The class was genuinely hard, harder than other profs from what I have seen. He is an actually good prof though and cares about making sure that his students learn the concept, lectures are genuinely effective. Just make sure you are doing the labs right.

It is impossible to know what going to be on the test, so you have to search everything he taught you outside. And in that process, you will learn a lot of new things and be better. (prof's intent) no study guide. Labs is hard, but its fun. Use paper to take note. He did big curve (really good). Be prepared to run a function on paper.

do you people expect him to just tell you how to do the labs in lecture? is that your definition of a “good lecturer”? if you actually pay attention and understand what he's trying to teach, and then make a genuine effort to apply the concepts and do the labs yourself, you'll learn a ton. unbelievable how people do not even try to use their brains

RUN. This class is like taking 3 classes at once. What we learn in lecture (1) has nothing to do with the labs (2) and nothing to do with the exams (3). Exams show that he does not know how to test computer science knowledge. Most people GPTd this class. Exam avgs are around ~45%, and he does not even moderately believe that is his fault.

Grade based on only quizzes and labs. Labs were not too difficult overall, except for the final lab which he accidentally made impossible (curved accordingly though). The quizzes were impossible to study for and did not feel very fair but they were doable. You can also get extra credit for having faster runtimes on the last 2 labs he gives.

Grade was based on 3 quizzes and 9 labs. The labs were never too difficult as long as you understand the lecture material. Except for the final lab which was completely impossible, but he curved accordingly. The quizzes were impossible to study for though, and you could end up doing bad easily. Overall really nice guy though.