, I love you guys!

[@CuntCrusher]

How are now Buddy?

[@overman2040]

@@CuntCrusher how are you?

[@CuntCrusher]

@@overman2040 How are you? Let it all out, all your problems and issues. At least that way you'll also feel a little better.

[@gumikebbap]

@@CuntCrusher u just need to look him up on Linkedin, like I just did. Hey Alec! Seems you're doing great. Thanks for the advice :)

[@Jess-dd2kz]

It's 13 years ago !!!!😟 Still useful ??????????????????

[@zainahmed6502]

To save you time: most of the video he talks about attendance and grading, the first lesson starts at 41:35

[@suspiciousbird487]

Dude, thanks

[@akirubamiru6700]

Thank you man!

[@JeffWithAnF]

Zain Ahmed I listened to parts of the beginning. It reminded me why I sucked so bad at school. Mid terms, finals, homework, grades, etc. thank god there's so much free information available for programming.

[@youmah25]

شكرا

[@zainahmed6502]

Wow, this is literally where my programming journey began 3 years ago. This was my very first introduction to programming and computer science. I'm now finishing up a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and will soon go into iOS Development after graduation.

[@TheScarletdew]

Table of contents: (to help with quick navigation between the lectures) 1. course logistics, intro to karel 2. Karel program (conditions, loop) 3. Karel program (decomposition) 4. Java intro 5. Variable, GObject 6. Operations, loops 7. method 8. random generator 9. contructing class, java documentation 10. extending class 11. GImage, GPolygon, GCompound, event-driven program 12. Enumeration, strings and character 13. Strings 14. Memory 15. Memory, files input/output, exception handling 16. array and arraylist 17. multi-dimensional array 18. multi-dimensional array, debugging 19. Interface, hashmap 20. GUI (graphic user interface), windows layout 21. JTextFiled, grid layout and table layout 22. NameSurfer program, component/Container 23. Search and sorting 24. HashMap, social network 25. Online store 26. Standard Java VS acm library, export to runnable file 27. CS beyond CS106a 28. final exam review

[@coregramming3736]

Thank you

[@ananth7865]

Thank you

[@abraarz2971]

Thanks!

[@developerbhai581]

thnks,, v v v much

[@pjoazure]

Thanks, man. This helps a lot.

[@IvanSkodje]

I want to shake his hand. My first steps learning programming (not just Java) was from this course. 7 years later I am a full-time consultant providing customers with both my knowledge and problem-solving skills :)

[@astropgn]

OMG, I remember watching these videos back in 2009-2010. I didn't even understand English that well, and I didn't have good internet connection. I remember I've downloaded every lecture and save it on DVDs to watch and learn. I ended up not practicing, just watching the lectures, but it was great! This professor threw candies at students whenever they asked. There was this time where he asked something and a lot of people gave the right answer, so he showered them with candies lol. There was also this lecture where a bunch of male students, probably from the college sports team, invaded the lecture and run around making noises and stuff, and the professor just waited until they were finished with their tradition and then continue the lecture as if nothing had happened hahaha. At the very end of the course some students delivered incredible projects, one making a functional version of the game Zelda. Amazing! So great, this brings back so much memories. At the time I was finishing high school and I was thinking about getting into computer science. I diverged a little bit and went to study chemistry and material science. But I often return to programming. I find it fascinating :)

[@astropgn]

@Sushil Sopran Hi, Sushil, sorry, I just found out your comment today. I am not learning software engineering specifically, just always learning more about coding. My research area leans more towards material synthesis and I work in a lab, not much on the computer :)

[@trevordsouza1095]

41:35 to skip all the logistics

[@brandonwillis6306]

Trevor Dsouza Thank you (:

[@Inzolity]

+Trevor Dsouza Thanks.

[@nikolaismetannikov7891]

+Trevor Dsouza thumbs up to you, good sir!

[@RahulSharma-bw2ux]

Trevor Dsouza thanks bro

[@Imfrosty]

Life Saver ! Thanks :) Din't expect that much time.. #LMAO :D

[@ciprh1]

00:22 Welcome to CS106A 04:17 Course Staff 05:48 Why is the class called Programming Methodology? 10:33 Are you in the right class? 15:19 Class Logistics 20:46 Assignments and Grading 28:09 Extensions 30:53 Midterm and Final 32:00 Grade breakdown 34:32 The Honor Code 41:35 Writing/Debugging Programs 44:21 Why Karel?

