Overall

• What is the best feature of this course?
  • Design Patterns themselves, plus instructor.
  • My goal is to become a better designer, to advance my career. This class has helped a lot (content).
  • O-O analysis and design.
  • It's content.
  • The exercises created by the instructor.
  • Instructor's solutions to assignments.
  • Learning the patterns. Homework exercises were very good & taught a lot. I liked being able to choose which assignments I did.
  • The answer of each exercise.
  • It's not boring.
  • Yes.
  • Subject matter.
  • The exposure to Java.
  • Learning in depth Java & more than 23 patterns.
  • Learn Java, learn Patterns.
  • Course material.
  • Useful for practical purpose.
  • The discussion on patterns.
  • Organization of web site with patterns, assignments and solutions is good.
  • Subject material.
  • Instructor and assignment. I could understand patterns after doing assignments rather than reading textbook.
  • Subject itself & the professor, I should say.
• What is the worst feature of this course?
  • Homework.
  • I would like to have 2-3 times the time to cover this material.
  • The textbook.
  • No spending enough time on textbook code.
  • The instructor did not explain the examples/exercises in the next class after the assignment, assuming that everyone has done the exercise! I can bet in most of the class lectures, only 50% of the students had done the exercises.
  • The text.
  • Too many homeworks, even though didn't ask us to do all patterns.
  • Too much work required.
  • Assignments.
  • The homework.
  • Nothing.
  • Too many patterns - not enough focus and practical learning.
  • Too many homework.
  • Too many patterns. Some I think are not important.
  • Self-grading assignments.
  • The ``worst'' thing is the amount of time it takes to do all of the HW assignments. However, I would not recommend changing anything. The assignment are necessary.
  • Starting time.
  • Textbook.
  • Too many topics in less time.
• What would you change about this course?
  • More accountability.
  • The textbook.
  • Spending more time on textbook's code.
  • Add GoF book to book list as supplementary (so company will pay for it).
  • Reorganize the presentation.
  • Glue some concentrate on some important parts.
  • Better examples & assignments.
  • Less homework and graded.
  • Nothing.
  • More labwork with less theory.
  • Less homework.
  • Would make some patterns compulsory & ask code to be mailed.
  • Nothing.
  • Please prescribe better text book.
• What would you add to this course?
  • Nothing.
  • The GoF textbook.
  • Probably.
  • Pls go through the exercises as the instructor can provide a wealth of information which is assumes all the students know.
  • I would be happy if someone else evaluates my assignments.
  • All files from instructor available as jar/tar archive.
  • Nothing.
  • Project that exercises most patterns.
  • More samples that are programmed.
  • Nothing.
  • More concrete assignment -> it should be very clear from the statement of the assignment how we should tackle the problem, something like PIJ course.
  • UML.
  • Assign weekly homework in groups of 2, if possible.
  • Nothing - content level is appropriate.
  • Provide more material & links.
  • More time.
• What would you remove from this course?
  • Nothing.
  • The textbook.
  • Sometimes, I feel there is a lot of homework but probably that's the way to get more from the class.
  • Have take-home final.
  • Nothing.
  • Assignments (not patterns).
  • Better book.
  • Some patterns.
  • Nothing.
  • Some patterns.
  • Some patterns which do not make a lot of sense.
  • Nothing.
  • Pl. make sure to ask for submission of assignments.

Thank you for your answers.