No exams and quizzes, which was nice. All project and homework focused.

Quite a bit of busy work with the homework, the autograder that grades the homework can be very frustrating to work with, but it does let you make as many mistakes as you like before submitting the correct homework solution.

The lectures are extremely surface level, and most of the specific implementation will come from your own research.

The content is very broad overall, and you program in Python, JavaScript, SQL, and use tableau and cloud technologies. Good primer for everything, but also very overwhelming, even for an experienced software engineer.

Project was graded reasonably fairly and was fun to work on in a group.

Overall, the course is easy to get an A in, but requires a lot of work, and most of what you learned was broad surface level information.

Overall I liked this class. The homework assignments were challenging (especially the D3 heavy HW2) but interesting, and the army of TA's were generally very helpful and responsive with regards to clearing up homework questions. The lecture videos were interesting but could be ignored since they weren't needed to complete the homework. I think how much time you spend on this class will depend a lot on your Python coding experience and familiarity with D3. A lot of people see the first homework or second homework and panic due to the complexity of it, but if you break it up it's definitely doable if you're willing to struggle through it. Biggest recommendation is reviewing some of the suggested D3 learning tools like the free O'Reilly online book before the class begins. Your project experience (like most group projects) largely depends on your team and topic, so make sure you vet your team and make sure everyone is on the same page regarding project timeline and goals.