[@dominiquemolinawallace6077]

thank you bruh for your help

[@Anthonyngoploti]

"Just knowing a language doesn't make you a good software programmer. This course is about to help you be a good software engineer" "Sometimes you have to learn how to unlearn, because you have to unlearn the bad habits" I am definitely a CS person!

[@SimGunther]

Tell that to all the Joe Blow CEOs who want to define engineers as "Hi, I'm a person who knows Javascript, and that's about it" to justify underpaying them to make more bugs while inflating the CEO's pay with stock buybacks.

[@prasannahd]

So bro how did it turned out?

[@Xubxero]

Thank you Stanford for sharing this priceless knowledge with the world. I love you.

[@tedv8323]

This is how I started with programming back in 2011 (I was stuck in a dead-end job), this professor showed me that programming is fun & not scary at all. Thank you!

[@Electronieks]

Me to

[@AtomLabX]

Do you still recommend it for today, or search for other sources maybe?

[@stijnvanhalen3196]

I want every single teacher of mine to be like this… he's just great!

[@nobytes2]

Stijn Van Halen If the student wants to learn he's half way there. Is like 70% desire to learn, and 30% good teacher.

[@testuser1337]

Well, if your teacher is crap, then students will dread to participate and will connect the subject with this negative sensation. so this would implicate, that the teacher is absolutely integral to keep up the desire to learn and thus will directly influence the performance of 95% of the students. A teacher should be an entertainer first, wrapping knowledge around problems to solve and not just a god damn database. If we just needed databases to teach skillsets, schools and universities would just be a table and a bookshelf. And to be honest. Most Schools have such a high percentage of completely incompetent teachers, that they are essentially, just that. But the top 5% will still prevail, because they have the drive to suck it up. But that is not a system that will get us anywhere near the education which is needed to survive in the 21st century economy.

[@hali17]

This is my favorite intro to programming course ever, I keep recommending it to people ever since I've first seen it. :-) I enjoyed it a lot even though I didn't really learn much new (I've been coding for years at that point), the professor is that good. I highly recommend it to anyone struggling with the basics of programming.

[@elijahrivers3917]

Kuznetcova Viktoriia teach me please I really need help

[@ifeanyiosuji4281]

Just saw your recommendation now on codegym and decided to check it. Thanks

[@devzoi3715]

now do you understand that the vision of 2015 in back to the future 2 is inaccurate?

[@otawaaz]

Of the best professors ever!!! World be a much better place if all were like him. He brings genuine energy to everyone in attendance.

[@maxczapski2239]

I love Robert Sapolsky's classes at Stanford (available on their KZbin channel as well). I started watching this video just out of curiosity without expecting to finish it due to it's introductory nature, but Prof. Mehran just managed to capture my full attention just by presenting the course's guidelines in such a charismatic and upbeat manner, which makes me wish all my professors had been that way. I've studied in two different countries and I've come across a some brilliant educators, a few. Stanford seems like an extraordinary place to study judging by its faculty and it's an absolutely noble deed the fact they share knowledge with everyone via this medium. Chapeau bas, Stanford! Greetings from Buenos Aires.

[@abhishekpatil6210]

Sooo many memories! I was a teenager back in 2009 when i first watched these. Haven't found anything this good on the internet in the past decade. Mehran is the perfect guy to introduce you to not just programming, but any damn concept! This is proof that there are no uninteresting subjects, there are only uninterested people who were sadly introduced to the topic by a non-Mehran.

[@SK-vi6fw]

This guy is more energetic laying out the logistics for his class than my professors were during my entire masters degree. And that was at a Russel Group university.

[@Rafael111222111222]

Congratulations to Stanford for making this material available! For all the mortals(like me) who can´t get to Stanford, Harvard or the MIT, this helps a lot.

[@mrKitke]

These lectures, and the next in the series (Programming Abstractions and Paradigms) were a game changer in my life. I was able to learn enough by myself and watching this fantastic series to switch careers, and from a low level university employee working on humanities departmenent, start a programming career. 9 years later, I'm a senior software engineer in one of the biggest companies in the region. Thank you Standford for sharing this fantastic content! Professor Sahami is a fantastic lecturer, definitely one of the best that I have ever heard.

[@AtomLabX]

Do you still think this content is relevant as today/?

[@mrKitke]

@@AtomLabX Yeah I think it is still worth watching, although will have trouble running the examples, since they are written in quite old versions of Java. Nevertheless, the gist of the knowledge and the basic abstractions are definitely still relevant.

