Comments on: Python Programming 2026

By: Matthew Rivera

Matthew Rivera — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:19:26 +0000

I took Mrs. van der Merwe’s class as a Junior in high school and loved it! It is a good base program to learn since it gets the user used to the logic behind programming but has fairly simple syntax. Mrs. van der Merwe’s videos are clear and easy to follow and the assignments are a lot of fun. I have since gone on to the college level and dabbled in a couple languages and have gone into some depth in matlab. Having a background in python made it easy to learn other languages since I only had to learn the new syntax because I had already been taught the thought process behind programming. I would strongly recommend this two anyone interested in programming.

By: Jonathan Ziesmer

Jonathan Ziesmer — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:23:00 +0000

I took all of the Python classes a couple years ago. They taught me a lot and now I feel like I have a very solid understanding of Python.

By: August Smith

August Smith — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:42:30 +0000

I love this class! I learned so much, and it stretched my cognitive abilities to their limits, I mean just trying to think about how you’re going to code a program that allows you play a hangman or a lingo game is mind-boggling, but then slowly but surely everything comes together. Luckily when you get stuck you can always get help and Meryl does a great job of explaining the “how to”s and “why”s of Python programming.
I have found the Python knowledge I learned in this class very helpful! I took an online course that Rice University offered on Coursera.org and passed with an A, the only Python I had taken up to that point was this class and I was 14 years old. Also, I recently got a Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) witch is basically a mini computer that runs a Python based version of Linux.

By: Lily Turaski

Lily Turaski — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 01:52:28 +0000

This is an excellent class for learning both universal computer science basics and the specific syntax for the Python language. Each week a new technique is taught through video lessons and online practice. Mrs. van der Merwe does a great job making the concepts easy to understand and accessible even for students with limited background knowledge. At the end of each week there is a project due that builds on cumulative skills. The projects are fun to code (often it is a game, like tic-tac-toe or battleships). The assignments at the end of each week continue to use skills learned in previous lessons. This repetition means that I feel very comfortable using all of the techniques we learned through the semester.

I sat in on a computer science class at MIT and was pleasantly surprised that I understood everything that was going on. I had very little computer science knowledge prior to my python class, and now I would be confident taking a computer science class on the college level. I recommend Python Programming through FundaFunda as great preparation for anyone.