Tying the assignments to an Android Studio project was overkill; the same principles could have been demonstrated with a SIMPLE java application.

Overall, a good course. The only (HUGE) drawback is that your assignments are being checked by students, who often have no clue what they are grading.

Content is ok but doesn't go in detail and often just scratch the surface.

Exercises instead are quite poor. Many errors in the UML diagrams and code examples.

this course really needs more explanation and going through details in order to be useful. I believe it is just a introduction to design patterns and you cannot learn design patterns by introduction

Very very useful to both academician and industry professionals..Thanks Coursera and University of Alberta

Poor peer-review system, lack of support from teachers in discussions

It's been a while since I have taken any academic course, however, I found this course very insightful and beneficial in my career. It helped me to fill gaps in my programming knowledge knowledge. I'm intending to use the materials provided as a reference in my day to day activities.

Amazing course. I've learned so much about not only design patterns, but also how to make code more usable, maintainable, and flexible as well. I recommend this course to anyone who is interested in extending the capacities of how to write good well designed software.

I have never had a chance to study CS at the university so I am always looking for ways to improve my knowledge - to keep up with fellow programmers. And this course met my requirements perfectly. :)

The course is a really good introductory course for beginners to understand new concepts and for intermediates to refresh basic software design patterns and anti-patterns.

Great course, I find very useful and clear explanation about the patterns, principles and code smell, with ti has diagrams and code to explain great all the topics

This course helped me learn about Design Patterns and better ways to organize things at work. It's a good start to learning Design Patterns.

Its a wonderful course for all the software engineers who use object-oriented paradigm for software application development.

you can just open the video to look to the beautiful instructor lady and how can she simplifies everything

Good course, really loving this specialization though I am a bit behind with progress as I wasnt well

Not great for last minute preparation. Missing some design patterns out of the 23 patterns.

Awesome course! I learn a lot from this course for the ongoing project in my company

The course is very good. It deals with many design patterns and also anti-patterns.

Good coverage of design patterns, but a lot of lecture and not enough examples.

Very good course. I could refresh a lot of concepts and learn new practices.

Very good course to get a first and clear grasp of various different pattern

Good real world examples of when and how to apply common design patterns.

wonderfully explained, with rememberable examples. very well documented.

It is very informative course, and the quizzes are very interesting.

Needs more focus than the first course but is totally worth it.