[@elwondery]

This course is awesome, despite of time passed. I was running VM with WinXP to run IDE with assignments and code examples, and I have no regrets for it. Two years passed, there was lot of courses, books, etc, and now I’m former software engineer, but this course is forever in my heart. Thank you, Mehran.

[@Grym99]

I'm incredibly grateful for these videos, in the summer of 2011 I started programming by watching these videos. Now, a year and a half later, I'm starting to become really good at programming. I still have a long way to go, but these videos gave me the basic ways of thinking when working with programming! Thank you Stanford and thank you Professor Mehran Sahami!

[@Zed091]

this man is so good at teaching . . . i wish i could go to stanford

[@ulysses_grant]

+ezzraxx1 Same here... I wish I could had done my graduation in a university like Stanford.

[@PSSK101]

+ezzraxx1 www.udacity.com (started by Professor Sebastien Thrun) & the obvious: www.stanford.edu will change your lives, almost as much as having actually attended, depending on what you do with it, of course. best of luck.

[@ivanetinajero]

Yeah!!!. I watched all 28 videos, and they really helped me to think as a true software engineer!!!.

[@shikazzz]

Yeah, I think a great university is not the one with faculty who are good at research but the one with faculty who know how to teach and deliver that knowledge to the next generation. I really appreciate those instructors that aim to ensure you learn the skills and knowledge.

[@devzoi3715]

now do you understand that the vision of 2015 in back to the future 2 is inaccurate?

[@stephen62244]

On Lecture 26 at the moment - wonderful series of lectures, thoroughly recommend it - Professor was excellent!

[@Zoned192]

I was blown away when he said that you'll have to unlearn things that's just great. it opens up doors conceptually.

[@denge316]

I can't thank this channel enough for the amount of contribution it has been in my life.

[@gvantsasulkhanishvili9402]

Just started this course, want to see my comment in several months/years when I will (hopefully) have better knowledge and bigger progress.

[@RaveDTZ]

its been a year, how's things going now?

[@RobaczekBaczek]

In march I'm starting Java cours on my university in Poland so this youtube course will be great to get some experience in Java. Thanks Stanford for giving me the opportunity to learn from one of the best University in the World. Professor Sahami speeks very fast :) but I hope I will understand what is important.

[@devzoi3715]

now do you understand that the vision of 2015 in back to the future 2 is inaccurate?

[@jangavlik6466]

almost 4 years ago I started doing these + exercises, now extremely programmer with awesome job. 10/10 would recommend

[@rationaloptimist5747]

really?

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

This guy clearly enjoys teaching. That's the first sign of a good instructor.

[@paligamy93]

wait a teacher who doesn't try to scare the crap out of you on the first day?!

[@amajordavid]

I know right? my last semester professor almost gave me a panic attack on the first day of class.

[@rob7328]

HALF OF YOU WILL DROP BEFORE THE FIRST MONTH. anyway lets have a good semester and see you tomorrow.

[@moz658]

Am i the only one who thinks his voice, tone and interaction with audience kinda similiar to Steve Jobs?

[@AravindG11]

No you're not the only one

[@Mustafa-vs8vv]

nope

[@MZy589]

Its how smart people talk

[@EB-gt9qq]

WOOOOW I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT COMMENTING THAT WHEN I SAW THIS

[@xanderbanter3752]

I have watched about five videos of this instructor - in a row. I love his teaching style. I wish I had teachers like him. :) I love his speed of speech - to much coffee perhaps but he gets to the point right now. Awesome!!!

[@gumikebbap]

I haven't learnt anything about coding methodology yet, but I've learnt a lot about comunication and reaching an audience. I like this guy!

[@kaiser741]

I went to MIT and USU channels and they're very good. This one playlist is excellent though. Awesome prof (thumbs up)

[@devzoi3715]

now do you understand that the vision of 2015 in back to the future 2 is inaccurate?

[@nurnur89]

This professor is amazing! watched all the lectures.. thank you very much

[@Teewaree13]

real education lives on forever!I am obsessed with learning the fundamentals !

[@jetswhiteout961]

Best intro for a class I've ever seen, wish I had a prof like this!

[@kashmeawahi5379]

great teacher, you are the best teacher ever, you are funny and you teach incredibly well, thanks a lot.

[@xImxWithxYoux1]

I watch this and pretend that I am actually attending Stanford...

