SaaS Class is Live
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SaaS Class is Live
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#2For all registered students - take a look at the Forum there https://www.coursera.org/saas/forum/index - a lot of great stuff there.
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#3>Those submit homework 1 and receive a passing grade will receive a coupon good for 100 hours of small instances of EC2 for use on the remaining homework assignments plus a coupon to upgrade their free GitHub accounts to a Micro account (both good through the end of course).
Looks like they've put a lot of effort into this course. Judging by the syllabus, I think a better title would have been: Intro to Ruby and Web Programming
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#4I guess this is being mean, but that page looks like everything wrong with teaching programming. Buzzword filled nonsense. What's with mentioning every programming language in the world? Why the hell would you mix 10 or so different skills that are mainly unrelated and some incredibly advanced concepts into a single course?
I know it's free and commendable and all that, but seriously, no wonder there's a shortage of decent programmers if that's what university lecturers think is involved in real world SaSS programming.
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#5Im taking this online course, it is very interesting if you have some prior knowledge and experience and you are self-taught like me, because can make sure if you are making things right or wrong, plus learn new things.
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#6I guess this is being mean, but that page looks like everything wrong with teaching programming. Buzzword filled nonsense. What's with mentioning every programming language in the world? Why the hell would you mix 10 or so different skills that are mainly unrelated and some incredibly advanced concepts into a single course? I know it's free and commendable and all that, but seriously, no wonder there's a shortage of…
Even further, have either of these guys actually done something successful in the SaaS space? I mean, it's obvious they're ridiculously smart and have a lot of academic credibility, but outside of the book they're writing (which you conveniently have to have for this course), I don't see anything that would lead me to think this course is more "I've been here, and here's how to do it" than "I'm taking my normal software engineering course and sticking in buzzwords."
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#7Has anyone tried to watch videos from here:
https://www.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview
They took the voice recording from a live classroom lecture and added it to a powerpoint "pager" presentation. Oh my, is the course like that? Bullet points being read by someone? I think those instructional videos with papercuts, animations and things being drawn in real time are (much) more interesting and "sticky" than this. I'm not discussing content, but it's form. I think format is antiquate and wrong for its purpose as an online couse.
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#8Has anyone tried to watch videos from here: https://www.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview They took the voice recording from a live classroom lecture and added it to a powerpoint "pager" presentation. Oh my, is the course like that? Bullet points being read by someone? I think those instructional videos with papercuts, animations and things being drawn in real time are (much) more interesting and "sticky" than this.…
I got the email to say SaaS course went live on the same day that Udactiy's CS373 was published.
I tried both, but within 5 mins of each I felt like Udacity was the only one I'd enjoy (and, indeed, the only one I'm bothering with) - not because of the content (although SaaS class felt more like trad lectures, in a negative way) , but because of Udacity being a much more engaging experience.
Harsh, perhaps, but my time is precious to me, so something's gotta give.
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#9Has anyone tried to watch videos from here: https://www.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview They took the voice recording from a live classroom lecture and added it to a powerpoint "pager" presentation. Oh my, is the course like that? Bullet points being read by someone? I think those instructional videos with papercuts, animations and things being drawn in real time are (much) more interesting and "sticky" than this.…
I got the email to say SaaS course went live on the same day that Udactiy's CS373 was published. I tried both, but within 5 mins of each I felt like Udacity was the only one I'd enjoy (and, indeed, the only one I'm bothering with) - not because of the content (although SaaS class felt more like trad lectures, in a negative way) , but because of Udacity being a much more engaging experience. Harsh, perhaps, but my tim…
I probably stay with Udacity too. They doesn't force you to buy a book (I mean like SaaS) and SaaS covers only first five chapters from book. As I understand it is not full course.
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#10I guess this is being mean, but that page looks like everything wrong with teaching programming. Buzzword filled nonsense. What's with mentioning every programming language in the world? Why the hell would you mix 10 or so different skills that are mainly unrelated and some incredibly advanced concepts into a single course? I know it's free and commendable and all that, but seriously, no wonder there's a shortage of…
It looks like it's a Rails course, and any mention of "every programming language in the world" is an insignificant portion of the curriculum. I'm also not seeing lots of "Buzzword filled nonsense", but just some explanations of various Rails architectures. Sure, some of those might be popular, but this looks like a cohesive course to me.