• Course: C
  • Date entered: 2026-07-09 17:00:00 UTC
  • Course rating: Very Good
  • Most useful learnings: Start with tiny tests. Don't try to make everything work all at once.
  • Concepts v exercises: Good balance
  • Presentation v discussion: Good balance
  • Course improvements: I'm not keen on Gather, but I realise that was my technical issues.
  • Exercise rating: Very Good
  • Exercise improvements:
  • Instructor comments: James was very helpful and ready to explain when asked.I found he explained well, didn't rush, wasn't critical of stragglers. Overall I would be thrilled to work with him again.
  • Better prepared: Much better
  • Start tomorrow: Yes.
  • Challenges to applying:
  • Other comments: I would prefer a classroom setting, but then I wouldn't have been on the course at all. Having the live experience with James and fellow students present is a huge improvement over self learning from books or videos. Not just a bit better, orders of magnitude better.
  • Legacy code workshop: No
  • Recommend to others: Yes
  • Quote permission: Yes