[@lenimentus4698]

Will you ...?

[@georgejetson9801]

Me too! I'd still love to go but too old to get accepted there.

[@jsmith54565]

Who says you're too old?

[@Esparzamx]

Same here, well to be honest I wouldn't masturbate that much in campus

[@user-mn3iq2cs9n]

My favorite part is only pretending to pay the tuition.

[@Joke9972]

This guy is creme. He devides the 'institutionalized' defined in his intro and gradually redefines individual free will within the individuality of each. Gradually he communicates with the self to assess ambition as opposed to motivation. A self-accessment of the pupils gradually surfaces in each of the observing pupils. Great teacher. Nice system. I like it.

[@livingstonminja]

wow... am in Tanzania and attending Stanford everyday.. God bless you guys...

[@bryanepie]

This professor is so awesome!!!!!

[@KenechiLearnsCode]

Just started learning programming using this course. Afterwards I'm going to move onto the iOS courses also by Stanford. I'm vlogging my progress on my channel. Would be cool to connect with anyone who has also just started this course. Also check out the class guide that +trihard posted below - very very useful.

[@haloslippin6894]

I'm starting this today! What are the chances. Connect with me :)

[@MostInterestingManInTheWrld]

Already know basic C++ and PHP, but just started learning Android.

[@KenechiLearnsCode]

Daniel Shorts Yeah sure. I'm up to lecture 4 now. I think I would have watched lectures 4 and 5 by the end of this week :)

[@zebashadmani6415]

Yo, I starting today

[@KenechiLearnsCode]

It's helping a lot. I've watched up to lecture 16. So far I've built a version of Breakout - gist.github.com/kenechilearnscode/4c205eeb9889b9e188bb and most recently I'm working on Hangman - gist.github.com/kenechilearnscode/8a3d9091e93e43fde405 - feel free to copy the code and paste into your IDE if you want to run them. Most importantly, I think this course is giving me a good understanding of programming philosophies and principles, something that I think other online courses are lacking. I'd definitely recommend it. The only caveat is that there are a lot of lectures and it takes time but I think it's worth it. I mean, this is Stanford we're talking about!

[@MichaelBuergerArt]

I hope this guy is around when I head off to college, I love C++ and I would definitely take this class

[@SpooderW]

ive been programming for years and i still love watching this guy lecture

[@RajaseelanGaneswaran]

Damn, Makes me wish I had this kind of lecturers back when I was learning.

[@cheenaarora7905]

Me too

[@Alboman9]

Thumbs up if you are watching this video on Nov.2015

[@lunadusk8590]

+Boston . Ma dose Dec 3rd count :)

[@Alboman9]

+Luna Dusk its even better.

+Boston . Ma Dec 27th.

[@yiikai]

+Boston . Ma Heck 2015, I'm watching it in 2016

[@dipanshbagul576]

watching in 2018

[@BigRed4231]

I´ve only got the last assignment left, and then I am done. This course is top notch and Mehran is an excellent teacher. I started out with no prior programming experience, and I am no academic either, my grades from school is way bellow average. But with the help of this course I am now moving on to advanced programming.

[@madhubharti1360]

This was uploaded when i was born and now i am going to watch this lectures👍

[@morgigeadler]

This guy's a legend!!! :D

[@S3b1Videos]

I want this man to be my IT teacher :-) !

[@millennia]

this reminds me of MIT course, Introduction to computer science. Thank you Stanford and MIT you're both are doing great services to humanity.

[@ericfrigillana9117]

I like this professor i did not notice i finished the 48 mins vid. Leaving my mark here and update this when im successful in programming.

[@NameIsNotEnough]

Is it still practical to follow this lacture?? I'm told 8 years back about him but I'm checking this now...

[@clar331]

yes fundamentals don't change

[@NameIsNotEnough]

@@clar331 thank you.

[@pn5563]

I'm new learning java course can i fallow

[@LOSTmanONTHEINTERNET]

You can skip this lecture and go straight to lecture 2...

[@Mrinny]

It is a commendable effort that all these senior professors and such an esteemed university are giving such valuable matter to all. It places you even higher on the scales Cheers to the good work!

[@mihaitensor]

This is the CLASS we all should have taken at the beginning of college

[@IAmASheepEnjoyer]

I can't find the handouts!!! They're not in the back!

[@RaggaDnB]

this makes me feel like im in class !

[@PetaGriffin]

Y the space before the exclamation mark???

[@1995FIRSTskybits]

In programming classes one very important thing we learned is to check each others code when you get errors. Many times you will miss a semi-colon, or period, etc. The instructor told us that is what teamwork is all about in the real world. Our grades and open book tests were about understanding what the code meant and how to use it to make the program work without errors, and also we learned how to create error msgs properly.

[@drake2cool]

Sir i hope u read this coz i'm just blown away with ur teaching i stumbled upon ur lecture n for the past 5 hours couldnt stop watching u have a great way of making programming simple much better than the teachers at my college sincerly thank you i wish i was ur student ;-) youtube is the closest i'll get

[@k.k9206]

That man writes faster than i can type....

[@zackl4307]

Lol were any of the students like "you're filming this and I can just watch it on KZbin? WTF did i just pay for then?????"

[@tokyomilmil]

Don't be a smartass~~ you obviously know even if you watch the entire video series, you still wouldn't get any credits, not to mention a bachelor degree from Stanford University......the closest thing you may get is a sort of proof issued from MOOC websites such as EdX, which is similar to actual credits but not necessarily so depended on the organization you handed the proof to. And yes, even at a minimum amount of $39 to about $50, you still have to "pay" for the MOOC proof on courses you completed.

[@zackl4307]

Oh man you really know how to take things too seriously. Have a sense of humor and try to relax.

[@tokyomilmil]

zack later I'm sure you know there's a fine line b/w a good joke and a stupid one.

[@zackl4307]

I'm sure you're equally aware that my comment was meant to insight this sort of response from a fool like you, but then again..

[@tokyomilmil]

zack later I was just trying to remind you a joke like this has crossed the line of disrespecting students paying for studying in college. It's exactly this sort of stupid jokes that ruins any good intentions or philanthropy some people are desperately in need of. Try to grow up and learn some sense. It will prevent you from getting run down by cars on streets.

[@MegaLESM]

Don't miss those first 40 minutes. He's an amazing teacher.

[@Excelsoft]

im a lecturer and i learned alot from this professor, i mean the way he teaches..

[@anthonyintheuk]

For everybody looking for the actual edition of the main text book used in this course there is a "tor" for it over on the bay. I will not provide a link to it as I do not want to subject myself to legal countermeasures by the greedy publishing company. Downloading the book is considered a copyright violation but just like the professor said "There is nothing quite like the extortion that is text books." I happen to agree which is why I'm posting this comment.

[@haloslippin6894]

You probably don't need to listen to this guy (No offense anthonyintheuk). I believe this is the book (right from Stanford's own website). web.stanford.edu/class/cs106a/materials/karel-the-robot-learns-java.pdf (credit to Stacy Haller from below in the comments)

[@StupidJellyfish]

It's never too late, friend. However, the earlier you start it the better. ;)

[@kumarprateek238]

yup

[@MeekDrill]

I hope I get a cool teacher like this when I enroll into CS, and thanks for sharing this for free.

[@yan2292008]

Thank you Stanford for such lovely course tutorials.... special "Thanks" are Reserved for Mr.Sahami who made such Difficult concepts looks so simple and cool 2 grasp :)

[@rabinpoudyal8184]

Thumbs Up for those watching these lectures in 2017

[@selenajohns2805]

2018

[@Khay0sTV]

My final is tomorrow for this class.

[@selenajohns2805]

Fade xChaos you're gonna DO greaatttt

[@sweden8343]

He reminds me of Jims dad in American Pie

[@divyanshujoshi7478]

yeah me to

[@glanced9684]

Lol yeah

[@kartikeyyyy]

Haha

[@saipanda893]

Yeah me to

[@user-mn3iq2cs9n]

I never saw that movie, but I think you mean comedy legend of movies and television, Eugene Levy. I just posted the same thing:)

[@eh6333]

This is a great introduction to programming video. Even if you have no prior experience in the field. Unless you want to hear about stuff actually happening if you are attending this class for course credit you can fast forward to about 40 mins into the video. I watched the whole thing, I think he is an engaging teacher.

[@dg-hughes]

I was laid off in 2017 middle-aged and first time jobless I signed up to a local college for their computer course I watched this video series but only up to #17. And now nearly 5 years later I am... just a Helpdesk monkey still watching these videos and terrible at programming (we studied Python in my college). Let's give this another go here we go!

[@ShivangiSingh-wc3gk]

where can i get the handouts?

[@discord2000]

+Shivangi Singh see.stanford.edu/Course/CS106A

[@udiprana5848]

+discord2000 thanks a lot :D

[@AmalDevonline]

+discord2000 thank you

[@beawesome2464]

Here 😉

[@m13m]

Thumbs up if you are watching this video in jan 2016

[@ulysses_grant]

+Mohd Maqbool Alam (‫مقبول‬‎) Are the lectures good? Can you tell me what you're thinking of the course? Does the professor teaches the basic and advanced concepts? I'm looking for a good software engineering course, and I'm pretty sure Stanford cannot disappoint. Thanks a lot!

[@m13m]

Ulisses Piassa It's depends upon Your experience but overall the course is awesome for anyone want to learn. and this in an introductory programming course rather than a software engineering course.

[@ulysses_grant]

+Mohd Maqbool Alam (‫مقبول‬‎) Great, I think it's just what I've been searching for. I had a very bad background in Software Engineering in my college (most of brazilian colleges suck, believe me) and I'll learn it from a good source now. Thank you.

[@bustermk2]

I am watching this in 2008

[@m13m]

+bustermk2 good luck

[@tigerbombs23]

I took this course as a summer class when I was in high school. I loved computer programming after this :)

[@flowewritharoma]

he is great prof!! i wish everyone of my university was like him~~

[@frostypawsgaming1338]

8 years have passed..... lol

[@sarojdhakal21]

as a java student i am watching this video in 2017

[@Virx4U]

I can say that this guy is fun to watch. Fantastic lecutre, hats off to Mehran!!!!

[@LonelyLonelyLoner]

this prof is really great, every body should be like him

[@Rahul-lg1nw]

it's 2021

[@priyamvashi2187]

ha yaar

[@piotr803]

Thumbs up if you're watching this video lying down!

[@dg-hughes]

Wouldn't that be hard to do? Thumbs perpendicular perhaps?

[@Nigel-Webb]

Pleased to announce I have completed the course but this is one of those bitter sweet moments... Sniff, sob etc! . Thankyou Mehran Sahami for being one of if not THE most entertaining and engaging professors in the known Universe. I will be eternally grateful for your amazing Lectures and will never forget you or Java The Hutt! Goodbye CS106A, Hello CS106B!

[@etskh]

It's teachers with attitudes like this that makes me want to teach programming! : )

[@Jaronut]

Question to anyone watching in 2023+: Does/should everything in this video still apply to today’s world? I’m new to coding

[@SK-vi6fw]

CS50 from Harvard is better.

[@Jaronut]

@@SK-vi6fw i’m already taking that currently. It’s primarily in C though and i’m wanting a course in Java. I do agree Cs50 is an amazing course tho

[@SK-vi6fw]

​@@Jaronut A lot of knowledge is transferrable from one language to another. The tools you use at this stage is also not as important as foundational knowledge like how compilers work, debugging, memory management and basic data structures.

[@ankitkumain]

Thumbs up if you are watching in 2017

[@recall660]

this lecture set the plan for the whole course that why its the most important, thanks

[@RamiAbdelal]

This series kick started my career.

[@myfreetime123]

java is such a pain in the ass

[@thomassaurus]

myfreetime123 I abandoned java to start learning python, it's been going much better.

[@barl5088]

+tomassaurus how'd it go?

[@Nitin-_-_-_-_-_-_-00971]

The only lecture in which I can laugh with the Stanford students and can feel Smart.😂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@RadialPen6262]

Love how he encourages questions. I think everyone's been in a class where the instructor asks if there are any questions.... 🦗

[@SpiritsBB]

Hardcore, people actually applaud in the lecture room!

[@narnia4ever]

Bob Plummer used to teach this class. Bob if you see this, I love your lectures, one of the best classes I've ever taken!

[@jaimertoresh8342]

omg these are gold mine for me thanks for sharing!

[@ProudMuslim23]

One of great professor I have ever seen.

[@MadridIsta7]

This is so much fun to watch. Thanks for providing us with these amazing videos.

[@Shellinja]

Thank you STANFORD.. for all free stuff.. you people are so amazing...

[@ashishkumarbhasker2362]

This man is really a good teacher.

[@rishabhpoddar1]

I so wish there was a way to ask questions to Prof. Mehran, or to students/TAs in his class... I wouldn't even mind paying for this.

[@nguyenduckhanh55]

Such a nice teacher I have ever seen. Love to take him